Sentences with phrase «with shadow secretary»

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On tuition fees, shadow education secretary Angela Rayner said: «If they want a debate on fees they could start by allowing one in the Commons on their latest fee hike, along with a vote.

Labour's shadow Culture Secretary Maria Eagle has said Culture Secretary John Whittingdale should stop making press regulation decisions following the revelation he had a relationship with a prostitute.

James Mildred was speaking after Labour's newly appointed shadow health secretary Heidi Alexander said in an interview with the Mirror that she supports...

Paul Wolfowitz, the deputy secretary of defense, argued that the transition of Iraq to the «first Arab democracy» would «cast a very large shadow starting with Syria and Iran, across the whole Arab world.»

But shadow environment secretary Peter Ainsworth hit back saying it was «disappointing» that Mr Huhne had «chosen to play party politics with the serious issue of climate change».

With Jeremy Corbyn and shadow home secretary Diane Abbott implacably opposed to any restrictions on immigration, it has been left to some of Cooper's party colleagues — most notably Andy Burnham and Hilary Benn — to make the Labour case for controls.

Adam Smith, chief of staff to shadow secretary of state for culture, media and sport Jeremy Hunt, agrees that the political selling point is going to hit problems with privacy and security.

11:56 - Allison McGovern, shadow international development secretary, looks out of her depth, I'm afraid, although she is somewhat saved by comparison with Lynne Feathstrone, answering her questions for the government.

Labour website LabourList said its readers ranked Ms Cooper as the most popular of Mr Miliband's team, with shadow chancellor Ed Balls, shadow education secretary Andy Burnham, shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander and shadow international development secretary Harriet Harman all well - liked.

Aid drops which Corbyn's shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry, who was on stage with him has been calling for for over a year.

We agree with shadow education secretary Lucy Powell's call for a» pause» and we intend to work with all possible allies including, importantly, parents and governors to defeat these plans.

Mr Balls contrasted the approach with that from Michael Gove, shadow schools secretary, whose plan for free schools set - up by parent and community groups, has proved popular among many voters.

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

The shadow foreign secretary said: «The Brexit train is threatening to pull away from the station with Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove in charge, taking us down a track that can only lead to disaster.»

Even Labour, the party with the least understanding of the appropriate limits to state power, is run by a leader who made a special pledge to civil liberties campaigners - even if his shadow home secretary is clearly an unreconstructed authoritarian.

The ABI worked closely with Theresa May's Home Office team on successful reform of riot damages legislation and with her personally during her time as an impressive shadow Work & Pensions Secretary.

It's now clear what happens when a shadow Cabinet minister publicly expresses their difference of opinion with the Labour leader: They either get sacked or they get told to shut up, as shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn has been.

Now that approach is being comprehensively abandoned with a speech from shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg at the Royal Society of Arts.

The latest opinion poll blow for Labour comes after shadow home secretary Diane Abbott predicted yesterday that her party would catch up with the Tories in 2017.

Rayner has now indicated that the answer to that question is a clear yes, with the shadow education secretary telling Nick Robinson that she is capable of being Labour leader - and would not let feminists down by saying otherwise.

After Andy Burnham spent a year swinging wildly at Michael Gove but with only occasional contact, Stephen Twigg's arrival as shadow education secretary brought a much more conciliatory approach, at least to the government.

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

Meanwhile Starmer and the shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry, will write to Davis on Wednesday with a list of 170 questions that they say remain unanswered by the government on Brexit — one for each day until article 50 is triggered in late March.

He clashed with the shadow education secretary, Stephen Twigg, who reminded the education minister about his comments in 2008, criticising ministers that had an ««it weren't me miss» attitude», and said that it was time to change this.

But after rolling mass resignations from the shadow cabinet, which have continued into Tuesday with Pat Glass resigning as shadow education secretary just two days after being appointed, Milband said it was time for Labour to unite around an alternative candidate.

In Monday's shadow cabinet meeting, MPs agreed that Corbyn would open Labour's argument in Wednesday's Commons debate by opposing airstrikes while shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn will close the debate with an argument in favour of the government's motion.

The peccadilloes of the ruling classes have long been of fascination and as shadow secretary for media culture and sport, Chris Bryant, has written, sex scandals of all sorts — including adultery, homosexuality (when illegal) and murder — have gone hand - in - hand with political power for centuries.

Deep divisions at the top of the party will be exposed when shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn wraps up the 10 - hour debate with a speech supporting airstrikes.

«People will be dismayed that while News International was busy hacking phones, David Cameron was out hacking with Rebekah Brooks» husband,» shadow media secretary Harriet Harman said.

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.

But shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg pointed out the reforms outlined today followed aborted attempts to replace GCSEs with CSEs and O - levels, the English Baccalaureate and, last week, «I - levels».

Mr Cameron opted to keep leadership rival David Davis in his current post as shadow home secretary, with another former candidate, Liam Fox, moved to defence, and Mr Hague made shadow foreign secretary.

«This report confirms that this government has become obsessed with meeting centrally set targets at the expense of delivering the benefits and services which will do most to lift pensioners out of poverty,» said shadow work and pension secretary Philip Hammond.

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.

«It reveals a lot about Michael Gove's priorities that he has found time to meet with News Corps executives 21 times since he became education secretary - including meeting Rupert Murdoch on seven separate occasions - but in his first seven months in the job he didn't manage to visit a single sixth form college, further education college or special school,» said shadow education secretary Andy Burnham.

Also on Monday, former shadow transport secretary Lilian Greenwood revealed she resigned her post because she was fed up with Corbyn's «incompetent» leadership.

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.

He will try to overturn a Labour a majority of 4,686 in Workington, with the seat currently held by shadow environment secretary Sue Hayman.

The former shadow education secretary has previously spoken out against Mr Corbyn's leadership of the party, saying the «experiment with Corbynism has to end».

Rachel Reeves, the shadow work and pensions secretary, insisted in an interview with the Today programme on Thursday morning that the policy was not punitive but was designed to get people the skills they needed to secure a job.

As shadow foreign secretary, I have been as clear in my support for the government when it does something we agree with as I am in highlighting that which we oppose.

«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.

Reward came in the form of appointment to shadow home secretary, and he was able to ally himself with Blair without attracting the fatal enmity of Brown.

Diane Abbott is also promoted to become shadow health secretary, with her old job of international development secretary going to Corbyn's close ally Kate Osamor.

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.

Nick Harvey, Liberal Democrat shadow defence secretary, said: «It is evident that mainstream military opinion is questioning the wisdom, necessity and affordability of replacing Trident with another nuclear system on a Cold War scale.

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.

We'd usually follow this with some tired suggestions about why it's not her opposite number, Theresa May, rather than the shadow foreign secretary asking the questions.