Sentences with phrase «labour election promise»

Not exact matches

Elsewhere at the conference, the shadow hancellor promised to cut ministers» pay by 5 % and to reduce child benefits in real terms if Labour wins next year's general election.

In the 2010 election manifestos, the Liberal Democrats, Labour and the Conservatives each promised to legislate and the coalition agreement included it as a firm proposal.

Hunting became a particularly high - profile political issue in the late 1990s, with the election of Tony Blair's Labour government, which in its 1997 manifesto promised MPs a free vote on a ban on hunting with hounds.

I am a Labour supporter, and have been for many years, but my problem with any established political party is they don't keep the promises they make during election campaigns.

That's hardly surprising; having been promised in Labour's 2005 election manifesto a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, and having seen other member states hold one, the public is eager to have its say.

On Labour's election, Chancellor for the Duchy of Lancaster David Clark promised a new White Paper before legislation, which was delayed from July to December that year.

At the 1997 general election, both Labour and the Liberal Democrats promised freedom of information laws.

Not only did many of them feel betrayed by the Brexit vote but many more turned their back on the brand of Conservatism offered to them last June in the election and instead opted for the empty and costly promises of Corbyn's Labour.

These former UKIP voters have probably gone back to Labour on a conditional basis thinking that Labour is still committed to its General Election promises of ensuring a full Brexit.

Speaking plainly, Smith told Andrew Marr, «I want us to be part of the European Union», then argued Labour should go into the General Election in 2020 promising to keep Britain in the EU, if it were still an option.

When Labour chose to accept the targets in 1997, incumbent Conservatives aimed (much less successfully in that case) to challenge Labour to identify what extra cuts or tax rises they would impose to meet their election promises to specific groups unsuccessfully.

Welsh Labour today promised to put children and young people at the heart of government if elected for a third term in next week's assembly election.

«They promised before the election that it is something that they took seriously - the prime minister made that promise - and nothing has happened,» the Labour leader said.

Cameron's referendum promise may well not prevent the Conservatives from breaking up, but, if Labour wins the next election, the Tories will probably campaign for a «no» vote anyway.

Commenting on the changes, Emma Rees, Momentum's national organiser, said: «We welcome the review, which is a promising first step towards a 21st - century Labour party that empowers its members and is able to win elections.

Here in percentage terms (after factoring in fixed costs and manifesto pledges) are the degree to which the IFS thinks you are in the dark: you don't know 87 per cent of the cuts Labour would have to make if they stuck to their election promises, 82 per cent of the Tory cuts that would come your way, 74 per cent of the cuts the Lib Dems would have to make.

Osborne's fuel duty commitment follows intense backbench pressure and is his riposte to the promise last week by the Labour leader, Ed Miliband, to freeze electricity prices for 20 months after the 2015 election.

«He fought an election campaign himself promising cuts of about # 44bn, so I think you do have to question whether the Labour Party, if it was in power now, could honour many of these old commitments.»

This led to the Labour manifesto for the 2015 general election under Ed Miliband's leadership which promised to «legislate to make three - year tenancies the norm, with a ceiling on excessive rent rises».

Following the election, the Liberal Democrat Leader in the Lords, Lord Wallace, argued that the convention which constrains the Lords from voting down the governing party's manifesto promises (the Salisbury convention — established following Labour's landslide victory in 1945, when the party had just 16 peers) was out of date.

Labour leader Ed Miliband has promised to introduce new rights for workers on zero hour contracts, if his party wins the next election.

SNP leader Alex Salmond has promised to hold a referendum on independence if his party wins May's Holyrood elections, and has accused Labour and the Tories of «Natbashing» simply to win votes.

Speaking plainly, Smith told Andrew Marr, «I want us to be part of the European Union», then argued Labour should go into the General Election in 2020 promising to keep Britain -LSB-...]

Liberal Democrats, Labour and the Green Party have all pledged to follow the vInspired lead and will deliver five election promises for young people on Twitter, as part of their manifestos; so groundwork has been made.

