Sentences with phrase «with justice secretary»

The government's mooted tax on City law firms is just one of several options for improving the UK court system under consideration by government, senior partners in the City were told at a series of meetings with justice secretary Michael Gove earlier this week.

But with the justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, and the attorney - general, Dominic Grieve, both believed to be sceptical over their effectiveness, it is believed that fresh complications have emerged in the internal Whitehall debate over their future.

Falconer has three priorities, all of which place him at odds with the justice secretary.

It all began with the Justice Secretary, Michael Gove, who pointed to Albania's relations with the EU as an example of the possible agreement that the UK might have in the event of leaving the EU.

Not exact matches

Sean Spicer, the former Trump White House press secretary, said in March, just after Flynn registered as a foreign agent with the Justice Department, that Trump had not been aware that Flynn had been paid to lobby for Turkish interests in the months before the US election.

Because no legal action can be taken against him in France, French Nazi hunters have come to the U.S. to get our Justice Department to punish Bettencourt by prohibiting him from entering the country, much as was done with Kurt Waldheim, erstwhile UN General Secretary and President of Austria.

Critical evidence sessions set to decide the political fate of culture secretary Jeremy Hunt may not take place if parliament interferes with Lord Justice Leveson's «process», the judge has warned.

Megrahi, who is terminally ill with prostate cancer, was freed from prison on compassionate grounds by Scottish justice secretary Kenny MacAskill on August 20th 2009.

I sat down for a chat with shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan in his constituency headquarters yesterday.

The new Justice Secretary, Liz Truss, seeks more cash with the strong support of her predecessor, Michael Gove, in order to implement important and radical prison reforms.

It remains to be seen what Gove is prepared to do on this - but it is important to note Cameron has his own priors when it comes to hanging justice secretaries out to dry when they run into trouble with the press, large sections of which continue to oppose a more liberal penal policy.

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Our in depth interview with Sadiq Khan, in which the shadow justice secretary lays out his party's priorities in government

Since he took over as Justice Secretary, Chris Grayling has been pushing ahead more productively with cuts to legal aid, reform of the courts system and a new, more accountable prison regime.

The prime minister agrees with the secretary of state for justice.»

To my mind, although I realise not to everyone's, one of Cameron's landmark foreign policy gaffes was using his shared platform in a joint press conference with President Obama in the White House to excoriate the Scottish Justice Secretary's decision to release al - Megrahi, the Libyan convicted (probably wrongly) of complicity in the Lockerbie bombing.

Mr Clegg will head a commission into the establishment of the bill of rights with Kenneth Clarke, justice secretary.

Sadiq Khan MP, shadow justice secretary, said: «The energy and time this government is spending on arguments about the Human Rights Act shows how completely out of touch it is with the British people who are not interested in cat fights between ministers but how the safety of their communities will be protected after cuts in police budgets which go too far and too fast.»

Labour also waded into the row, with shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan criticising his opposite number, Chris Grayling, for his priorities.

Although the announcement was welcomed by Labour, shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan argued that with cuts to the prison service the plan was not realistic.

Chris Grayling faces prospect of being flooded with books, after the Howard League asks its supporters to mail them to the justice secretary

Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Nick Herbert wound up for the Tories, and also spoke with great verve.

In practice, the justice secretary was the canary down the mine of Westminster opinion, setting out in beautiful prose the reasons for his dramatic breach with Cameron.

«On the substance of what the Home Secretary had to say, although I can welcome some aspects of her speech, there are many others that I can not, because the Government's record on home affairs and justice is not a happy one and is at variance with the aspirations set out in the Queen's Speech.

«The fact that the decision to release was taken by the Scottish justice secretary does not preclude you, as the prime minister of the United Kingdom, from now expressing your opinion on a subject that is of great public concern, and which affects Britain's international reputation and our relations with our allies,» he wrote.

«The fact that MPs have a final say in whether a recall petition is triggered, unless an MP commits a crime punishable with a prison sentence, is certainly not what the Tory or Lib Dem manifestos promised,» shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan commented.

The comments came after the justice secretary endured a bruising encounter on BBC Radio 5 Live with a rape victim and then made several misjudged comments to Sky News in which he mentioned «serious» rape.

On the Tory side, Lib Dems are disappointed and worried about the replacement of honorary member Ken Clarke with Chris Grayling as Justice Secretary.

Mr Herbert, previously the shadow secretary for justice, fills the void left by Mr Ainsworth's departure with expectation on him to start debate and put forward the Conservative plans.

The Tory MP believes justice secretary Liz Truss should get going with introducing the legislation, which is «ready to go as a consultation paper with a lot of meat on the bones», now the referendum is out the way.

Home secretary Theresa May will work with Mr Duncan Smith to tackle the problem, building on the latter's work at the Centre for Social Justice.

Former Justice Secretary and Brexiteer will follow in footsteps of ex-PM after hooking up with the London Speaker Bureau

The former Justice Secretary and Brexit campaigner will follow in the footsteps of David Cameron and George Osborne after hooking up with the London Speaker Bureau.

Mr Gove, who frequently clashed with the new Prime Minister, returns to the backbenches after six years in Government as Education Secretary, Chief Whip and most recently Justice Secretary.

The Secretary to the Convention People's Party (CPP) Youth League, Hardi Yakubu, has called on the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to balance expediency with diligence and speed, in its probe of the Mahama Ford gift saga.

Fees for a tribunal to deal with asylum or immigration cases had risen from # 80 to # 490, a decision taken by previous Justice Secretary Michael Gove.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

Instead they argued that it was possible to reform the Strasbourg court — a process that Clarke accelerated when he was justice secretary — and deal with the tabloid attacks that it was no more than a «criminal's charter».

The outgoing inspector, Nick Hardwick, has proved hugely impressive and, consequently, ended up at loggerheads with former justice secretary Chris Grayling, who tried to get him to take out criticism of government policy from his annual report.

Shadow justice secretary Dominic Grieve appeared to agree with Mr Straw, saying «perhaps the goalposts must be moved in the case of parliamentary privilege, which is little understood outside the House».

The justice secretary made clear he wanted to press on with the bill, which the government intends to rush through parliament and become law within the next three weeks.

Shadow justice secretary Nick Herbert said the early release scheme had put public safety at risk and failed to deal with prison overcrowding.

Mr Cameron is agonising over what to do with former London Mayor Mr Johnson and Justice Secretary Michael Gove, who have both been outspoken during the skirmishes.

The message our justice secretary should be sending out is clear: «No matter who you are, if you carry or threaten someone with a knife, you will go to prison».

The former justice secretary would lumber on stage, with little grace but considerable charisma, and give his audience a simple message.

The justice secretary has maintained his close relationships with the chancellor and prime minister while still helping run the Vote Leave campaign.

Yesterday he held a meeting with Harriet Harman, leader of the House, Jack Straw, justice secretary and various civil servants.

The shadow justice secretary discusses Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, the need to make more of New Labour's record — and fitting in with the shadow cabinet's facial hair trend.

«The Tories have raked in over # 1 million from private dinners with David Cameron and senior ministers in the last quarter,» shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan said.

The PM has previous when it comes to hanging justice secretaries out to dry after they have ran into trouble with the press.