Sentences with phrase «labour cost government»

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A superficial analysis might point to Canadian government investment incentives and labour costs, relative to those in parts of the U.S. and in certain emerging economies.

«When you change your trading relationship and population movements with the world, it has to change everything from the cost and supply of labour, the cost of good (exchange rate), the availability of market access (in and out), government finances (fiscal policy) or as we know very well monetary policy.

As a condition of receiving taxpayer - funded bailouts, governments ordered GM, Chrysler and their unions to bring labour costs in line with Toyota, Honda and Nissan.

A number of provincial governments are understandably reluctant to do anything that might significantly increase the cost of labour and therefore weaken an already - fragile economy.

Production is shifting toward the Mexico and the U.S. south thanks to lower labour costs and aggressive government incentives, the report said.

AUSTRALIA is a high - cost player in the global market - our costs of production have always been higher than those of the US and Brazil and others with whom we compete - and that is mainly related to labour costs and Government charges.

The evidence that is available about food production and processing, but not included in the Green Paper, is that the sector's businesses are in the main under considerable financial pressure as a result of falling real commodity prices, rising input costs, increased government regulations, rising labour costs, and lower retail margins.

A pre-election report from the Toronto Region Board of Trade says Ontario businesses face challenges including high labour costs and energy prices, and urges the next government to cut property taxes to help keep companies competitive.

As the Minority in Parliament, we are in strong solidarity with the labour front in pressurising the NPP government to ensuring that the liberties of the Ghanaian worker is not infringed upon, while cooperating with all efforts targeted at improved cost of living and the dignity of the Ghanaian workforce.

The scheme was abandoned by the succeeding Labour government in 1974 on grounds of soaring costs and damage to the environment.

Only 1 in 3 voters believe that Labour will make dealing with the cost of living crisis a priority in government, and 58 % believe they will prioritise the NHS.

Tory chairman Grant Shapps said Labour's proposal to give a tax rebate to companies paying the living wage would lead to greater costs for government and taxpayers.

In Copeland Tory support increased by no less than 8.5 points — the biggest increase in support for a government party since Harold Wilson's Labour government won the Hull North byelection in January 1966 (at the cost, incidentally, of a promise to build the Humber Bridge).

Labour should stick to the facts on immigration; that it overall contributes to raising living standards and point out the Tories and UKIP whip up scape - goating to distract attention from those responsible for cost of living crisis — the banks and government.

MPs» refusal to condone military action against the Syrian government will cost Britain, Tony Blair has warned, in an attack which will only strengthen Labour dissent at Ed Miliband.

But the fact that Labour costed its manifesto to ensure it kept to the government's deficit reduction timetable reflects the political consensus around «balancing the books».

Labour says it backs government's position for a downward review of utility tariffs, proposing that the cost of electricity and...

Labour says it backs government's position for a downward review of utility tariffs, proposing that the cost of electricity and water should be slashed by at least 20 %.

The chairman, the Labour peer Lord Richard, said the committee had been unable to make any costings for the second chamber, largely due to the government's refusal to publish any estimates.

Under the previous Labour government, the NHS lost hundreds of millions of pounds through the treatment of foreign patients where the costs were not recovered.

Another choice we've said we'd make differently is on taxation and tuition fees — while under the Conservative - led government banks are benefiting from a 5 per cent cut in corporation tax, — Labour thinks that money would be better used bringing down the cap on tuition fees, to help young people worried about the costs of going to university.

Labour plan to vote against the move because it opposes the government's decision to transfer the whole cost of degrees on to students in the form of debt.

In follow up to last year's Cost of Living reports in early 2015 Labour London Assembly Members undertook a new series of reports to examine the impact of to Tory - led Government's policy on Londoners.

«Ed Miliband has addressed head on those concerns which have cost this party five million votes since 1997 - the illegal war in Iraq, insecure jobs, the sense that despite all the good things Labour did to make Britain a fairer place, that the government stopped being on their side,» he said.

87 % of house builders believe that Welsh Labour Government regulation has significantly increased their costs, according to a recent survey conducted by the Welsh Liberal Democrats.

If you want public service trained, professional politicians, just look at the present Cabinet, to say nothing of Gordon Brown, and wonder why they have made a complete pig's breakfast of everything, as have every Labour government since 1945, to my personal knowledge and cost.

Perhaps if Labour had reciprocated the cooperation shown to them by the Conservatives when Labour were in government we wouldn't have had to endure the horrors of last Thursday, the injuries to police and members of the public, or the millions in costs to repair the damage and pay for the huge policing operation.

Exclusive YouGov polling conducted for Uncut reveals that almost as many people blame the last Labour government for today's cost of living crisis as they do the Tories.

Given a choice between a cost - cutting Tory government and a Labour Party who still have a large amount of Blairite MPs, it seems a clear vote for Labour would be in order.

«The Welsh Labour Government needs to change its mind - set with regards to medicines: they should be seen as an investment, rather than a cost.

New Labour architect and peer says the government's pursuit of leaving the bloc at any cost must be challenged

Labour pointed out that in the meantime the cost of special advisers for Conservative government ministers has gone up from # 5.9 m in 2009 to # 8.4 m last year.

Lord Mandelson, who was one of the architects of New Labour, said many people were feeling bulldozed into a Brexit they did not vote for, adding that the government's pursuit of leaving the EU at any cost must be challenged.

Likewise, Corbyn has pledged to scrap tuition fees in England but the Welsh Labour manifesto discusses the Diamond Review into Higher Education in Wales and the Welsh government's pledge to help with the cost of living during university, as opposed to focusing on tuition fees.

In an agreement with the last Labour Government, workers pick up the bill if people end up living longer than expected and pension costs overshoot projections.

George Osborne has claimed that an SNP - Labour alliance would ramp up government spending, costing families # 350 each

Speaking at the Labour Party's Welsh conference in Llandudno, Carwyn Jones has announced that the Welsh Government will scrap child burial costs in Wales.

Universal infant free school meals, introduced by the coalition government in 2014, already costs the taxpayer more than # 600 million a year, but Labour claims it can raise # 1.5 billion by charging VAT on tuition fees charged by independent schools.

The government said it received strong support for plans to include an area - cost adjustment to reflect the variation of labour market costs.

Labour's school policies could cost more than # 1.8 bn to implement should the party win the general election, the government has claimed.

Labour has said its own analysis of official figures suggests the plan could cost # 1.3 bn with a shortfall in funding over # 1.1 bn - a suggestion dismissed by the government as «completely untrue».

Investors are obliged to weigh any number of unknowns: will Venezuela increase production and keep heavy oil differentials high; will the price of natural gas rapidly rise; will climate change suddenly force governments to introduce carbon taxes; can the companies control their labour and construction costs; will global demand continue to rise?

A Labour government would not ban court fees but would introduce «a ratio to establish the maximum difference between actual costs and charges levied».

According to the Minister of Labour, however, the government will now change the law so that employers themselves bear the increased costs of injuring their workers.

The cost of travel these days is almost criminal, so it was no surprise that Labour MP Stella Creasy received a hearty round of applause when she called for government to subsidise transport for young job - seekers so they can actually get to interviews and work experience placements.

This piece of literature speaks upon policies that are in place which in fact reduce women in the labour force and cost the federal government a lot of money.