Until the party and its leadership can admit to the mistakes made in government, or to the lack of courage shown in not tackling the clear problems that prevent ordinary people from enjoying the sort of life that the middle classes take for granted, then I fear a whole swathe of Labour supporters will simply choose not to vote Labour, whatever promises are made at the next election (this is essentially ditching the last vestiges of New Labour I suppose).

As he launched Labour's election manifesto, Miliband said Labour would not promise anything it could not fund.

The party's election campaign vice chair was asked about the move to carve Labour promises in stone as she appeared on 5Live.

The deputy prime minister responded by pointing out Labour had broken election manifesto promises on higher education funding in 1997 and 2001.

«Labour know Ed Miliband has no intention of keeping the promises he makes during the election campaign.»

Shadow Chancellor Oliver Letwin today promised to make tax a central issue in the upcoming election campaign following a think - tank report that claims Labour will have to raise taxes if they retain power.

Labour has promised to devolve # 30bn of funding over five years if it wins the election, calling the move «the biggest devolution of economic power and funding to England's city and county regions for generations».

Lib Dem grandees, who overwhelmingly backed Kennedy, were reassured by his carefully crafted speech which promised to carry on the Ashdown legacy of cooperating with Labour, but to re-tune the links to ensure that the party has a distinctive voice at the next general election.

The Lib Dem election campaign focused on the likelihood of there being a hung parliament and sold the party as the best option as a coalition partner for either Labour or the Conservatives, promising to stop each party lurching off to the left or the right.

Mandelson, the former business secretary and chief architect of New Labour, describes how he and other No 10 aides drew up plans — codenamed Operation Teddy Bear — to split the Treasury into two in an attempt to weaken Brown's challenge to Blair in 2003 when the prime minister agreed not to fight the following general election, only to renege on his promise.

The BBC has learned that the Labour Leader Ed Miliband is set to promise to increase spending on the NHS in England if he wins the next election.

Labour leader Ed Miliband has said he wants to win an overall majority in the general election as the coalition government «has become an excuse for broken promises».

Labour is promising to put 10,000 more police on the streets of England and Wales if it wins the election, to be paid for by reversing Conservative plans in the 2016 Budget for capital gains tax cuts.

The line that Labour was prepared to drop its election manifesto promise for a referendum was also emphasised to the media by William Hague.

Jeremy Corbyn hit back at Tony Blair after the former Labour prime minister advised voters to consider backing Conservative or Liberal Democrat candidates in June's general election, if they promise to have an open mind about the terms of the final Brexit deal.

Labour leader Ed Miliband has said he wants to win an overall majority at the general election because the coalition government «has become an excuse for broken promises».

They remain torn between the demands of a shadow treasury team (which includes Shabana Mahmood, the previous universities spokesperson) who are eager not to be seen to make unaffordable promises and a political opportunity to put a radical offer on tuition fees at the centre of the Labour election manifesto.

In what promises to be a knife - edge election, the Tories could emerge well ahead of Labour in the national share of the vote, but still have insufficient MPs in the Commons to rule as a majority.

The Labour Party under Ed Miliband subsequently went into the 2015 general election with a promise to implement an even more limited Job Guarantee (specifically, part time jobs with guaranteed training included for long - term unemployed youth) if elected; [12] however, they lost the election.

«Labour promised at the last election that every woman would be supported by the same midwife throughout her pregnancy and be entitled to choose where she gave birth,» he said.

In his response, an emotional Ayade described his adoption for the 2019 elections by the organised labour as humbling, and promised to continue to give priority to the welfare of the citizenry over every other consideration.

«I promise you when the next general election comes Labour, the Conservatives and Lib Dems will promise a referendum,» said Mr Farage, seen below after his speech yesterday.

The MEP promised to unify the party after months of bitter feuds, and set his sights on getting more than 10 MPs into Westminster at the next general election by targeting Labour heartlands.

At that election both Chris Huhne and myself, as well as the Labour candidate (all pictured), promised the people of Eastleigh that we would support a referendum of the Lisbon Treaty.

«If Labour were serious about more responsibilities for the Scottish parliament, the speech would have included actual legislation before the general election, not simply empty promises.

The Child Trust Fund scheme was promised in the Labour Party's 2001 election manifesto [3] and launched in January 2005, with children born on or after 1 September 2002 eligible.