Sentences with phrase «labour over the economy»

On Comment is Free on Saturday, Sunny Hundal, editor of Flat Earth Times, better known by its other name, Liberal Conspiracy, wrote the following: David Cameron and George Osborne are losing the debate with Labour over the economy.

Its just a pity that it took so long to attack Labour over the economy.

But the leader's speech contained pointed criticisms of Labour over the economy and for being under the control of the trade unions.

Not exact matches

With over 90 % of the labour force in the informal economy, it is very difficult to assess the impact of policy actions and measure true growth.

A commodities boom has driven the Canadian dollar from a 62 cents US low up to parity, vaporizing any labour cost advantage we previously enjoyed over the U.S. and changing the structure of the economy; at the margin, a Canadian worker adds far more to our economy by extracting resources than by building cars.

Core inflation has been lower than expected in recent months... Core inflation is expected to increase gradually over coming quarters, reaching 2 per cent by the middle of 2013 as the economy gradually absorbs the current small degree of slack, the growth of labour compensation remains moderate and inflation expectations stay well anchored.

The central scenario for the Australian economy is a positive one, with growth over the next couple of years at, or above, average, a relatively strong labour market, and inflation consistent with the medium - term target.

Growth in the all - important US services sector slowed for a third straight month in April, according to a closely watched survey, as optimism over the state of the American economy is tempered by concerns over labour shortage and rising input costs.

The labour market had been viewed as the main cloud over the US economy, with some surprisingly soft outcomes for non-farm payrolls employment in late 2003 and early 2004.

Strong productivity growth, combined with moderating wage growth and ample spare capacity in the economy, led to unit labour costs falling by 1.7 per cent over the year to the December quarter.

It appears that the extensive changes in the economy over the past decade — including a structural fall in the inflation rate, productivity - enhancing changes in the labour market, corporatisation and privatisation of public - sector enterprises and substantial falls in the barriers to international trade — have led to an improvement in Australia's underlying rate of productivity growth.

The labour market, meanwhile, continues to benefit from the economy's strong performance over 1997 and early 1998, and unemployment remains below the levels of a year ago.

If you're living in Alberta today, you don't really care about this debate over whether there's a recession or not; you know the Alberta economy is contracting and labour market conditions in Alberta have weakened a lot.

Asked whom they would most trust to fix the economy, Cameron and the Conservatives have a 17 - point lead over Miliband and Labour.

He was fortunate that, under Hugh Gaitskell, Labour was split over the economy and nuclear weapons.

The Tango Man assaults will see Corbyn going after the Tories on solid Labour ground such as grammar schools and an ailing NHS while capitalising on doubts fast emerging about May's competence over the economy and Brexit.

Labour advisers were equally eager to tell me how the cost of living narrative that dominated their conference was also gamed out months earlier, and was not a panicked response to a shift in the national mood over the economy.

By June 2011, as the UK economy headed for recession, Balls had largely set aside the issue of Labour's economic legacy and was locked in battle with George Osborne over how to lift the economy out of a deepening slump.

For all that, he believes the economy will be the Tories» trump card over Labour because «there's absolutely no doubt the public usually prefer a Conservative government when they're worried about the economy.»

Conservative challenger Nigel Huddleston gives his take on local issues, including crime, immigration and the economy, as he outlines why he thinks he has the edge over his Labour rival.

The other standard trackers all paint an equally bleak picture for the government, on the forced choice question (which I always tend to think of our best indicator of which way tactical voting is likely to go next time round, given that there are no regular tracker questions that ask directly about it) the Conservatives now enjoy a 12 point lead over Labour, they have an 8 point lead as the party most likely to run the economy well, David Cameron has an 8 point lead as Best Prime Minister.

The graph below shows the public's net expectations for the economy in 6 months time, from TNS's monthly survey for Nationwide (in blue), compared to Labour's average lead in the polls over the last 18 months or so (in red).

The economy was the most discussed issue on Facebook over the election campaign in the constituency lost by Labour's Douglas Alexander.

The senior Labour MP also accused the prime minister of prioritising greater immigration controls over the health of the UK economy as she headed towards triggering Brexit early next year.

As part of its strategy to build a 21st century economy for the many, not the few, Labour will today commit to upgrading the economy of the North East with over a billion pounds of investment to overhaul rail services across the region.

