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Andy Burnham, who as Culture Secretary instigated an independent review of the Hillsborough files in 2010, said today's findings showed there was a «monumental cover - up» and that the people of Liverpool were «emphatically cleared».

Not exact matches

The Barnsley East MP, who was sacked as Shadow Culture Secretary by Mr Corbyn last month, launched his broadside in an article for left - wing newspaper Tribune.

Hugh Robertson, minister for sport and tourism, this morning snatched away the spotlight from his Tory colleague Maria Miller, who was taking the stage for the first time as culture secretary in the commons.

With the Prime Minister attempting to draw a line under the affair and preserve one of the few female members of his Cabinet, some 78 % of voters taking part in the poll said that Mrs Miller should be sacked as Culture Secretary, against just 10 % who said she should stay.

Meanwhile, a Number 10 source told the Press Association that some MPs had raised concerns over the Culture Secretary but added: «There are plenty of MPs who have got in touch to say they strongly back Maria as well.»

She spoke as Culture Secretary Maria Miller, who is also the Minister for Equalities, announced that the Church of England and the Church in Wales will be excluded from the government's planned new law to allow gay couples to marry.

• Sorry to disagree but I think that Maria Miller is an ideal secretary representing the culture of those who think of themselves as our leaders — the culture of greed, arrogance and complete indifference towards us plebeians (Letters, 5 April).

But of the changes, the most notable are Michael Gove as justice secretary (as previously announced), Sajid Javid — who many have billed to be Cameron's successor - as business secretary, John Whittingdale as culture secretary, Tina Stowell as leader of the House of Lords, Anna Soubry as minister for small business, Amber Rudd as energy secretary, and Priti Patel as minister for employment.

Duncan Smith, who worked closely with Miller in her previous ministerial post as minister for the disabled, offered strong personal support for the culture secretary.

The job of press secretary is expected to go to former Sun journalist Craig Woodhouse, who recently served as a special adviser to culture secretary Karen Bradley.

John Whittingdale MP, who has been appointed as Culture Secretary, has also said the fee should be scrapped and that it is «worse than a poll tax».

As a jazz band played in the landscaped gardens of the # 6 million property, Mr Freud, who was wearing leather trousers, greeted guests, including Education Secretary Michael Gove and Culture Minister Ed Vaizey.

Ivan Lewis will take over as Shadow Culture Secretary from Ben Bradshaw, who failed to get enough votes in the Shadow Cabinet election to take up a place.

They include Chi Onwurah, the former minister for culture and the digital economy, who wrote that it was «statistically interesting to say the least» that Labour's leader had made life difficult for two of the very few minority ethnic female MPs; and Pat Glass, who resigned as shadow education secretary in June two days after being appointed, in protest over Corbyn's leadership.

He moved Maria Eagle, who supports Trident, from her role as shadow defence secretary to shadow culture secretary in his January reshuffle, installing Thornberry instead.

Michael Dugher, who has just been sacked as shadow culture secretary, is one of the many figures who got to the top of the Labour party after starting out as a Whitehall special adviser.

It's unlikely though that he'll go as far as his former shadow culture secretary Ivan Lewis, who suggested at Labour Party conference last year that a register of journalists should be considered, where people can be «struck off» if they commit a serious error or offence.

The culture secretary, Matt Hancock, admitted the government had to «put right» the system under which Caribbean immigrants who came to the UK as children had been unfairly pursued as pensioners.

Meanwhile, senior party figures launched a furious attack on Michael Dugher, who was also sacked as Shadow Culture Secretary is last week's reshuffle.

Break Boston Globe, 3/22/16 «While having breaks in both February and April is rare outside New England, it is ingrained in Massachusetts culture and can be difficult to change, said Paul Reville, who served as the state's secretary of education under Governor Deval Patrick and is now a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.»