Sentences with phrase «open labour conference»

Against this background, the first Open Labour conference in London on March 11th is significant.

At the Open Labour conference, Miliband's attempt to present a soft Brexit with safeguards for the Labour core values was insubstantial.

At the Open Labour conference, Miliband gave no sign he understood that the compromise solution Labour wants is in the gift of Theresa May — who has no incentive to compromise.

Not exact matches

The voting period for the Labour leadership will open in mid-August and close on 10 September, with the winner announced at a special conference two days later.

The extraordinary poll will put pressure on the Deputy Prime Minister, who opened his party conference in Glasgow yesterday, to start distancing himself from the Conservatives and open talks with senior Labour figures.»

This question, from somebody who wishes to remain Anon, but was a popular theme at Saturday's Fabian conference: «If you become Labour party leader, what will you do to ensure labour becomes more open and democratic in party structure, to ensure Labour never becomes out of touch with members, movement, and the public while in office?&Labour party leader, what will you do to ensure labour becomes more open and democratic in party structure, to ensure Labour never becomes out of touch with members, movement, and the public while in office?&labour becomes more open and democratic in party structure, to ensure Labour never becomes out of touch with members, movement, and the public while in office?&Labour never becomes out of touch with members, movement, and the public while in office?»

In a TV interview as the conference opened in Brighton, he made clear he has deep reservations about the restrictions which single market membership could place on a future Labour government's ability to intervene to support UK industry.

At a conference fringe event hosted by Open Labour, Mr Lewis said: «It's imperative that we begin to put aside our differences to find out that which unites us, which we have in common - and there is a lot.

But there are growing signs that Miliband has stepped back from plans to dilute the size of the union vote at party conference, and is instead focusing on a series of reforms designed to make local parties more dynamic, and open up the party to a wider group of Labour supporters.

At that year's Labour conference, he made what was widely interpreted as the opening salvo of a leadership campaign - with a speech appealing to the party's «soul» telling activists «we are best when we are Labour».

A week before the Labour party conference opens in Manchester, the issue of how to finance the health service is seen as a key test of whether Miliband will offer bold solutions that will set his party apart from the Tories in May 2015 or opt for safety first.

Momentum is organising The World Transformed — an open, free, largely unstructured culture and ideas festival alongside Labour conference in Liverpool as a way of attracting non-party activists and local young people.

Disabled workers from factories around the UK will lobby MPs at the rally at the House of Commons on Tuesday 27th November, urging MPs to press ministers to deliver on the new direction agreed at Labour Party Conference based on choice for disabled workers and public procurement to ensure a flow of work to keep the Remploy factories open.

Exhibit A: Tony Blair showing off his skills after opening a sports centre in Manchester when the Labour Party Conference was held there in 2006.

Jon Ashworth, the shadow minister without portfolio and NEC member, proposed a logical solution: Labour's policy should remain the motion passed by this year's conference, which is open to competing interpretations (most believe the tests set for military action have been met).

Labour conference policy, endorsed at Liverpool after the Brexit vote, is to keep open the option of remaining in the EU if the final Brexit terms are unsatisfactory.

So don't think I came to the Labour party conference without my eyes wide open.

Ed Miliband concentrated his fire on the banks rather than the Conservatives on the opening day of the Labour party conference in Manchester, with a threat to split them apart if he made it to Downing Street.

Events like these complement the main conference, open up politics and help develop a strong campaigning movement to elect a Labour government for the many not the few.»

Amid concern about entryism, Corbyn opponents have described it as a rival conference and noted that it is open to people who are not official conference delegates or Labour members.

To open dialogue with affiliated trade unions to win support at Labour Party conferences for democratic rule changes and for pro-working-class policies on issues such as cuts, the living wage, jobs, and trade union rights.

In interviews at the Lib Dem conference, Clegg, unsurprisingly, left the door open to a partnership with Miliband: «If the British people say that the most legitimate outcome of the next general election would be a Labour - Liberal Democrat coalition, of course I would be prepared to play my part in that.»

An opening event for the Labour conference is the New Statesman reception where Andrew Neil meets MPs and delegates.

One of the opening events for the Labour conference is the New Statesman reception where Andrew Neil caught up with some of the guests, including MPs Douglas Alexander and Ben Bradshaw.

Whoever emerges triumphant from this tortuous process, with the party due to proclaim a new leader on the opening day of its annual conference in September, will have to find a quick and coherent answer to the question: what does Labour now stand for?

In the week of the Labour Party conference, Justin Fisher argues that, while risky, the changes may open the door to meaningful reform of party funding — provided a damaged Ed Miliband can see them through.