Starmer began appointing the government ministers who will be responsible for helping to turn those problems around. He announced that Rachel Reeves, a former Bank of England economist, will be Treasury chief, the first woman to hold the job. The massive victory will bring big challenges for...
Johnson went on television to apologize for Pincher's appointment minutes before the two cabinet ministers' announcements of resignation. Johnson's political opponents have quickly pounced at the departure of the two key ministers as well as its damage on Johnson's premiership and the Conservative p...
market-friendly strategy. From 1987 he served in Labour’s shadow cabinet, first as shadow chief secretary to the Treasury and then as shadow trade and industry secretary. In 1992, following Labour’s fourth successive electoral defeat, Brown was named shadow chancellor of the Exchequer by John ...
"Mr. Johnson has for three days now been sending ministers — in one case a Cabinet minister — out to defend the indefensible, effectively to lie on his behalf. That cannot be allowed to continue," Gale told the BBC. "This prime minister has trashed the reputation of a proud and honora...
Liz Truss becomes the 16th prime minister to have served the UK during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. The Conservative Party leader officially became the country's prime minister after meeting the monarch in what is known as the 'kissing hands' ceremony. ...
Russia's foreign ministry said on Saturday that it had barred entry to the country for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and 10 other British government members and politicians. The move was taken "in view of the unprecedented hostile...
Entering Labour’s shadow cabinet in 1988, Blair became the most outspoken of those party leaders calling for Labour to move to the political centre and deemphasize its traditional advocacy of state control and public ownership of certain sectors of the economy. In 1992 John Smith was elected La...
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Oliver Dowden, a former culture secretary, backed the campaign at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning, according to sources. The Cabinet Office minister is said to have argued that the BBC should rethink its decision given how special the choir is to the public. Other senior ministers around ...
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