Sentences with phrase «today by the home secretary»

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As the Home Secretary will be giving a full statement to the House on Wednesday on the outcome of that review, it would be wrong of me to pre-empt her statement by giving details of the review today.

Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Housing John Healey has today pledged that under a Labour government there would be a «consumer rights revolution» for renters, starting by introducing tougher legal minimum standards for all private rented homes.

Brown's closest ministerial ally, Ed Balls, said the email was a «damp squib» by a few disgruntled MPs and insisted that the cabinet was «absolutely united» behind Brown.But the number of cabinet voices emerging in support of Brown did not begin to rise to a chorus until early evening, among them two of the ministers tipped as possible successors to Brown — the home secretary, Alan Johnson, and the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, who said today's call by rebels would be seen as a «temporary distraction» from the job of fighting the Conservatives and laying out future plans for the country.

Today in the Commons, Johnson said that the former home secretary Jacqui Smith had made clear her dissatisfaction when Nutt publicly disagreed with her decision not to downgrade ecstasy by comparing its dangers with those from horse - riding.

Today home secretary John Reid said it would give police the powers they needed to tackle the threat posed by terrorism, insisting: «We must defend our traditions and values against those who seek to abuse or undermine our way of life.»

She said: «The Home Secretary's words today will only have increased the anxiety felt by EU citizens currently living in the UK and British citizens living in Europe.

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But shadow home secretary David Davis said today: «Far from fixing the problems that stop the Home Office protecting the public, under John Reid's regime they are only discovered by accident.&rahome secretary David Davis said today: «Far from fixing the problems that stop the Home Office protecting the public, under John Reid's regime they are only discovered by accident.&raHome Office protecting the public, under John Reid's regime they are only discovered by accident.»

The move was recommended by the security and intelligence committee two months ago, and today shadow home secretary David Davis said it was an «eminently sensible idea that will increase public confidence and public vigilance».

A crack down on anti-social behaviour is being launched by the home secretary today, in a bid to reclaim ground on the issue.

Home secretary Jacqui Smith is among those invited to a summit on gun control proposed by Scottish justice minister Kenny MacAskill today.

Everyone receiving care services at home should get them free, paid for out of general taxation, and not just those with the greatest needs covered by today's announcement, said Dot Gibson, general secretary of the National Pensioners Convention.

Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott today risked further inflaming tensions by saying there were «different versions» of the meeting.

Leaked cabinet letters obtained by the BBC, published today, show Theresa May, while home secretary, wrote to the Department for Education last year outlining proposals for how schools could help reduce immigration.