Sentences with phrase «labour said the claims»

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A poll of polls says Labour will win the most seats at the election, but the analysis by Sky claims it won't be enough to gain a majority.

Responding to the manifesto, Labour said it's just more promises the Tories can break while the Lib Dems claimed the proposals are bad news for both young and old people.

Mr Redwood, who led the Conservatives» review on economic competitiveness, attacked Labour's «doctrine of equivalence» between date rape and so - called stranger rape, which he said he said «led to jury scepticism about many rape claims».

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.

The Joint Caucus of the All Progressives Congress, APC and Labour Party in the Senate has expressed great disappointment in the claim of caucus senators of the PDP, that kicked against President Muhammadu Buhari's war against corruption, saying the drive was a selective anti-graft war that «lacks transparency and fairness».

Here Labour may feel that they have a bit of a cushion in that they didn't start the process and can always claim later that it was out of their hands or if it is obviously going to be a disaster they can put the brakes on and say that they were opposed to it all along.

Moreover, if the task of New Labour was actually, as Blair said it was, one of «developing human potential», then any improvement is also epiphenomenal and credit can not be claimed.

Surely what you mean is «Ken may well employ sophistry to claim that he is not technically in breach of party rules, because saying that the candidate should not have been dropped, walking around for the TV cameras with the rival candidate (and having a quick chat about why the Labour candidate) did not in fact entail an explicit «vote Rahman» public statement (even though the whole point was to convey precisely that impression to any sentient being).

Reeves also said Labour would extend the period for which EU migrants are prevented from claiming out - of - work benefits from three months to two years, a move that might deter some coming to the country even if they had a job offer.

In addition, he claims this decline threatens the link between trade unions and the Labour party, as it becomes increasingly undemocratic to have these smaller organisations having such a large say in the development of party policy.

While the inquiry could not rule out a modest late swing towards the Conservatives, initial claims that the polling errors were due to «shy Tories» (respondents who deliberately misreported their intentions) or «lazy Labour» (Labour voters who said they'd vote but ultimately didn't) did not stand up to scrutiny.

The Conservatives say the email extracts - which they say were sent on 1 April - counter the claim that Whitehead was due to stand for the party in Hull West and Hessle, a Labour - held seat in East Yorkshire.

Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is not behind herdsmen killings as claimed by some people in the country...

He claimed that Labour were to blame for «social cleansing» and he openly said he was going to become the enemy within.

Committee chair Keith Vaz said he had received complaints from members of the public claiming the Labour leader gave inaccurate or misleading responses.

He triggered claims Labour was backing the radical plan by saying drink was «ludicrously cheap» and that public concern was rising.

The prime minister recounted allegations from the Labour government era and then said the opposition leader was «just a bit late» with his questions, claiming the Fox bandwagon had moved on.

Labour leader Ed Miliband has said claims that the phone of the murdered schoolgirl, Milly Dowler, was hacked after she went missing in 2002, are «a stain on the character of British journalism».

Conservative MEP Martin Callanan said they «might agree on some points, we disagree on others», and claimed voting for UKIP could let Labour win in some seats.

During the heated frontbench exchanges, Mrs May also said the Government was «not ignoring the problems that some members of this generation are facing» after she claimed Mr Corbyn's questions suggested Labour were «ignoring some of the facts».

Labour was a «different party» since the claims made by Gordon Brown's former spin doctor about him leaking stories to the press about the former prime minister's potential rivals, said Hilary Benn.

Momentum «entryists» trying to take over Labour, claims Tom Watson Pro-Jeremy Corbyn campaign group Momentum are «aggressive and stupid», says Michael Dugher Momentum to officially debate Labour party membership

Pro-Jeremy Corbyn campaign group Momentum are «aggressive and stupid», says Michael Dugher Momentum seeks to push left - wingers into key internal Labour positions Momentum «entryists» trying to take over Labour, claims Tom Watson

The shadow cabinet minister said Damian Bride's claims about Charles Clarke and John Reid were a «post script on the past» and Labour had «learned from those lessons of the past».

Mr Farage said he was not questioning Labour's victory, but denounced the electoral process as «bent» after claims that people had arrived at polling booths carrying bundles of postal votes.

