Sentences with phrase «labour government announced»

In March 2009, the then Labour government announced it was going to introduce a system of best value tendering (BVT) for the work.

Part of me remembered when the Labour Government announced the Building Schools for the Future programme and said that billions upon billions (which it turned out we didn't have) would be spent to «reverse decades of neglect and under - investment» which I had always thought referred to the Councils of every hue who were responsible for maintaining school buildings.

These negative impacts are the legacy of a climate policy that was conceived in 2006, when the previous Labour government announced that all new homes would be «zero carbon» by 2016.

Not exact matches

Further to the issue of skills shortages, the government has announced the re-allocation of $ 4 million for a «labour market information portal» and another $ 7 million to «support the relocation of youth and immigrants to areas where job opportunities exist.»

Today, the Labour Party's Shadow Health Secretary, Jonathan Ashworth, will announce a new commitment that a future Labour government would place hospital food standards on the same legal basis as school food standards.

The government, at the last quarter of 2015, after a series of meetings of the National Tripartite Committee (NTC) comprising government, employers» association, organized labour and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) announced a 10 percent pay rise for public sector workers across the country.

Announcing the timetable for the election, Ms Harman said: «Our challenge now is to use this time to listen and learn, to elect a new leader and deputy leader who will rebuild the Labour party in order to take the fight to this Tory government and to stand up for Britain.»

If Ed Miliband were to announce that the next Labour Government would reverse this privatisation, then not only would he sweep the countryside that both Coalition parties have abandoned, but he would also stop that privatisation itself, since no potential buyer would take the risk.

The former Labour leader has announced he will vote against the government's motion after listening to this afternoon's ongoing debate in the House of Commons.

Cameron refused, saying it was a matter for the RBS board, leading Miliband to announce that Labour would force a Commons vote on whether or not the government should block it.

After all, Conservative governments went into both the 1992 and 1997 general elections by announcing sharp expenditure restraint for the following Parliament, thus forcing the Labour opposition to either reject or accept those overall spending targets.

Labour has accused the government of being «in a shambles» following the prime minister's earlier speech announcing further cuts to welfare benefits.

At its inaugural meeting, he announced a package of measures that an incoming Labour government would adopt.

Mr McDonnell added: «If the Tories refuse to act, I can announce today that the next Labour Government will amend the law.

A Labour government would enshrine in law a «real living wage» expected to be more than # 10 an hour, John McDonnell has announced.

She retained the position of Deputy Minister for Social Services when the coalition government of Labour and Plaid Cymru was announced on 19 July.

In a speech to the Welsh Labour conference in Swansea, he'll announce that the Welsh Government would be given responsibility for the Work Programme, which is aimed at the long term unemployed, if Labour gains power at Westminster.

In his speech to the Welsh Labour conference, First Minister Carwyn Jones announced that the Welsh Government is creating a new Entrepreneurship Support scheme to encourage new businesses and jobs.

Labour sources said that the party, which had announced earlier in the day that it would abstain on the Loughton amendment after overnight warnings from the government about the threat to bill, denied that Miliband had embarked on a double U-turn.

«If George Osborne doesn't announce these measures, the next Labour Government will waste no time introducing them.

Labour will today announce that a future Labour Government will immediately halt the proposed closure of A&E s in England and carry out a full scale review of all proposals.

Ed Balls, the shadow chancellor, has announced that if elected a Labour government would return the rate of income tax payable on incomes above # 150,000 to 50 %.

No 10 had hoped to reduce the rebellion when the government announced the withdrawal of a «programme motion» earlier in the day when it became clear that Labour would join forces with the rebels to reject the measure.

Today Dawn Butler MP will announce that, under the next Labour government, all large public and private employers will be required to prove their gender equality practices or face further... Read more

During First Minister's Questions this afternoon, Kirsty Williams, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, called on the Welsh Labour Government to consider introducing free school meals for all year one and year two primary pupils as has been announced in England by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.

