Sentences with phrase «labour acting leader»

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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said: «I think what we need in this country is something more robust like a War Powers Act so that governments do get held to account by Parliament for what they do in our name.»

The Labour leader, who faces a near - impossible balancing act whenever trade union demonstrations take place, refused to go on the march but gave an address at the end of it in which he promised to tax bankers» bonuses, build 100,000 houses and end the privatisation of the NHS.

Rather, the Labour leader said: «I am delighted to receive the endorsement of UB40, one of the most successful British reggae acts of all time.

The acting Labour leader really doesn't want to be there anymore - but she scored some important wins regardless

There were no double - acts with members of the shadow cabinet such as Ed Balls, Harriet Harman, or Yvette Cooper — who many see at the Labour leader in waiting.

He was the acting Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party (as chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party) from 1940 during the time Clement Attlee was in government.

She has served in various Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet positions and, in her role as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, she has served as the Acting Leader of the Labour Party twice and Leader of the Opposition: from May to September 2010 and from May to September 2015; and remains the only politician to have held this position on two separate occasions.

Meanwhile, the idea of a new Act of Union to replace the 1707 original has been floated in the past by Dennis Canavan, the then maverick Labour MP who later became chair of Yes Scotland for the 2014 independence referendum; and more recently by the likes of former Lib Dem leader Menzies Campbell and former Labour Welsh Secretary Peter Hain.

Acting Labour leader Harriet Harman said she would offer a «responsible opposition» as ex-Cabinet members began their work in the shadow Cabinet:

Tom Watson, the deputy Labour leader, said Cameron should let his ministers act freely or sack them.

By the very nature of the political leaders considered all are men, with the exception of Thatcher, and briefly for Labour, Harriet Harman, as acting leader.

«Whenever these scandals happen, he is too slow to act and it's in the interests of the wrong people,» the Labour leader said.

Harriet Harman MP, acting leader of the UK Labour Party, said it would be for Scottish Labour to choose a new leader.

Harriet Harman, addressig the TUC as Acting Labour leader, added to the mood of unity:

Tributes to Lord McConnell were led by Harriet Harman, Labour's acting leader.

Last Monday at 6 pm, Cruddas and most of the other remaining 231 Labour MPs (26 fewer than a week before) crammed into committee room 14 in the House of Commons to hear Harriet Harman, the acting leader, attempt to lift the depleted, demoralised parliamentary party off the floor.

Shadow Justice Minister blames leader for «shambles» ahead of Syria vote and says he must act against intimidation inside Labour

After the deputy leader urged his followers to support Labour's campaign on the Freedom of Information Act, Dr Clarke replied: «Are the «rabble» welcome too?»

Harriet Harman became the Leader of the Opposition and acting Leader of the Labour Party following the resignation of Gordon Brown on 11 May 2010, pending a leadership election [89] subsequently won by Ed Miliband.

The Welsh Labour Government must act now to ensure that Wales does not have its own Mid-Staffordshire scandal, Kirsty Williams, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats wilhas argued.

Labour MP Diane Abbott says acting leader Harriet Harman «miscalculated» opposition outside Westminster to the government's Welfare Bill.

Acting Labour leader Harriet Harman had told MPs to abstain, but 48 backbenchers voted against, including eighteen newly - elected members.

Jeremy Corbyn has taken another major step forward in his campaign to become Labour leader after the Communication Workers Union announced that it is to endorse him to act as the antidote to the Blairite «virus» in the party.

In the days after the Budget, unease grew as Harriet Harman, the party's acting leader, and Chris Leslie, the shadow chancellor, signalled that Labour would not oppose Conservative policies such as the 1 per cent cap on public - sector pay rises for four years and the reduced benefit cap of # 20,000 (# 23,000 in London).

Simon Danczuk MP, for sustained attacks against the Leader of the Labour Party notably in his column in the Daily Mail, conduct which is clearly prejudicial to the party and consisting of acts which are grossly detrimental to the party in contravention of the rules Chapter 2 clause 1 8.

Today it was Labour's turn to get in to the act of speculating about how a former leader might behave if they were around now.

Cable's vow to «act against abusive practices in zero hours contracts» coincides with the Labour leader's recent pledge also to crackdown on zero hours contracts.

Instead, lining up in the centre for Labour were acting leader Harriet Harman and new shadow chancellor Chris Leslie.

In his speech to the hacks, Burnham put Labour's acting leader in the same bracket as George Osborne on welfare.

Acting Labour leader Harriet Harman is facing a backlash from her party's leadership candidates after she endorsed of key Tory welfare cuts.

«We have got to look deep in our souls, but we shouldn't open our veins,» said Harriet Harman, the acting leader of the Labour party, as she implored her colleagues to stop bloodletting after the party's loss and the resignation of Ed Miliband.

But there were already signs of tension last night as Kennedy aides suggested that the new leader would proceed as he sees fit in dealing with Labour - and Hughes aides said he could not act «without agreement of the party».

Speaking as she campaigned for a Remain vote in Thursday's EU referendum, the former acting Labour leader said:

Labour will not contest the Government's latest round of welfare cuts, including the lower household benefits cap and new limits on child tax credits, the party's acting leader has said.

Harriet Harman, Labour's acting leader, has also promised to hold Cameron to account over what he has promised on childcare, noting the cost for the average family has soared by # 1,500 a year since 2010.

Acting Labour leader Harriet Harman said that Mr Osborne's plans were «reckless», hitting those least able to pay.

While Unite leader Len McCluskey said on Sunday that unions could act as «honest brokers» in the leadership saga, leaders of some of the other biggest unions affiliated to Labour have not commented, and some officials are reported to be on holiday.

Several Labour MPs - including leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn and former minister Diane Abbott - voted against the bill, despite the party's official stance being to abstain after an amendment tabled by acting Labour leader Harriet Harman was defeated.

His remarks were condemned by Tom Watson, the deputy leader of the Labour party, who believes the FoI Act should be strengthened, not undermined.

Labour's acting leader Harriet Harman has announced that the party's policy will be to vote in favour of its own amendment to the government's measures, before abstaining on the main vote should the amendment fail.

The prime minister does not go as far as the Labour leader, who has said the whole incursion into Gaza is wrong, or Nick Clegg, who has said Israel's actions appear to be a disproportionate act of collective punishment and called for talks with Hamas.

This time around, acting Labour leader Harriet Harman has told the BBC that Cameron sounded like he was talking about insects rather than people.

After failing to act when Ken Livingstone directly contravened party rules, and dithering over whether to attend the TUC rally, Labour has another leader who'd rather duck a difficult decision than show real leadership.»

On Monday, the Labour leader must act like a prime minister, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Labour's acting leader Harriet Harman is struggling to squash claims that the party is «purging» supporters of Jeremy Corbyn, the surprise frontrunner in its leadership contest.

[44] Her deputy, Alex Rowley, took over as acting leader until 15 November, when he was suspended from Scottish Labour's parliamentary party while a probe into his conduct took place.

Harriet Harman, who was leader of the Commons until the election, will not shadow the role because she is now acting Labour leader.

Ignore the fact that Osborne will be up against Hilary Benn rather than Labour's acting leader Harriet Harman: the symbolism of the occasion won't be lost on anyone at Westminster.

Commissioned by Harriet Harman in her second stint as acting leader, with Margaret Beckett - the only MP to have served in every Labour government since Wilson's in the 1970s — leading the drafting team, this report is steeped in the mores and perspectives of Labour's old guard.

Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps explained that he believes the Labour leader must act: