Sentences with phrase «labour suggested the plans»

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Estimates of the numbers of women booked for home birth but delivering in hospital were even more difficult to obtain because hospital records do not always specify this information accurately and no national estimate exists.1 4 Data collected in this region in 1983 suggested that 35 % of these women changed to hospital based care either before or during labour, and a more detailed prospective study of all planned home births in 1993 found a total transfer rate of 43 %.8 Women were classified as having booked for a home birth when a community midwife had accepted a woman for home delivery and had this arrangement accepted by her manager and supervisor of midwives at any stage in pregnancy, irrespective of any later change of plan.

Midwives can tell a lot by talking to you on the phone in early labour (from your breathing, voice etc) and if you are planning a hospital birth, she will probably suggest you stay at home until your contractions are coming frequently and your labour is established.

However, with just weeks to go until polling day, the fact that Labour currently hold a clear lead, suggests that things are not going anywhere near to plan for David Cameron and the Conservative party.

Perhaps surprisingly, only 17 % of this group planned to vote for UKIP, suggesting that they are not quite the party of English Nationalism that Nigel Farage has suggested during the campaign.In Scotland, meanwhile, 56 % of those who considered themselves «strong Scottish Nationalists» planned to vote for the SNP, and just 19 % planned to vote Labour.

#BESFactCheck suggests that 87 % of those who would vote Tory felt that the economy was handled well, compared with 44 % of those planning to vote Lib Dem, and just 17 % planning to vote Labour.

Ed Miliband insists he is aiming for an overall majority, while some recent reports have suggested Labour are planning for a minority government if they are the largest party in a hung parliament.

Cameron said he would consider the proposal but went on to attack the Labour leader in fairly strong terms, suggesting he is not prepared to accept the plan.

Near the close of the meeting, some trade unions and Labour's left suggested the reforms could be ditched in five years» time if it emerged that the plans to recruit union political levypayers as affiliated supporters were not working or were putting the party in financial jeopardy.

Research by YouGov for the Scottish Sun suggested 46 per cent of voters north of the border could back Nicola Sturgeon's party in the May 7 election, with 29 per cent planning on voting Labour.

Labour sources suggest that frontbenchers Andy Burnham, Chuka Umunna and Yvette Cooper all plan to go for the job.

However, in recent days some Tory sources have suggested he may attempt to go back on this plan and govern for longer if the Labour Party descends to turmoil.

Labour said it had drawn first blood: Mr Cameron had suggested the plan might not be affordable in the first four - or five - year parliament.

Local press suggests that Stuart, a Labour MP since 2007, may be planning to retire, leaving her Birmingham Edgbaston vulnerable.

But Mandelson then suggested that Labour would have imposed cuts similar to those planned by the coalition under Alistair Darling's plan to halve the fiscal deficit over four years.

Danny suggested a referendum on the most modest form of electoral reform - the Alternative Vote (AV), which allowed candidates to be ranked in preference order and required MPs to secure 50 per cent of the vote to be elected - linked to Lib Dem support for the Conservatives» own reform plan, which was to reduce the number of parliamentary seats and to remove Labour over-representation.

However, YouGov's post-Autumn Statement survey suggests that Labour is failing totally to exploit a widespread public mood of dissatisfaction with the Government's plans.

The Budget is unfair to Catholics because of plans to limit to two the number of children eligible for tax credits from April 2017, a Labour MP has suggested.

Labour's business spokesman Chuka Umunna tells Newsnight it is «patently absurd» to suggest that the lights might go out if Labour's plan to freeze energy prices is implemented.

My BBC colleague Nick Robinson is booed by the crowd of Labour supporters when he suggests the war in Afghanistan is not going as planned.

David Blanchflower, Dartmouth College The day started with a press conference where Slasher Osborne, as I call him, backed down somewhat from his mantra of cutting to suggest that he would reverse the rise for poorer paid workers in National Insurance Contributions planned by Labour in 2011.

Head teachers» leader Brian Lightman welcomed the continuity suggested by Labour's plans to extend academies rather than reinvent the school system.

Labour has said its own analysis of official figures suggests the plan could cost # 1.3 bn with a shortfall in funding over # 1.1 bn - a suggestion dismissed by the government as «completely untrue».

Labour Dance, the title of Amalia Ulman's latest solo exhibition at Arcadia Missa, London, can be interpreted, as suggested in the press release, as «a nod to open - plan fail harder work cultures of recent years».

It aims to: explain major policy measures including general environmental strategy towards a green growth and skills development strategy; discuss the green structural change and its impact on the labour market and outline the plans that Korea has put in place for skills response; present case studies that show actual examples of skills response to green economy in various sectors; and discuss the current approach and suggest policy recommendations.

However, the changes suggested in the Action Plan make it reasonable to anticipate that Ministry of Labour inspectors may carry out workplace harassment investigations involving the same detailed collection of information as is currently gathered during other OHSA investigations.