Sentences with phrase «labour government raised»

Not exact matches

Raise interest rates in the U.S. and you could kill the recovery and exacerbate the problem of long - term unemployment, with lasting effects of labour productivity, economic growth and, yes, even government revenues.

Environment Secretary Michael Gove urged the Prime Minister and Chancellor to listen to independent bodies that review public sector pay, after a week in which Labour attacked a government «shambles» for initially raising, then playing down hopes that the cap could be lifted.

Hopes were raised when government officials signalled a willingness to listen to the specific criticisms raised in particular by the Canadian Labour Congress and its German counterpart, the DGB.

We need relentless focus from government, labour and business on raising overall productivity in Canada.

The Prime Minister claims she has raised issues including women's rights with the Saudi government but the Labour leader says she must go further and ban arms sales to the regime.

Raising the electoral mountain Labour would need to climb to form a Government, exercising minority or coalition rule let alone governing with a majority, is an unexpected gift for the fifth largest force in UK politics: Momentum.

Similarly, the idea about inheritance must be challenged, as a brave Labour government would have done last year when the Tories proposed raising the threshold for inheritance tax (see the Fabian pamphlet, «How to Defend Inheritance Tax»).

Both the Conservatives and Labour reject the # 8bn plea but it may still be welcomed in government, just as the 2010 Lib Dem proposal for raising the threshold for income tax was.

However, the Labour chair of the European Scrutiny Committee last night raised concerns over whether the key policy issues in the treaty the government wants excluded, called «red lines», were being excluded as the prime minister claimed.

But if Balls didn't wanted to rule out a VAT increase, which taxes did he want a Labour government to raise?

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.

While Labour MP John Trickett said the incident «raises a series of questions about the ethics of public service and the integrity of the Government».

Labour believe they can fund the change by closing tax loopholes in the construction industry, ending the government's «shares for rights» scheme and raising taxes on hedge funds.

Tony McNulty's admission came as the government faces a Labour rebellion against its plans to raise the pre-charge detention limit from 28 to 42 days.

So, for example, when Tony Blair committed the New Labour government to raise UK health spending to the EU average (from about five per cent of GDP to about eight per cent at the time) that was a significant commitment.

The next Labour government will ensure city and county regions, like this powerhouse economy in Leeds, get control of business rates revenue so that any extra money raised here... can be invested here.

«I shared the concerns raised from across the political spectrum when your parliamentary office was raided in 2008 when you were a shadow minister holding the Labour government to account,» she said.

In Britain, a Labour government had Michael Foot and Tony Benn in senior cabinet positions; raised the top rate on earned income to 83 per cent and that on investment income to 98 per cent; tried to control prices and incomes across the economy; nationalised British Leyland and established a National Enterprise Board.

«For too long the Welsh Labour Government has buried its head in the sand and ignored the catalogue of concerns and warnings that have been raised.

«Every Labour government in history has raised debt and unemployment.

People don't doubt that it would be possible for the government to raise more money through taxation: they doubt that Labour should be spending it.

But with opposition MPs and human rights groups raising concerns at the government's illiberal record, he maintained a «fashionable but false orthodoxy» sought to deny Labour's achievements since 1997.

Over recent days we've also heard my shadow cabinet colleagues, Emma Reynolds and Tristram Hunt, talk about how a Labour government will ensure we get the house building we need to strengthen our economy and improve people's quality of life, and about how we raise standards in our schools to ensure our children are equipped to succeed.

The previous Labour government gave an undertaken not to review the # 3,000 cap until 2009 at the earliest, and to permit increases above this level, other than raising it in line with inflation, only with the approval of both Houses of Parliament.

New Home Secretary Alan Johnson may have raised the idea in a bid to appeal to voters ahead of disastrous local and European election results for Labour, but there is very little evidence of an appetite in government for changing the voting system from first past the post to real proportional representation.

The Tories claim that will raise # 14.1 bn over the same time period - leaving the «black hole» figure, the gap between their analysis of increased spending and increased revenues under a future Labour government.

«For months Labour has urged the Government to do more to raise Britain's concern over human rights in Sri Lanka in the run up to the summit,» Mr Alexander said.

Eluned Parrott, Welsh Liberal Democrat AM, has raised concerns about the democratic process in the National Assembly suggesting the Welsh Labour Government could manipulate the rules to railroad through legislation.

Labour chief whip Nick Brown had raised a point of order complaining about the Government tabling statements on an Opposition Day, thereby reducing the amount of time available for debate.

In England, Ms Clwyd raised the subject of the dire treatment her husband had received in a Welsh hospital, a hospital that the Welsh Labour Government is responsible for.

This raises a dilemma that the 1997 Labour government thought long and hard about: the fear when they introduced the minimum wage that it could increase unemployment.

Labour thinks the government should raise more from the wealthy.

«I will be attempting to raise this urgent matter in the Assembly Chamber this afternoon and make sure the Welsh Labour Government is held to account, not only on their plans to sort this out but also on their transparency over these sorts of issues.»

The Scottish first minister, Alex Salmond, has hinted he could be open to a coalition between Labour and the Scottish National party (SNP), raising the possibility that he could return to Westminster and take a senior role in the government next May.

It had been 40 % for twelve and a half years of the labour administration, and now they whine and shout about «tax cuts for the rich» mmm 10p tax rate come to mind instead of raising personal allowance as this government has done.

Labour only raised the top rate of tax in the final months of the Brown government, from 40 to 50 %.

Outlining Labour's tax plans, Mr Balls said: «Tory governments always raise VAT.

And we also voted against raising tuition fees, having failed to persuade a Labour government not to renege on its promise.

Low attendance and participation in Parliament by Labour MPs was first raised by the Government's Chief Whip Nick Brown.

Just yesterday, labour leaders in the state raised the alarm that their lives were under threat from the agents of government because of the ongoing strike action.

A Labour government would put the country's economic recovery at risk, and would raise taxes for millions of people, David Cameron has said.

The Ondo State former Labour Party [LP] chairman, Dr. Olaiya Oni, today raised alarm that the present government led by Dr. Olusegun Mimiko is after his life...

Labour MP for Gateshead, Ian Mearns, has criticised Eric Pickles» accusation that English councils who raise a «stealth tax» by 1.99 % in a bid to avoid the Government's 2 % referendum threshold are «democracy dodgers».

Regarded as hostile to Corbyn, Labour Tomorrow's website says it «raises, coordinates and distributes funds for moderate centre - left organisations which are committed to rebuilding a consensus for a Labour government».

Instead, a Labour government will raise them at least in line with inflation in every Budget,» the Labour leader will say.

Tory candidates say members of the public are now spontaneously raising deep concerns about the prospect of Scottish nationalists deciding tax laws for England in the budget of a minority Labour government.

«This is more evidence of the chaos surrounding universal credit and it raises worrying questions about George Osborne's refusal to endorse his government's flagship welfare reform scheme,» Labour's shadow welfare minister Chris Bryant said today.

Academies were first introduced under Tony Blair's Labour government back in 2000 as a way to raise standards in schools by taking them away from the control of local authorities and offering more autonomy over finances and day to day school management.

Proposals first put forward under the Labour government to raise the school leaving age to 18 are in the bill.

During the parliamentary meeting, Labour MP Caroline Flint raised concerns that the teacher recruitment crisis was not being taken seriously by the government.