Sentences with phrase «labour policy pledge»

Diane Abbott, the shadow home secretary, is to announce a Labour policy pledge on Wednesday to end «family break - up through the immigration system».

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In this article, Kai Oppermann and Paul Taggart argue that Cameron's pledge originated in three interrelated developments: the policy of previous Labour governments; rifts within the Conservative party over Europe; and the rise of UKIP.

The shadow home secretary also pledged to properly centre the right to family life in Labour's immigration policy, saying her party «don't want to break up families from the EU in the way we currently do for non-EU families.»

In his 2015 leadership bid, Burnham pledged to commit Labour to «a policy of progressive renationalisation of the railway system».

[100] Miliband subsequently unveiled five pledges at a rally in Birmingham which would form the focus of a future Labour government, specifically identifying policies on deficit reduction, living standards, the NHS, immigration controls and tuition fees.

Clive Lewis» speech pledging not to change Labour's pro-Trident policy was altered by spin doctor Seumas Milne on the autocue as he waited to deliver it, PoliticsHome has learned.

«I laughed when I read the five policies Tom Clark, a former special adviser, imagined might be on Tony Blair's new Labour pledge card:

Now, with Labour's policy review making steady progress under the direction of Jon Cruddas, Miliband has pledged to provide more details of the alternatives on offer from a Labour government in 2013.

But if it was Labour's policy in 2015 and Corbyn believes in it then surely the simplest thing would be to retain the existing pledge?

The pledge opens up a clear policy divide between Labour and its Conservative and Liberal Democrat opponents and is likely to be a major issue at the next election.»

Labour's manifesto contains new pledges on the minimum wage, rail fares and childcare, alongside policies such as the mansion tax.

As the Tories and Labour manoeuvred each other to a standstill on tax policy, Cameron pledged to introduce a new law within the first 100 days of a Conservative government to prevent any rises in income tax, VAT or national insurance in the next parliament.

The whole strategy of the Conservative leadership seems to be to go for an even more image based version of the one that Tony Blair used in 1997, the pledge by Labour in the 1990s followed a situation in which the whole economic strategy of the then Conservative government had fallen apart to the point where things that had happened by accident were being described as policy and Kenneth Clarke commented that he went into a cabinet meeting in a situation in which the government no longer had an economic policy.

But the Conservatives said Ms Abbott had «floundered» when pressed over how the policy would be paid for and accused Labour of already pledging to spend the capital gains tax money on schools, welfare and the arts.

The Conservative policy was reported to have divided the shadow cabinet, but Cameron defied calls for a U-turn and confirmed that a higher tax threshold would be a firm Tory manifesto pledge - to the delight of Labour strategists.

In an address to the Unite union's Scottish policy conference in Aviemore, Corbyn pledged that Labour would «not tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment».

The row is politically difficult for Jeremy Corbyn, who was elected as Labour leader on a pledge to give its members more of a say in policy - making.

The Fare Deal policy is the centre - piece of our Better Off pledge to Londoners because it is the biggest single saving that a Labour administration can deliver to a large proportion of Londoners.

Continuing that theme, the 2015 manifesto's welfare pledges revolve around explaining how the SNP would exert its influence on this policy area if involved in supporting a minority Labour government.

Chris Hewett, a Green Alliance associate and author of the report, said that apart from pledges to increase energy savings, none of these policies had been explicitly outlined by either the Labour government or the Conservatives, who under David Cameron's leadership have worked hard to position themselves as a much greener party.

The shadow chancellor's pledge to maintain UK corporation tax as the lowest in the G7 — anything below 26.5 % — is one of a number of business - focused policy announcements this week for Labour.

The pledge card, which mirrors New Labour's initiative in 1997, will promise free party membership for trade unionists, the building of 1m new homes over the course of a parliament, an increase in the minimum wage funded by a cut in employers» national insurance, a cost - of - living test for every policy item and a cabinet minister to «take action for the consumer against rip - off companies».

It was fantastic to address our Party Conference last September and be able to pledge that a Labour Government would bring the railways back into public ownership.That was a policy that would make a real difference to passengers, and I believe in it wholeheartedly.

David Cameron launches pensioner pledge to rebut Labour smears about Tory policy as he says Brown should be ashamed of his record on the elderly

But Labour and the Liberal Democrats have cast doubt on the sincerity of this pledge because other Tory policies, such as the increase in the inheritance tax threshold, seem specifically designed to help the rich, not the poor.

Labour is split three ways on the issue, as Jeremy Corbyn has pledged to vote against the standing party policy of backing Trident renewal, key figures in the Shadow Cabinet will abstain, and the bulk of MPs are expected to vote in favour of the motion.

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The audience - comprising mainly of Labour party members - cheered as John Prescott gave a characteristically bullish defence of Labour's past policies, brandishing the famous 1997 pledge card.

Mrs May unveiled her pledge to cap energy bills — but faced criticism over its similarity to the former Labour leader's policy to freeze bills.

Labour pledged to bring back the payments last August and the party has now re-affirmed its commitment to the policy.