Sentences with phrase «while shadow education»

Responding to the Sunday Telegraph report, Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson said the party would oppose such a move, while shadow education secretary Angela Rayner said selective schools belonged «in the dustbin of history».

Not exact matches

The shadow education secretary has already said he would include Mr Davis, while reports suggest that former Tory leader William Hague is also set to return to the front benches.

Hilary Benn, Labour's shadow foreign secretary, said it was a «shameful and cowardly poster», while Nicky Morgan, the Conservative education secretary, said: «Using the tragic deaths of innocent people to make a political point is simply shameful.»

While David Miliband melted into the shadows and Diane Abbott failed to capitalise on her increased public profile, the former health secretary nabbed the shadow education brief, in which he excelled against the turbulent Michael Gove.

The first two, never ideological allies and somewhat muted in their performances, were expected to lose their jobs shadowing pensions and education respectively, while the latter recently found herself on the wrong of side of the tracks as Balls shifted Labour's position on HS2.

While Miliband is reported to be considering moving Stephen Twigg from the shadow education brief, Burnham more readily regrets the last government's support for academy schools than makes peace with this government's «free schools».

Certainly I think Tristram Hunt is in the wrong party (and he is a worse than useless in shadow education to boot), while we have incurable imbeciles like Danczuk and Mann with their talk of coups «from day one» that should never have got to be representatives of the movement to begin with, and hopefully if their local CLPs are sufficiently revived they will be removed in due course, and what on earth is wrong with that?

So much of Greening's statement had been barely audible that it took a while for the shadow education secretary, Angela Rayner, to actually make any sense of what had been said.

The shadow education secretary Ed Balls also called today for a government statement about the allegations that a number of senior public figures had had their voicemail messages intercepted, amid claims that Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson was aware the illegal practice was going on while he was the newspaper's editor.

Cardiff West MP and former teacher Kevin Brennan will continue as shadow schools minister, while Yvonne Fovargue, the MP for Makerfield, will retain responsibility for further education and skills as shadow education minister.

The Labour MP Angela Rayner will continue her work as shadow education secretary following a reshuffle of the opposition frontbench, while former teacher Mike Kane will be responsible for the party's schools policies.

In 1990, John Major continued serving as chancellor while running to be Margaret Thatcher's successor; David Cameron served as shadow education secretary during his successful bid for the leadership.

It comes after shadow education secretary Lucy Powell raised concerns about government and Ucas data showing that 49,120 teachers left the state - funded sector in the year to November 2014, while 48,900 applied for teacher training in the same period.

Lucy Powell, the former shadow education secretary, saw her majority in Manchester Central increased, while Mike Kane, the shadow schools minister, also retained his seat.

Nandy, a former shadow education minister, accused the government of wanting to «pit children against one another and make losers of all of us», while Lucy Powell, the former shadow education secretary, warned that the practice of coaching children to pass the 11 - plus was «rife» in selective areas.

But the new revelations have prompted criticism from Angela Rayner, the shadow education secretary, who said it was «unbelievable» that grammar school heads «have been given the inside track on the government's plans, while our state schools and academies are left out in the cold».