Analysts say the spread could see the Conservatives claim a 100 - seat majority at the next election, although electoral commentators maintain a hung parliament is the most likely result of a Labour defeat.

Labour's @BarryGardiner says he is not aware of a «soft coup» against Jeremy Corbyn despite claim by shadow chancellor @johnmcdonnellMP pic.twitter.com/hY5wYhlr 3y

Harrison has said she is opposed to the proposals, which Labour have claimed could lead to babies dying.

Opening the debate, Labour's Paul Flynn said he would be «delighted» if Trump could come and point out the no - go areas for police he has claimed exist in London.

Labour have big questions to answer, and when they are asked, they simply try to avoid them by claiming they are smears,» he said.

Ms Abbott said Labour member Ms Chakrabarti, who chaired an independent review into claims of anti-Semitism in the party, would be «just the sort of person» who should find a place in the House of Lords and her appointment would be «entirely appropriate».

Claim: The Telegraph says that the Labour backbencher made claims for a bath mat, gardening equipment and more than # 7,000 for property repairs at his home in Birmingham, labelling them as office costs.

Claim: The Telegraph says the former Labour cabinet minister over-claimed on her mortgage by more than # 8,000 between 2004 and 2006.

The second of those is a guess, but the first at least we can be pretty certain of, since the last British Election Study checked people who said they'd voted against the marked electoral register, and those people who said they'd voted but hadn't did disproportionately claim they'd voted Labour.

Please look up PFI, please look up house flipping on taxpayers expense, please go and check the expenses claims of those you say represent Labour — they do not represent Labour, they are neoliberal CADS SIR, with one exception, Mr. Corbyn.

In response to Lord Levy's claims, a Labour source said: «Jeremy was shown some text on someone's phone for a matter of seconds when he was on his way to vote.

Harriet Harman has said that Labour was right to investigate claims that Unite tried to rig the selection of a party candidate in Falkirk.

Another day dominated by Conservative claims that a Labour - SNP government would destroy the UK, while Labour attempts to shift the debate back on to the NHS, says Andrew Neil.

She claimed Labour was trying to «frighten people» and said she would not «prop up» a Conservative government.

«Dianne Hayter, chairman of Labour's National Executive Committee, said: «We do not believe a parliamentary by - election should be held at taxpayers» expense to resolve tensions at the top of the Conservative Party... She claimed that Mr Davis had done a deal with Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, who said last week that his party would not contest the by - election, and never intended to put his seat at risk.»

Harriet Harman says Labour was right to investigate claims that Unite tried to rig the selection of a party candidate in Falkirk.

Hammond denied what he said were Labour party claims that the Conservatives would «cut services for fun».

Coupled with the ban on claiming welfare entitlements for the first two years of residence, there is, as Jack Straw said more than ten years ago, barely a cigarette paper separating Labour and Tory policy on immigration.

And Tory MP Mike Freer, who claimed he was outed to religious voters by Labour canvassers during last year's general election, said: «It is not surprising that the commitment to equality is sometimes more show than substance in elements of the Labour Party.

However he said the real roots of their defeat lay in the failure by Mr Miliband and shadow chancellor Ed Balls to confront effectively Conservative claims that the previous Labour government had «wrecked» the economy.

The claims came as a Labour frontbencher warned there was «real alarm» at the scale of the problem - while comedian Eddie Izzard, who became a member of the party's ruling national executive committee (NEC), said they needed to «make amends» to the Jewish community.

The Conservative MP Ben Bradley has apologised unreservedly and will make a substantial donation to charity for a tweet making claims about Jeremy Corbyn's links to cold war spies, the Labour party said.

Miliband rejected Conservative claims that the changes would cost money, saying Labour was offering «big changes, not big spending».

Although Mandelson says moderates in the party can not begrudge Corbyn his success, he claims only a third of Corbyn's support came from people who had been Labour members before May.

Labour defended itself today from claims by the Institute for Fiscal Studies that it had not set out plans to cut the deficit, saying the thinktank's call for a deficit reduction programme stretching to 2016 - 17 was unrealistic.