Sentences with phrase «week shadow cabinet meeting»

No information yet if he remains on the NEC (latest reports are pointing towards that he is until next week shadow cabinet meeting)

Not exact matches

Six weeks later, after being asked every week to do so by Maria Eagle when she met him at shadow cabinet meetings (I wasn't a member of the shadow cabinet, only the shadow secretaries of state sit in that meeting), Jeremy finally phoned me.

Corbyn and his team are meeting possible candidates for a return to the shadow cabinet in the coming weeks.

As I reported last week, there was outrage when Corbyn wrote to MPs opposing air strikes without first informing the shadow cabinet (I'm told that my account of that meeting was also raised).

Speaking to Sky News after a tense shadow cabinet meeting during which a number of frontbenchers argued for a free vote, he said: «It will be a clear decision that we want all of our MPs to support the Article 50 vote when it comes up next week.

The Guardian understands that Corbyn is considering convening an extra meeting of the shadow cabinet later this week to discuss the issue, which risks exacerbating the rift between MPs in post-industrial seats where there are profound concerns about immigration and those in constituencies that voted remain.

«Owen Smith was in the shadow cabinet until two weeks ago and he came to see me to say he was very happy in the shadow cabinet and wanted to stay there and then left the meeting and resigned which was a slightly odd thing to do,» said the Labour leader.

However party rules state he can only do so via a vote of the whole shadow cabinet.It appears a final decision will be made by the new - look shadow cabinet when it meets for the first time next week.

This suggests a debate will be held at the first meeting of the new - look shadow cabinet early next week.