British cabinet

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British cabinet minister Grant Shapps on Sunday emphasised the mounting costs of plans for a high-speed rail line serving northern England, which Prime Minister Rishi Sunak may decide to formally axe in coming days.

From Reuters • Sep. 24, 2023

“Last night the Government issued a licence that permits the sale of @ChelseaFC,” Nadine Dorries, the British cabinet minister responsible for sports, tweeted Wednesday morning.

From Washington Post • May 25, 2022

At the age of 36, she was the youngest woman to sit in a British cabinet.

From The Guardian • Aug. 6, 2020

The petition to put her on the bank note has attracted thousands of signatures and the support of Sayeeda Warsi, the first Muslim to be appointed to the British cabinet, and Ms. Criado-Perez.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2018

I have reason to suspect--I admit I cannot prove it yet--that such cooked accounts are given of your doings as actually to alarm the British cabinet.

From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis