Sentences with phrase «labour takes over the state»

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When Labour was re-elected in 1974, Benn was appointed secretary of state for industry, a post he held until May 1975, at which point he took over the energy portfolio until Labour lost office in May 1979.

Knowing that religious selection in admissions creates segregation along class and ethnic lines, having a clear policy in favour of inclusion and taking great care not to allow any state - funded faith schools to have control over its own admissions would also make sense for a Labour approach.

Malcolm Wicks is taking over as science minister, with Ben Bradsure promoted to minister of state, Labour peer and former MEP Lord Truscott has become a parliamentary under secretary at the DTI, and Alistair Darling has taken over sole responsibility for energy policy.

New entrants Of the new entrants to Labour's cabinet, Meg Hillier takes over Ed Miliband's role as Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Maria Eagle takes over as Shadow Transport Secretary while her twin sister Angela takes the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury role.

• Governors» proposal, not practicable, says NLC Niyi Odebode, Adelani Adepegba, Ifeanyi Onuba, Okechukwu Nnodim and Olaleye Aluko The Nigeria Labour Congress and civil rights groups, including the Campaign for Democracy, have faulted a proposal by state governors to take over payment of fuel subsidy, saying it is not a solution to the fraud that has -LSB-...]

The Nigeria Labour Congress and civil rights groups, including the Campaign for Democracy, have faulted a proposal by state governors to take over payment of fuel subsidy, saying it is not a solution to the fraud that has characterised the payment.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, had in an interview with State House correspondents at the end of Wednesday's Federal Executive Council meeting given an indication that Osinbajo had taken over the negotiation.

«freedom of choice, the individual takes all, user pays, the darwinian survival of the fittest, the fundamentalism of religion, the oppression of labour to complete flexibility, the crude elevation of the entrepreneur beyond the ethics of their behaviour, the mocking of the role of the state in any service, the quest for ever lower taxes and the shrinkage of government, the failure to admit privatisation disasters, the ignoring of education and health needs for the majority, the failure to pursue greater equality for women, the worship of wealth for some at the expense of wellbeing for many, freedom to carry guns, deny climate change, the penchant for war and national might over peace time government services, and finally the deeply flawed assumption that competition prevails in any market (and every market) if you just stand back and watch it»

Indeed, the European Commission has already taken the UK Government to court over alleged breaches of EU anti-discrimination laws when Labour introduced the right to reside test back in 2004; a test that led to citizens of other EU states being refused social benefits on the grounds that they did not have a right of residence in the UK.