cabinet minister

Example Sentences

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She's been in parliament for 20 years and was a cabinet minister for five.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

A cabinet minister expressed this frustration to me the other day: they felt there was evidence slowly emerging of things picking up economically, but not the capacity to talk about it.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

The kind of thing that should be utterly conventional – a cabinet minister publicly supporting the prime minister – became newsworthy today, because frankly it wasn't certain they would.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

The peer faces an investigation into alleged misconduct in public office, after claims he sent market-sensitive government information to Epstein whilst a cabinet minister in Gordon Brown's New Labour government.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

A Union cabinet minister is the focus of attention.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel