75 % of that agreement was unexceptionable to most Liberal Democrats and would have passed through Conference, but the most important parts including the acceleration of
action on deficit reduction would not have, nor would the wording in agreement relating to the receipt of the Brown Report.
In the published extracts, Laws refers to a «policy paper» that Labour's negotiating team brought to the talks that «seemed to indicate tougher
action on the deficit reduction than the party had previously planned».
Labour had brought with them a new policy paper that seemed to indicate tougher
action on deficit reduction than the party had previously planned.
David Paterson to get mid-year
action on a deficit reduction program were unsuccessful.
Not exact matches
Where this government's failure
on growth and jobs has led to their failure
on the
deficit, the next Labour government will rise to the challenge:
action to strengthen the recovery and our economy for the long - term; alongside a tough
deficit reduction plan.
On the failure to meet
deficit -
reduction targets, the gap is narrow, with slightly more people blaming the government's
actions (30 %) than the legacy of the last Labour government (26 %).
Without fiscal discipline and a credible commitment to eliminate the
deficit, we can not achieve the stability we need... Labour will combine iron discipline
on spending control and
action on growth with a fairer approach to
deficit reduction.