Sentences with phrase «labour policy by»

Corbyn's recent remarks, in which he undermined Labour policy by stating that he would never sanction a nuclear strike, and more recently when he changed his mind over the so - called «shoot - to - kill» policy in the event of a potential Paris - style attack in the UK, have deeply angered many members of the parliamentary group.

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Kevin McQuillan, a professor at the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy, warns that by artificially lowering wages, the TFWP may squelch labour mobility.

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Marc Lee, economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, a progressive Vancouver think tank, says that government action on the reforms suggested by labour will be hampered by ideological objections to running deficits in bad times.

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For all those complexities, though, I still believe that we will cope best with these shocks by sticking with a flexible inflation target, a floating currency and pro-flexibility supply - side policies in labour and product markets.

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Highly critical of New Labour but strongly influenced by Scandinavian social democracy, Compass is advancing themes and policies which will resonate on the progressive left in Canada — a relentless focus on -LSB-...]

It's true that demographic forces are leading to slower growth in the labour force, which reduces the neutral interest rate in the economy and increases the chances that monetary policy will be constrained by the lower bound on interest rates.

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Posted by Nick Rowe on April 10, 2016 in Canada - Politics, Inequality, Labour markets, Nick Rowe, Tax policy Permalink Comments (24)

Subsequently, with continuing strong activity indicators, stretched labour markets and signs of possible pipeline price pressures (although core consumer prices remain benign), the Federal Reserve tightened monetary policy by 25 basis points to 5 per cent in June and then 5.25 per cent in August (Graph 5).

The above suggests that the students are being joined by organized labour in a larger scope of protest against neo-liberal policies in general.

Policies that spur more efficient corporate restructuring can revive productivity growth by targeting three inter-related sources of labour productivity weakness: the survival of «zombie» firms (low productivity firms that would typically exit in a competitive market), capital misallocation and stalling technological diffusion... As the zombie firm problem may partly stem from bank forbearance, complementary reforms to insolvency regimes are essential to ensure that a more aggressive policy to resolve non-performing loans is effective.

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He praised the policy, but admitted that Labour's proposals to prioritise new - builds for first - time buyers living in area for three years was «difficult», as it could potentially penalise someone looking to move up the social ladder by purchasing a property in a new area.

When announcing this policy, Labour made clear that «this would be underpinned by the right to obtain (under an obligation of confidentiality) financial and commercial information about the business and affairs of a football club,» though the board members wouldn't be able to block takeovers or change corporate strategy.

David Lammy's report for the Labour Party policy review This report for the Labour's Party's policy review, written by David Lammy MP, presses the agenda forward on paternity leave, calling for adequate pay levels and independent leave rights, paid antenatal appointments and part time leave and pay.

Sure, a midwife attends me in labour but the policy is governed by obstetric practice, not midwife led or normal birth.

Chaired by NASUWT President Geoff Branner, the meeting at the Labour Party Conference in Manchester highlighted how savage economic policies are wreaking havoc on children's education.

That «coalition» approach is underpinned by the 97 - 01 policy agenda of new deal on jobs and windfall tax, minimum wage, devolution and FoI, public services, social chapter and pro-EU, feminisation of the PLP through shortlists, alongside macroecon stability, aversion to tax rises spoke to a party coalition; the post-01 agenda was arguably rather narrower, with new labour seeming to be about a particular method of public service reform.

North of the border the SNP has been incredibly successful by pursuing what are essentially «Old Labour» policies on healthcare and education.

For instance, they struck a bargain with the Liberal Party (the so - called «Lib - Lab Pact») in a desperate bid to cling to power in 1977, by the terms of which Labour agreed to take on board certain policy proposals favoured by the Liberals, including electoral reform.

Many of those who claim to be baffled by some Labour members» unwillingness to compromise on welfare wouldn't give way on other policies that might prove electorally popular.

The Blue Labour agenda is set out in an ebook from 2011, The Labour Tradition and the Politics of Paradox (edited by Maurice Glasman, Jonathan Rutherford, Marc Stears and Stuart White), at the core of which is a powerful critique of Labour Party thought and policy since 1945.

Labour's official policy is now to stay in the single market and customs union for a transition period - a position backed by trade unions, business bodies and all opposition parties apart from the DUP.

Not only that, but this issue should be one of the major policy questions that need to be put to all the candidates in the upcoming Labour leadership debate (as I have already pointed out on this site) as requested by Sunder (see What are the difficult questions the leadership candidates need to answer?).

The voting evidence suggests it is the logical one although I guess electoral reform will be the stumbling block - http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mpsee.php Still, it would give Labour the chance to demonstrate that the Lib Dems are essentially a party of the centre - right in a way that we are not, to renew our policies, and to reach out to those genuinely progressive MPs who have, by some mischance, ended up in the Lib Dems.

All this - and the unprecedented (in my memory) sight of Labour arguing against the Tories on economic policy while being backed — to all intents and purposes - by the CBI, Institute of Directors AND the TUC.

Broad consensus exists between the unions collectively and Momentum on policy following the success of Labour's 2017 election manifesto, overseen by the underestimated Andrew Fisher.

A decision not to challenge Labour's position over Trident is being seen as a concession by the leadership towards the GMB union, which is strongly opposed to any shift in policy.

In the UK, the tendency has been for Labour to shift from movement politics to consumer politics - a focus group of eight people sipping wine in Kettering having more weight than policies developed within the party and decided by conference.

As in so many policy areas, Labour's legacy of change between 1997 and 2010 is being comprehensively rubbished by the new administration.

Most social hardship is caused by their misguided neoliberal economic policies, but migrants represent convenient scapegoats for low - paid labour and struggling public services.

Pundits have slated a whole series of policy announcements by Labour as loony lefty extremism — only to discover that the majority of voters think they're an excellent idea.

The coalition government is unwaveringly refusing to reverse a combination of the housing and climate change policies formulated by Ed Miliband as secretary of state for energy and climate change in Gordon Brown's last Labour government.

Labour attacked Morgan's first policy announcement as yet more «headline - chasing» by the government.

By making a deliberate play for Labour's policy areas, Osborne is taking another tactic from the Blair playbook.

The Major government recognised this problem, and froze alcohol duties in its final years in an attempt to stem the tide of duty evasion, a policy continued by Labour.

English Labour needs to respond to this perception — justified or not — by bringing an English dimension to our cultural, economic, political and democratic policies.

While stating that the speech would not contain a great deal of new policy, it did nonetheless reiterate several policies that were either been in the 2017 Labour Manifesto or have been highlighted by Abbott in previous statements.

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.

Raising the minimum wage, helping small businesses, and strengthening workers» rights are all backed by a majority of the public when they don't know these policies are Labour's.

The ruling has strengthened calls by Labour and campaigners for the policy to be scrapped.

His tenure as Labour leader was characterised by a leftward shift in his party's policies, and by opposition to the Conservative — Liberal Democrat coalition government's cuts to the public sector.

Upon Ed Miliband's election as leader of the Labour Party, The Guardian reported that after looking at Policy Network's Southern Discomfort Again pamphlet, he is expected to set up a commission into the so - called «squeezed middle», modelled on the inquiry set up by Joe Biden into the US middle class.