Sentences with phrase «labour government made»

If the last labour government made one big mistake, it was to forget that economic distribution matters.

For me, thirteen years of Labour Government made Britain a better place.

The Labour government made a manifesto commitment in 2001 to resolve the contentious issue of hunting with dogs in England and Wales.

Not exact matches

A war erupted inside the Labour Party, the government's official opposition, over leader Corbyn's decision to make the party's parliamentarians vote in favour of May triggering Article 50.

They are made to silence the objections of organized labour and make the government of the day appear as if it's acting in the national interest.

«So no more hand - holding with Donald Trump - a Labour government will conduct a robust and independent foreign policy made in London.

It's really important to work with labour and government, both Ontario and federal, to make sure we attract that investment in Canada and keep it here.

He noted the federal government's budget last month made commitments aimed at increasing the labour - force participation of women.

The government is working through the multiple issues before making a final decision and has encouraged employers and labour groups to not walk away from the committee's work, said Stephen Laskowski, president of the Canadian Trucking Alliance.

Andrew Jackson, director of social and economic policy for the Canadian Labour Congress, agrees with Elizabeth Kelliher that the Canadian government should be making massive new investments in social housing, as well as many other areas of infrastructure.

Speakers making the case for why it's time to listen to the experts and Canadians — and get down to business and develop a made - in - Canada proportional representation system include Hassan Yussuff, President of the Canadian Labour Congress, Katelynn Northam, electoral reform campaign lead at Leadnow, Farhat Rehman of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women and Annie Bérubé, director of government relations at Équiterre.

In an interview in April, Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuck expressed interest in making dedicated paternity leave a part of the promised changes to come from the federal government.

Hugh MacDonald Slogan: None Elected experience: MLA for Edmonton - Gold Bar from 1997 to present Background: Since stepping into his role as the opposition labour critic during his first - term and making headlines over the government's shaky handling of rotting pine shakes roofing and lack of whistle - blower protection, Hugh MacDonald earned a reputation as a dogged critic of the Tories.

We can also expect to hear some hint about what type of reforms the government could make to Alberta's outdated labour laws in this session of the Assembly.

«Something surreal is afoot when the government advertises its own failings in order to make the case for new Labour's grandiose ID card scheme,» noted Lib Dem home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg.

Based on observation of the behaviour of the government I'd say they've already made up their minds on that one: the Labour party is convinced that in order to stay in power it needs to be seen to be tough on crime, which usually translates into advocating random outbursts of arbitrary state power.

Could they generate enough heat against a Labour government backed by the nationalists to make such a prospect untenable?

For those wishing to compare the final months of the Brown government with another Labour government, Bernard Donoughue's Downing Street Diary: With James Callaghan in No. 10 (Pimlico # 16.99) makes for sobering reading.

We recognise the immense sacrifices and contributions that labour has made over the years and its partnership with various governments and like - minded organisations to bring development and progress to our dear nation.

I can't help feeling that if Labour had made progress on electoral reform over its 13 years of government.

«Look what happens when you get it right: the 11 years of Labour government between 1997 and 2008... A completely unbroken period of economic growth; we made the economy work like never before or since, and we lifted half a million children out of poverty; and lifted a million pensioners out of poverty.

The WIPF, made up of women leaders from 26 registered political parties led by Ebere Ifendu of the Labour Party expressed their full support for the government's war on corruption and insecurity.

«Ed has stated a simple fact; that a Labour government will not be able to reverse as many of the cuts the current government is making unless it can show where the money is to come from,» Mr Johnson continued.

Last but certainly not least is another Act from the early days of the New Labour government, which is notable for one reason above all others: It made it an offence to detonate a nuclear bomb.

Jeremy Corbyn has rowed back just an hour after saying that a Labour government would axe the government's benefit freeze - even though it made no mention of it in its manifesto published this morning.

The debates trapped timid Labour leaders into making commitments that either killed off campaigning verve or paralysed them in government.

