Sentences with phrase «after labour failed»

There was a smile on Theresa May's face after Labour failed to make big gains in local elections across England.

Out of office: Gordon Brown, supported by his wife Sarah, announces in Downing Street that he will drive to Buckingham Palace for an audience with The Queen to tend his resignation after Labour failed to cut a deal with the Lib Dems

Bertha Joseph, Brent's first Afro - Caribbean mayor, said she was joining the Conservatives after Labour failed to address crime in her area or increase the representation of black and ethnic minority Londoners in the council.

Not exact matches

Labour's attempts to reform libel failed to reach the statute book at the end of the last parliament after they became victims of the wash - up period.

Andrew Lansley, shadow health secretary, said: «If we are to avoid stigmatising children after being weighed then there needs to be sympathetic follow - up care but Labour have failed to address the chronic shortage of school nurses.»

It seems rather more plausible to me to say that where the Liberal Party failed to recognise its own enlightened self - interest was in failing to do more to hug close the labour movement and perhaps Labour Party itself: had they been more able to select working - class candidates themselves, and / or been able to more forcefully develop the New Liberalism against some Gladstonian instincts, (or indeed kept the Fabian intellectuals interested: they broke with permeation only after the Liberal rejection of the 1909 Minority Report on the Poor Law, even having helped form the Labour Party from 1900 - 06) then it may have been possible that Labour would have remained primarily a trade union pressure group within a broader progressive alllabour movement and perhaps Labour Party itself: had they been more able to select working - class candidates themselves, and / or been able to more forcefully develop the New Liberalism against some Gladstonian instincts, (or indeed kept the Fabian intellectuals interested: they broke with permeation only after the Liberal rejection of the 1909 Minority Report on the Poor Law, even having helped form the Labour Party from 1900 - 06) then it may have been possible that Labour would have remained primarily a trade union pressure group within a broader progressive allLabour Party itself: had they been more able to select working - class candidates themselves, and / or been able to more forcefully develop the New Liberalism against some Gladstonian instincts, (or indeed kept the Fabian intellectuals interested: they broke with permeation only after the Liberal rejection of the 1909 Minority Report on the Poor Law, even having helped form the Labour Party from 1900 - 06) then it may have been possible that Labour would have remained primarily a trade union pressure group within a broader progressive allLabour Party from 1900 - 06) then it may have been possible that Labour would have remained primarily a trade union pressure group within a broader progressive allLabour would have remained primarily a trade union pressure group within a broader progressive alliance.

Watson was responding to Mick Hucknall after the Simply Red singer and former Labour donor criticised Corbyn for failing to «fully commit» to the Labour campaign for remain.

So much of what is being said on their side of the blogosphere, and Twitter, the howls of righteous indignation from people whose party took us to two bloody wars and failed to reform the system after 13 years in power, amounts to: «how dare you even speak to the Tories, they are evil, you are evil, Labour will crush you LOLZ».

It came after Diane Abbott was accused of failing to keep abreast of key figures when she underestimated Labour's losses by more than half.

The 2012 battle sees the Conservatives on the defensive across much of England as Labour looks to make further inroads, after failing to prevent the total number of councils under Tory control from dropping in 2011.

Diane Abbott has once again been accused of failing to keep on top of key figures after she underestimated Labour losses in the local elections by more than half.

Jeremy Corbyn rushed to Manchester for a victory rally after Labour's Andy Burnham was elected mayor - but Mr Burnham himself failed to show up.

[30] This Lib - Lab pact failed to form because Labour's massive majority after the 1997 general election made it an irrelevance for Labour, and because Labour were not prepared to consider the introduction of proportional representation and other Lib Dem conditions.

The prime minister came under fire from the anti-gay marriage MP Tim Loughton after his amendment, which would have legalised civil partnerships for heterosexual couples, failed after the deal between Labour and the Tories.

Following the General Election, and after failing to persuade the Lib Dems to form a coalition government with Labour, Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister and leader of the party on 11th May 2010.

With Labour, the Tories and the Liberal Democrats positioning themselves ahead of a possible hung parliament, Channel 4 News asks why politicians are failing to spell out the scale of the cuts that will have to be made after the election.

Labour officials have launched an investigation after the party lost its only seat on a local council after failing to field a candidate in a crunch by - election.

Labour has tried everything — short of localism — to tackle this problem and after twelve years it has comprehensively failed.

These included his failed attempt at kissing his wife after his Labour conference speech last summer, his robotic ITV interview, and his lack of knowledge of grocery costs.

And if George Osborne fails to act then I am clear that, after the general election in May, a UK Labour government will.

