无疑,英国的大臣们将密切关注苏格兰的有关争论。
No doubt the English ministers will be studying the Scottish debate closely.
再回到伦敦,英国的大臣们正讨论关于退出欧盟可降低英国商业成本,使本国脱离欧盟市场。
Yet back in London, ministers talk of special opt-outs giving British business low-cost, deregulated membership of the common market.
只近在周末,就有消息说英国的大臣们还不清楚三家投标人是打算保留还是肢解埃尔斯米尔港和卢顿的英国分厂。
It has also emerged that as recently as the weekend, British ministers did not know whether the three bidders were planning to save or scrap the UK plants at Ellesmere Port and Luton.
乔治·奥斯本作为英国的大臣似乎认同这一说法,他很少错过任何一个机会去戴上安全帽并宣讲修更多铁路和更多公路的好处。
GeorgeOsborne, Britain's chancellor, seems to agree. He seldom misses a chance to puton a hard hat and proclaim the virtues of more roads and railways.
上个月,英国内政大臣特雷莎·梅宣布,为了防止假冒的申请人入境,大使馆工作人员将面谈10万多名申请人。
Last month the home secretary, Theresa May, announced that embassy staff would interview more than 100,000 applicants in an attempt to prevent bogus ones entering the country.
这位英国财政大臣表示,他计划重启国际货币基金组织去年提出的一项计划,该计划迄今尚未提供任何帮助。
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has indicated that he plans to revive a scheme put forward last year by the International Monetary Fund, which has not yet provided any relief.
同样地,英国的金融服务大臣保罗·麦纳斯也认为短期持有股票的股东,其投票权应该较薄弱。
Likewise, Britain's minister for financial services, Paul Myners, has suggested that short-term holders of shares should have inferior voting rights.
雄心壮志要解散英国最大银行集团的商务大臣,温斯•凯博,又要伸出“魔掌”为成长型公司向银行索要更多的贷款了。
VINCE CABLE, the business secretary, whose declared ambition is to break up Britain’s biggest banks, is trying to cajole these leviathans into lending more to growing companies.
财政大臣最大的担忧是,一些公司在欧洲拓展国际业务时,英国已经不再是首选之地。
The chancellor's biggest anxiety is that Britain is no longer seen as a first choice for international businesses looking for a European base.
BBC并不是第一次拒绝播放慈善呼吁,但这次引发的反弹是从未有过的,更别说英国内阁大臣们的抨击了。
It is not the first time the BBC has refused to air charity appeals, although the backlash has never been on this scale, or included criticism from British government ministers.
英国财政大臣乔治·奥斯本称,在建议方案成为法律之前尚有大量的细节工作需要进行。
George Osborne, the chancellor, said that "a great deal of detailed work" would be needed before the proposals became law.
英国外交大臣黑格称,卡扎菲上校的统治已经是”垂死挣扎”,但他警告不要自满。
The British Foreign Secretary William Hague said the rule of Colonel Gaddafi was in its "death throes", but he warned against complacency.
当然,在与英国外交大臣米利班德与直布罗陀的首席部长彼得•卡鲁阿纳的会谈中,最不堪提及的话题就是主权。
Yet sovereignty was the great unmentionable at his meeting with the British foreign secretary, David Miliband, and Gibraltar's chief minister, Peter Caruana.
我倒是想听取影子大臣乔治·奥斯本(GeorgeOsborne)更多关于减少英国财政赤字的意见。
Now, Bagehot would love to hear more from George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, about his plan for cutting Britain's deficit.
他的外交大臣威廉•黑格(William Hague)希望追求英国的经济利益而不是改变世界。
His foreign secretary, William Hague, wanted to pursue Britain's economic interests rather than change the world.
尽管在曼谷的紧张气氛在增加,但英国能源和气候变化大臣埃德·米利班德仍对在哥本哈根会谈上达成协议表示乐观。
Ed Miliband, the secretary of state for energy and climate change, said he remained optimistic that a deal could be struck at Copenhagen, despite the increase in tension in Bangkok.
英国外交大臣说,俄罗斯应该考虑这件事对俄罗斯与西方关系的更长远影响。
And, the British foreign secretary said, Russia should think about the longer-term implications for its relations with the West.
今夏当选英国首相呼声最高的现财政大臣戈登·布朗,赞成80%的上议院议员由选举产生。
Gordon Brown, the chancellor of the exchequer and probable prime minister from this summer, preferred a chamber with 80% of its members elected.
英国大臣乔治·奥斯本赞同这个条例,认为这个条例将会对英国以至海外的银行产生深远的影响。
The ruling, endorsed by the Chancellor, George Osborne, is likely to have profound consequences for Banks both in the UK and overseas.
英国财务部大臣飞利浦.哈蒙德表示:从短期来讲低廉的物价对于穷困的家庭还说是好事。
Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Philip Hammond said: "Falling prices are good news for struggling families in the short term.
鲁斯·凯利(英国交通大臣)打算用新机场和免税的燃料持续引爆休闲旅游的需求。
Ruth Kelly wants to continue the explosion in leisure travel by indulging it with new airports and untaxed fuel.
司法大臣克拉克的目标是减少英国庞大的监狱人口,寻求更为有效地方式处理犯罪分子以及降低居高不下的重复犯罪率。
The justice secretary’s goal was to cut Britain’s large prison population, coming up with more effective ways of dealing with offenders and reducing stubbornly high reoffending rates.
英国财政大臣达林承认,英国经济滑坡的程度比预期的还要糟糕。
Britain's finance chief, Chancellor Alistair Darling acknowledged the economy had taken a sharper downturn than anticipated.
两种思想都希望“更加一体化的欧洲”以应对全球化,这与英国财政大臣戈登·布朗意见相左,他认为全球化进程削弱了欧盟这样的区域集团存在的理由。
Both want "more Europe" in response to globalisation, differing from the British chancellor, Gordon Brown, who thinks that globalisation weakens the case for regional blocks such as the EU.
英国大臣们将对时下英国与其他主要国家15岁少年在阅读能力上形成的这种“鲜明鸿沟”提出警告。
Ministers will warn today of a "stark gulf" between the ability of 15-year-olds here and those from other leading countries.
英国外交大臣黑格宣布了库萨抵达英国的消息。黑格说,库萨的行动表明,卡扎菲的支持率正急速下降。
In announcing Koussa's arrival, British Foreign Secretary William Hague pointed to the defection as a sign that Gadhafi is fast losing support.
布朗夫人曾自己开公司,是一位成功的公关主管,但当布朗就任英国财政大臣后,为避免利益冲突她辞掉了工作。
Mrs Brown was a successful public-relations executive who owned her own company. However, she gave up paid work when her husband was Chancellor to avoid any conflict of interest.
布朗夫人曾自己开公司,是一位成功的公关主管,但当布朗就任英国财政大臣后,为避免利益冲突她辞掉了工作。
Mrs Brown was a successful public-relations executive who owned her own company. However, she gave up paid work when her husband was Chancellor to avoid any conflict of interest.
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