As Jeremy Corbyn has argued over Brexit, Labour must prioritise jobs and the economy, and that, for 50 Labour parliamentarians who have signed a new statement, means staying in the single market and the customs union — something the TUC and business also want.

However, whilst the Tories have a ten - point lead over Labour in terms of who is most trusted to run the economy well, 73 % of people support a top rate tax band of 45 % or more.

This year's Cities Outlook reflects on the performance of city economies over the last 10 years based on four main indicators, population, businesses and housing affordability, the approach of policy over this period (both under Labour and the Coalition) and its implications for further devolution.

Over half disagreed with the statement that they would be more likely to vote for Labour if the party apologised for its mistakes in managing the economy.

The government may well resort to a string of cheap and nasty gimmicks to give the impression of activity over the next two years, but Labour will put forward serious proposals to tackle illegal entry, to end exploitation, to encourage integration, to strengthen the economy and to protect the taxpayer.

«They derailed the economy and if they had the chance, they'd do it all over again,» he politely informed the hall, «The last thing Britain needs is a Labour majority.»

However, our polling also gives the Conservatives — if not George Osborne personally — some comfort with the Conservatives increasing their lead over Labour as the best party on the economy.

«At the first, most brutal rehearsal, aides winced as Mr Campbell played Mr Cameron and tore into the Labour leader over the economy, leadership, Syria and knifing his brother.

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 cuts had to be spread out over four years, not least because the economy is still so fragile, which is why Labour would go slower.

The Tories did not hold a lead over Labour on the economy between the debacle of the UK's ERM exit in 1992 and the financial crisis of 2008.

POLL FINDINGS On the economy and jobs On key questions such as which party would be best for Britain's economy, 33 per cent believed the Conservatives would be best, also a two point lead over Labour.

Hunt also attacked Burnham over the wider economic picture, saying: «You can't fund the NHS if you bankrupt the economy — which is exactly what Labour did.»

The economy is improving, the party is level with Labour in the opinion polls, and the prime minister enjoys a significant advantage over Miliband on net approval ratings.

In 1997 the Labour party handed over responsibility for setting interests rates and managing large parts of the economy to the Bank of England's independent monetary policy committee (MPC).

Its supporters now trust the Tories more than Labour on the economy by an overwhelming 54 % to 5 % margin, yet continue to signal that they will vote for Farage over Cameron in a general election.

The rare public questioning of the respected IFS came as Labour tried to move on to the front foot over the economy by asserting it had made the right decisions to pull Britain from recession, and had detailed plans to attack the deficit.

To put this in context, if we look back at 2006 - 2007 when the opposition Conservatives had a comparable single - digit lead over the Labour government, David Cameron was pretty much neck and neck with Tony Blair as best PM, the Conservatives and Labour were pretty much neck and neck on who would run the economy well and Cameron had a positive approval rating.

Chris Leslie had a busy media month, attempting to combat the Government's narrative over the recovery and setting out how Labour would build long - termism into the economy.

On best Prime Minister Cameron has a 13 point lead over Miliband, on dealing with the deficit the coalition lead Labour by 14 points, Cameron & Osborne have a 9 point lead over Miliband & Balls on general trust on the economy.

Based on 2012, even a flatlining, barely growing economy will help the Tories consolidate a double digit lead over Labour.

Of course the economy is important, but the real fact of the matter is that there is no certainty over who is really has got trust on the economy because in recent months, it has been Labour.

They include Chi Onwurah, the former minister for culture and the digital economy, who wrote that it was «statistically interesting to say the least» that Labour's leader had made life difficult for two of the very few minority ethnic female MPs; and Pat Glass, who resigned as shadow education secretary in June two days after being appointed, in protest over Corbyn's leadership.

Looking through the rest of the poll, the Conservatives & Theresa May have a lead over Labour & Jeremy Corbyn on almost every economic measure YouGov asked about (36 on cutting the deficit, 32 points on managing the economy, 15 on providing jobs, 11 on keeping prices down, 11 on improving living standards, 6 on getting people on the housing ladder), the only exception was reducing the number of people in poverty, where Corbyn & Labour had a 7 point lead.

A party so denuded of economic credibility that the Tories can increase the deficit by # 75bn, miss all of their fiscal targets, and still maintain a double digit poll lead over Labour, on who is most trusted to manage the economy.