Jeremy Corbyn has dramatically disagreed
with his shadow business secretary over the total cost of Labour's spending commitments.
Jeremy Corbyn has dramatically disagreed
with his shadow business secretary over the total cost of...
Labour also seized on the u-turn
with shadow business secretary Clive Lewis saying: «The prime minister announced she is ditching her flagship policy to put workers on company boards - just one month after committing to it.
Not exact matches
It shows why he should have listened to
business leaders, headteachers and experts in the first place and not come up
with a plan on the back of an envelope,» said
shadow education
secretary Stephen Twigg.
Attention on contact between the parties» senior figures began this summer
with the revelation by
shadow chancellor Ed Balls that he has been in frequent contact by text
with Lib Dem
business secretary Vince Cable, a former SDP politician, who has spent the summer undermining Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg.
Miliband, together
with Ed Balls,
shadow chancellor, and Chuka Umunna,
shadow business secretary, say that this describes Labour's strategy exactly.
In an interview
with the Daily Mirror, former
shadow business secretary Ms Eagle said: «The Labour party needs to be saved.
Last week, the
shadow business secretary, Chuka Umunna, said he had been discussing
with European counterparts how to limit immigration from EU countries to people
with good skills and firm job offers.
There was some significant cross-party wooing last night, as
shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna surprised conference delegates by advocating cooperation
with the coalition over the proposed BAE Systems / EADS merger.
Labour's link
with the trade unions is «absolutely where it should be» says the
shadow business secretary.
The
shadow chancellor Ed Balls said he could work in coalition
with the Lib Dems if they were led by the
business secretary Vince Cable
Clive Lewis, 45, who was
shadow defence minister, took on a new role as
shadow business secretary following tensions
with Corbyn's office over Trident.
Mr Clarke, the
shadow business secretary, has recently returned to the Conservative front bench, but his views on whether the party needs to offer incentives for couples to marry is at odds
with the leadership.
But the
shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna said: «As the Public Accounts Committee has highlighted recently, there are real concerns over the way HMRC has reached settlements
with some large firms, as well as the accountability and transparency of its decision - making.
He intervened amid a vicious civil war in the Labour party,
with former
shadow business secretary Angela Eagle poised to launch a leadership challenge against Mr Corbyn today.
Chuka Umunna,
shadow business secretary, emphasised the need to integrate colleges
with the «world of work,
business and industry».