The most important thing is that analysing past elections & predicting future elections is ridiculous, since electoral reform will hopefully change the political parties and the political process anyway, to make them more responsive to the genuine majority view, instead of the tribal attitude we see when Paul suggests that we should keep FPTP as the best way of electing a Labour government.

An independent Scotland could make a Labour government in Westminster nigh - on impossible.

Labour might also prefer a pact to a coalition, fearing that having to square Clegg, Cable and Huhne (and perhaps others) to get their acquiescence in every Cabinet decision, as well as having to give them major departments of state, might make firm and decisive government, in the middle of a major economic and fiscal crisis, virtually impossible.

The Labour Party first pledged itself to a Freedom of Information Act in its 1974 election manifesto, but the precarious positions of the Wilson and Callaghan governments made progress impossible.

Baroness Smith, a minister in Gordon Brown's government and now Labour's leader in the Lords, made a little heralded speech last week in which she said: «For what it's worth, I don't subscribe to the one more heave theory.»

And the polarisation and swings we see under the Commons» electoral system mean any gains Labour make are often swiftly undone by the next right - wing government.

I can give you plenty of examples where the last Labour government did not spend money well and, as someone who believes that spending on health and education can change lives, it is incumbent on me to make sure that every pound is well spent.

This speech to the Fabian Society disproves Lammy's loyalist credentials unless he is making an inadvertent miscalulation in attacking Labour's record on social mobility — surely he must be in the wrong party to be deliberately exposing the divide between their aspiration and achievement from a position of government, and it beggars belief that a serious politician would undermine their own argument in this way after suggested he himself has been a beneficiary of the process.

If you want to make common cuase with Labour's social liberasl, as I hope you will, then I think you need to be more willing to give your own party — and the Coalition government — some stick.

The Welsh Secretary David Jones made a speech last night which resisted the constant demands from the Labour - led Government in Wales for more powers.

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.

This is in spite of new parliamentary Labour Party standing orders which made it a disciplinary offence for MPs to vote against the government.

«If, God forbid, David Cameron falls under a bus William Hague would certainly be the next Tory leader Main By conceding the need for spending cuts Ed Balls has made the job of the next Conservative government a lot easier... George Osborne now wants Labour to also concede the need for tax rises»

Labour has had a successful party conference, Ed Miliband made a powerful speech with a strong commanding narrative of Labour's objectives for government, but the only let - down was in the crucial area of economic policy.

Two examples of where idealism and dreams of a better society were made real by a Labour government.

Whether the voters believe Labour or not is another matter, but I think the fact that the spokesman is someone who was a Government rebel on 90 days, and who has been a target of surveillance himself, make Labour's position that little bit more credible.

By conceding the need for spending cuts Ed Balls has made the job of the next Conservative government a lot easier... George Osborne now wants Labour to also concede the need for tax rises

I seem to recall Labour ministers (especially John Reid and Hazel Blears) spent large amounts of time in the last government desperately trying to look tough on immigrants, shaking up border control repeatedly, and posturing about how those naughty immigrants must be made to integrate.

Voting for Corbyn then becomes a free hit: if Labour can not become a party of government any time soon, why not make it a more effective party of opposition that takes on the Tories» austerity agenda and unite it on that basis?

(This is quite distinct from the Brian Barder argument that we should cling to the conventions because they make possible a minority Labour government which, in my view, would entirely lack democratic legitimacy.)

Ed Miliband will tomorrow (Tuesday) declare that a One Nation Labour government will outlaw the exploitative use of zero hour contracts that make life a misery for thousands of families.

If either a majority Labour or Conservative government is to emerge after May 7, they'd need to make a healthy number of net gains here.

There are plenty of political discussions to be made which do not specifically involve the politics of the Labour party or taking a partisan stance on the governments record.

From the perspective of many grassroots Labour activists neither the leader's stance or the GMB's response look great since it will make the party's job of defeating the government that bit harder.