Sentence examples for ministers policy from inspiring English sources
Sponsored by the Guardian, its theme is "the unfinished revolution" and it promises to be packed with Labour ministers, policy wonks, activists and other assorted glitterati.
The placing of limits on the power of Corbyn's close ally John McDonnell to interfere in other shadow ministers' policy areas is likely to be one element of any deal.
We need to be clear about their role: non-executive directors are not there to set government policy, but to drive value for money for taxpayers, advise on operational performance and the effective management of the department, and challenge officials to implement ministers' policy decisions effectively.
Trade ministers, policy wonks, activists, journalists, and various other hangers-on are on their way to Bali for the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) next high-level meeting, which starts on Tuesday [3 December] and will run until the end of the week.
The full package is well worth listening to - you can find it on the iPlayer here, starting at 2h33m - but what was particularly revealing was the way he got Gus O'Donnell, a former cabinet secretary, to admit that he thought it was the primary duty of civil servants to challenge ministers' policy, not to implement it.
He is neither responsible for, nor approves or disapproves his Ministers' policies, wherever the seat of parliament.
"Its own figures show that global warming will put hundreds of thousands more British homes at risk of flooding in future – yet ministers' policies fail to reflect this".
Welsh government permanent secretary Derek Jones heads the 5,000-strong 5,000-stronge in Wales responsible for civiling out miniservicepolinies.
He said proposals to improve the performance of civil servants were always "both necessary and welcome" but added "the Civil Service should not be reviled and unattributably dumped on when ministers' policies run into difficulties".
Parliament has a rather serious ability to question ministers, question policy, even impose impeachment of ministers.
He gets the paperwork and has private meetings with ministers about policy".