First, Galloway claimed that on February 22 2015, a day after failing to secure her selection as the Labour candidate in Bradford West, Naz Shah asked Respect if she could stand as their candidate in Bradford East.

Karen Danczuk's bid to become MP falls flat after selfie queen fails to be selected as Labour candidate

SNP candidate Annabelle Ewing gained 28 % of the vote but failed to regain the seat she lost to Labour in 2005 after the area was redrawn.

The Neath MP resigned from government to «clear his name» after the Electoral Commission asked the Metropolitan police to investigate his failure to declare # 103,000 in donations to his failed campaign to become deputy leader of the Labour party.

Labour's leader has accused David Cameron of a «lack of respect for the democratic process» after the Prime Minister failed to show up in Parliament to answer questions about this morning's draft European Union deal.

Wendy Alexander has become the leader of the Scottish Labour party after a rumoured left - wing challenge failed to materialise.

Jeremy Corbyn is plunged into fresh civil war with Labour MPs after their backbench chief accused him of acting in bad faith during failed peace talks.

Speaking after the hour - long meeting, a source close to the Labour leader said the party was still suffering the after - effects of last year's failed leadership coup.

After failing to act when Ken Livingstone directly contravened party rules, and dithering over whether to attend the TUC rally, Labour has another leader who'd rather duck a difficult decision than show real leadership.»

• Labour has claimed that the work programme is «on its knees» after the release of new figures showing that, after two years, more than three quarters of participants have failed to find a long - term job.

After the debate, Farron said: «The Tories and Labour have failed future generations by supporting a hard Brexit.

Michael Gove has issued some of the strongest criticism of Labour after the failed vote over military action in Syria.

Labour will force a vote on the controversial European Arrest Warrant after a debate on the topic failed to take place in parliament yesterday.

««Serial bottler» David Miliband's Labour leadership hopes in tatters after dithering during failed coup Main The public are divided as to whether ditching Brown would help Labour - but the vast majority agree there is no obvious successor anyway»

The pro government protest came 24 hours after leaders of the labour unions and the Nigeria Union of Teachers joined others in Kaduna state to protest the sack of 21,000 teachers who failed a competency test organized by the government.

Labour threatened Mr Hunt with legal action after he wrote in a Twitter post, «Shocking revelations on @andyburnhammp's attempts to cover up failing hospitals».

David Cameron appeared to have come out top in the last and most crucial of the TV leaders» debates after delivering a calm and impassioned analysis in which he accused Labour of having failed after 13 years to significantly improve the country's economy, and education and immigration systems.

Labour took heart after it topped the local polls in England with 31 % of the vote — up two points on last year — as the Tories came second and Ukip failed to translate an expected victory in the European elections into a breakthrough in council seats.

After last week's failed backbench coup against Mr Brown, Labour has finally moved into general election mode.

Senior Labour MPs privately blame Lamont for showing poor, lacklustre leadership both during and immediately after the referendum, failing to capitalise on the no camp's victory and allowing the SNP to seize the agenda.

Asked whether he should bear any personal responsibility for the Tories losing their majority in June after Labour's campaign focused on austerity, Osborne instead blamed May for failing to defend the government's record.

The Lib Dem leader will say: «On the day Labour launches its manifesto, this is damning evidence that after 13 years they have failed to deliver fair taxes.

Boris Johnson has faced accusations of cowardice and discourtesy from Labour MPs after he failed to appear in the Commons to answer an urgent question about reports that he privately argued a hard Irish border was possible after Brexit.

You would have thought that, after this politics of envy had failed in Crewe, that Labour might have found a new approach.

There was unhappiness among the local party rank and file after Labour's central command failed to shortlist any local candidates to fight the byelection.

The former leader said the party needed to learn lessons after his successor Paul Nuttall failed to unseat Labour in a hard - fought campaign.

In the Essex town, where Labour lost control of the council after a Ukip surge, Miliband is expected to reiterate his admission that his party failed in the past to listen to complaints about uncontrolled immigration from the EU.

Plaid also failed to gain any of its targets including Ynys Mon, where former leader Ieuan Wyn Jones was standing, as well Llanelli and Rhondda — a Welsh Assembly seat which party leader Leanne Wood took from Labour after a tough campaign in 2016.

(6) After the two reports from the Information Commissioner exposing the scale of the trade in personal and confidential data, why did the Labour Government of which Ed Miliband was a senior member fail to take any action?

Labour's Julie Jackson is the new leader of Nuneaton and Bedworth Council after a failed challenge from Conservative group leader Kris Wilson.