Sentences with phrase «labour increasing their support»

I always urge some amount of caution with great big shifts in support, but in this case we have already seen Labour increasing their support into the mid 30s and the Lib Dems dropping into the mid-teens with YouGov's daily polling, so while it's not to the same degree (this is the smallest Conservative lead any poll since the election has shown), the trends are in the same direction.

Not exact matches

In the Council's pre-budget submission to this committee we urged the government to boost Canadian productivity by increasing female labour force participation, supporting women in STEM, enabling seniors to work for longer and helping Canadians navigate the changing job market.

Feedback from dads suggests the benefits of the course include: • increased confidence in their role as a dad • increased knowledge about how to look after their baby • learning how to support their partner during pregnancy and labour • learning how to improve their relationship after pregnancy • learning how to cope with a huge change in their lives.

In such a case, would it not be better to allow gravity, i.e; the birth mother standing and moving whilst in labour, to take charge rather than the birthing mother instead lying on her back in an ambulance and then hospital along with the accompanying substantial increase in stress levels?I suppose all I am trying to say is that IF my partner and I were to have a second baby, I really would like to support my partner once more in having a home birth.

Given that Scottish Labour, the Scottish Liberal Democrats and Scottish Greens all support increasing tax in some form, the logic of that statement would be higher tax, but then the intent was more political: by tying the other parties (not, one suspects, the Scottish Tories) into the process, Sturgeon is heading off future battles.

According to a ComRes poll, for example, a clear majority of public supports raising the minimum wage and increasing the top rate of tax to 50p from 45p — two key Labour pledges.

But he made clear support for the changes would come at the price of increased union influence on Labour policy - to the extent that the party abandons its support of the bulk of the coalition's deficit reduction measures.

Instead campaigning against racism would increase Labour support amongst Muslim and socially liberal voters.

Labour also claimed Ukip supports increased privatisation and charging to see a GP, although this is not official party policy.

In Copeland Tory support increased by no less than 8.5 points — the biggest increase in support for a government party since Harold Wilson's Labour government won the Hull North byelection in January 1966 (at the cost, incidentally, of a promise to build the Humber Bridge).

For instance, Labour's overall share of the vote increased in 2015, relative to the 2010 General Election, by 1.5 %, but the extent of the party's support / seat losses in Scotland to the Scottish National Party (returning with just 1 of the 41 seats that the party had won there in 2010) meant that most of the 701,147 votes won by Labour in Scotland were effectively wasted votes.

The fall in the Tory support in the opinion polls since the autumn has seen no corresponding increase in Labour's support.

Such policies would reduce Labour's electoral support — not increase it.

There has been an Ashcroft poll in one of their most viable targets (Norwich South), but it showed Labour well ahead, so it is possible that the increase in Green support may not translate into any extra seats.

As in the rest of the country there is a clear increase in Labour support following conference season and the government's handling of the credit crunch.

Support for Labour has increased because people think the action they've taken is actually working.

The Labour Party was defeated heavily in the 1983 general election, winning only 27.6 % of the vote, its lowest share since 1918, and receiving only half a million votes more than the SDP - Liberal Alliance who leader Michael Foot condemned for «siphoning» Labour support and enabling the Conservatives to greatly increase their majority of parliamentary seats.

«Labour will argue against the proposed increase in EU spending and instead support a real - terms cut in the budget... When we speak of budget reform, some will want to focus only on cuts to «EU fat cats» in Brussels.

As the threat from Nazi Germany increased, in the late 1930s the Labour Party gradually abandoned its pacifist stance and came to support re-armament, largely due to the efforts of Ernest Bevin and Hugh Dalton who by 1937 had also persuaded the party to oppose Neville Chamberlain's policy of appeasement.

Given the Labour Party's geography of support, but also given the increased level of opposition the party faces on the left of the political spectrum from Sinn Fein, Solidarity - People Before Profit, the Social Democrats and other left - wing groupings / independent candidates, it was argued that Labour would struggle to convert votes into seats if their national support levels fall below the 10 % level, as indeed proved to be the case with the February 26th election.

Previous analyses have, moreover, suggested that, especially given the increased competition on the Left from Sinn Fein, other smaller left of centre parties and left - leaning independents, that it will be a struggle for Labour to win seats in most, if not all, constituencies if the party's national support levels fall below the ten percent level, as has been shown in similar analyses of recent Sunday Independent - Millward Brown and Irish Times - Ipsos MRBI polls.

Ten days ago, Labour achieved the biggest increase in its share of the vote since 1945, and I would like to thank to all those who supported us and voted Labour.

In an outspoken intervention that increases the pressure on Scottish Labour and the Scottish Liberal Democrats, both of which backed Ms Sturgeon, the Prime Minister argued that politicians should support the legislation if they believe in the UK's «integrity», value and future.