The TUC announced this after a joint meeting between Labour leaders and the Federal government last night.

The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations and Member of Government Economic management Team Haruna Iddrisu announced this today at a public forum at Parliament.

Today Ed Miliband announced that a Labour government would cut university tuition fees from # 9000 to # 6000 a year.

And matters seemed to be going Labour's way: both David Blunkett and John Whittingdale announced climb - downs in their opposition to legislation and the unsure Maria Miller admitted in response to an intervention by Jack Straw that the government would initiate statute, if the worst came to the worst.

A government led by Jeremy Corbyn would slap VAT on private school fees to fund the move, Labour has announced.

With the Basic Skills Test I am announcing today, a Labour government will make sure anyone claiming Jobseeker's Allowance undertakes the training they need within weeks of signing on.

These were enough to persuade George Howarth, the MP who tabled two amendments criticising Labour's treatment of the Gurkhas signed by nearly 70 of his Labour colleagues, to announce during the debate that he would be backing the government.

Labour inflicted a symbolic defeat on the government over universal credit on Wednesday night, hours after work and pensions secretary David Gauke announced he would end a 55p - a-minute helpline for welfare claimants.

The son of the former Welsh Government minister Carl Sargeant, has announced that he will apply to be the Labour candidate in the by - election caused by his father's death.

The Labour government's 1998 Strategic Defence Review made reductions from the plans announced by the previous Conservative government: [166]

In an attempt to answer Labour charges that a Tory government would favour the better - off, Mr Cameron announced his party would bring in a «health premium» to channel NHS resources on a payment - by - results basis to areas with the greatest health problems.

But Labour said it had announced rail electrification plans in 2009 and it was «a bit rich» for coalition government ministers to take credit now after presiding over «two years of dither and delay».

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.

Borrowers would see their interest capped so that no - one pays back more than twice the amount of their original loan under a Labour Government, the shadow chancellor has announced.

The Welsh Labour Government has announced that the First Minister has decided not to take part in a leaders» debate on the Silk Commission and that the Finance Minister will attend in his place.

It is worth noting that while President Sarkozy was announcing a 2 billion euro boost to defence spending as part of his economic stimulus, Britain's Labour government were announcing delays to major programmes such as the carriers.

Funky Dragon, the Childen and Young People's Assembly for Wales, has announced that the Welsh Labour Government is not renewing its funding for the next three years and will probably be forced to close.

Shadow Environment Secretary Rachael Maskell and Shadow Equalities Minister Dawn Butler announced they were standing down less than an hour before defying the Labour leader to vote against the Government's Article 50 bill.

In comparison, our regular tracker on who people blame the most for the cuts still finds 48 % blaming Labour the most and only 18 % blaming the Coalition - suggesting that people may blame the last Labour government for the generic need for cuts, but once specific cuts are announced they may begin to apportion more of the blame more upon the present Ggovernment for the generic need for cuts, but once specific cuts are announced they may begin to apportion more of the blame more upon the present GovernmentGovernment.

Labour's Scottish secretary during Gordon Brown's government, Murphy is the third candidate to stand to succeed Lamont after two centre - left MSPs, Sarah Boyack and Neil Findlay, announced they were to stand.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced his intention to stand down as Labour leader, as the party begins formal talks with the Liberal Democrats about the possibility of forming a government.

I only hope when the time comes that David Cameron has the definitive substantive «bold and radical» conservative policies to back up this somewhat empty speech because in many areas the policies so far announced seem somewhat lacklustre and timid or have already been diluted by facsimiles already introduced by the Labour Government.

Following the election of the Coalition Government in May 2010 the new Transport Secretary, Philip Hammond, announced in that summer that the old Conservative route was to be dropped and Labour's unpopular and flawed route would be re-heated and supported by the new Conservative majority Government.

Last week he announced that a Labour government would immediately bring in an Immigration Bill and said the EU «needs to change if we are to deal with the problems of immigration».

He announced that a Labour Government will end the bedroom tax and build rented homes for those in need.