Sentence examples for advise ministers from inspiring English sources

Margaret Thatcher once memorably said "advisers advise, ministers decide".

We need a new phrase for the current Prime Minister: "advisers advise, ministers dither".

It is not because no one could foresee them: in almost every case, there were specialists in the field who could, or did, warn of trouble ahead, but it is an axiom of the British system that "advisers advise, ministers decide", and that the important ministerial posts must be occupied by people whose only qualification is that they have stood for election.

But, that said, Cable and Fallon are grown-ups and know that ultimately the buck stops with them: advisers advise, ministers decide.

Quizzed on Cummings's influence, the secretary of state responded robustly, quoting Margaret Thatcher: "Advisers advise; ministers decide".

March: Senior officials in Whitehall advise ministers that "regime change of itself" has "no basis in international law".

Another part is advising ministers on their interests.

Many of those now advising ministers are themselves "priced out".

Some 6,000 experts are now involved in some 450 bodies advising ministers.

The original anti-lobbying proposals had prompted fears experts would be banned from advising ministers and MPs.

Alan Milburn, Frank Field and Graham Allen are advising ministers on how to craft policies to support social mobility, combat poverty and help disadvantaged children.