In a statement sent out last night, the Corbyn - supporting group explained that: «Momentum is to launch a nationwide initiative to increase the involvement of children, parents and carers in Momentum and the Labour Party.

Another poll by Kantar puts Labour eight points behind, with Jeremy Corbyn's appeal to non-voters said to be the main reason for Labour's increased support.

«It should be noted that Labour's increased support in this poll predominantly comes from individuals who did not vote in the 2015 general election but are expected to vote this time around.»

The surge in support for the left wing candidate is causing increasing angst in the Labour party and prompting private discussions about what can be done to stop Corbyn in his tracks.

Falconer admits that Cameron's deal won't guarantee a drop in immigration — «You have to accept free movement of labour when you're within the EU» — and calls for increased domestic support for communities affected by high levels of immigration, and he also wants to hear a distinct Labour case for staying in tlabour when you're within the EU» — and calls for increased domestic support for communities affected by high levels of immigration, and he also wants to hear a distinct Labour case for staying in tLabour case for staying in the EU.

Labour has passed a raft of equality legislation since it came to office, but recent surveys have shown gay support for the Tories on the increase.

While the normal caveats apply, it's notable that in the course of the past five of these weekly polling averages we've never seen Labour's support increase: the best the party has managed is standing still, but otherwise it's been a constant (if gentle) decline since 13 February's high of 33.9 per cent.

Anyway, this two stage voting intention appears to pick up tactical and incumbency effects, so in Labour held seats it tends to slightly increase the reported level of Labour support, in seats the Conservatives are defending it marginally boosts Conservative support.

Point number 8 is particularly interesting, as I keep on reading how Labour politicians want to get out into communities, and increase support this way, and they seem so enthusiastic, but to me it suggests lack of boundaries.

The rise of UKIP and SNP, alongside the smaller increases for Plaid Cymru and the Green Party (from around 2 % to 6 %)[115] saw the combined support of the Conservative and Labour party fall to a record low of around 65 %.

Importantly for the party this means that GB vote intention polls are understating the increase in Labour support in England and so their potential to take seats from the Conservatives.

To be sure, one should be cautious with celebrating the recent expansion of party membership as a sign that Labour has become the «first mass party in the advanced capitalist world this century,» for if all it takes to count as a party member is a payment of # 3, it is not entirely clear why an increase in membership figures would be a reliable indicator of public support, let alone signalling increased support from the «communities that send Labour MPs to parliament.»

Labour lost out on a second seat relatively narrowly, but the only real question here is whether Labour could retake a second seat — there is no realistic possibility of the Conservatives or Lib Dems increasing their support enough to win a second MEP.

Labour's recent swing towards Tory policies has therefore completely foreseeably led to no increase in support at all — but will demoralise a significant number of potential Labour supporters.

If Labour can really turn out university students and young ethnic minorities, it can take a couple of these seats - but to take any others it would need a high youth turnout across the board, or to significantly increase its support among Kippers.

Mr Griffin was elected to Brussels even though the BNP polled fewer votes in the region than it had in 2004 - the slump in Labour support meant its share of the vote increased.

In a boost for Labour, which is embarking on a pre-election summer campaign called The Choice, the party has seen its support increase by five points over the last month to 38 %, a share it last recorded in March.

The Tories would see their support increase by three points under a Johnson premiership to 34 % while Labour would see its support fall by one point to 37 %.

It wasn't that long ago that any dissatisfaction with the labour government would lead to an increase in support for the pointless Lib Dems.

If the Conservatives replaced David Cameron with Boris Johnson they would increase their support by four percentage points, wiping out Labour's lead — CON 38 % (+4), LAB 38 % -LRB--3), LDEM 9 % (nc).

It will be interesting to see what happens with the «other» vote — it is probably partially down to increased publicity for minor parties (especially the BNP) around the local elections, which will almost certainly fade with time, but it may also be down to people abandoning the Labour party but not being prepared to support one of the main three parties.

Contrary to widespread belief, Labour's share of the UK popular vote increased by 1.4 percentage points between the 2010 and 2015 general elections (from 29 to 30.4 per cent), despite the collapse of Labour support in Scotland.

He will be hoping to increase support enough scrape the last seat against Labour and UKIP running strongly.

The promise to increase the state pension every year by the higher of inflation, average earnings or a minimum of 2.5 % is supported by Labour.

I have no idea whether Labour supports increases to the personal allowance.

I suspect this slight increase in Labour support (if existent) may be due to an increase in Labour voters who say they will actually turn up and vote rather than a switch between parties.

Labour have also increased their support at other by - elections.