Sentences with phrase «after labour leader»

The Metropolitan police has told ITV News it will not be making any arrests after the Labour leader «did not wish to take the matter any further.»

It came after the Labour leader was forced to step in after the MP Emily Thornberry resigned from the shadow cabinet for a tweet she posted about the by - election.

After Labour leader Ed Miliband's bruising encounter with singer Myleene Klass on the same issue, an even more formidable potential opponent of his plans for a so - called «mansion tax» on properties worth more than # 2m looms large: Angelina Jolie.

Or at least that was the impression given by Rebecca Long Bailey when she hosted a question and answer session with lobby journalists after the Labour leader's Brexit speech.

Prime minister speaks after Labour leader urged government to condemn both Israel's military action and Hamas's rocket attacks

Prof Jane Chapman voted for her ex-husband in last year's contest but said she would not do so this year after the Labour leader's first 12 months in charge.

He was able to promise more cash for vital services after the Labour leader, Ed Miliband, said he would raise money from mansion owners, tobacco companies and tax avoiders to protect NHS funding.

Despite challenging him for the leadership, Mr Smith said Mr Corbyn could «absolutely do a job» in his Shadow Cabinet — after the Labour leader baulked at a previous suggestion of a party president role.

Soros, in London to publicise a new book — The Tragedy of the European Union — made his remarks after the Labour leader, Ed Miliband, won plaudits from business groups for playing down the chances of an in - out referendum should the opposition win next year's general election.

Disagreements between Jeremy Corbyn's top lieutenants and moderate Labour MPs are back with a vengeance after the Labour leader's response to Russia.

David Cameron accused Jeremy Corbyn of being a «small c conservative» at Prime Minister's Questions today, after the Labour leader looked to savage the government's housing policy.

A succession of speakers at the Labour First fringe meeting, including Hilary Benn, Ruth Smeeth and Yvette Cooper, promised to oppose the policies and practices of supporters of Corbyn just a day after the Labour leader was re-elected.

Mr Scott is the second man to end his leadership in the wake of the Scottish result, after Labour leader Iain Gray also stepped down when the scale of the SNP victory became clear.

Ed Miliband looked like the unlikely winner of the conference season this morning, after the Labour leader overshadowed David Cameron's speech with his fight against the Daily Mail.

And after the Labour leader opened with a couple of questions about nursing, it seemed a repeat of yesterday's bruising encounters between Jeremy Hunt and Andy Burnham was on the cards.

Not exact matches

Strangely, Labour leader Corbyn called for May to trigger Article 50 the day after the referendum, despite supporting «Remain.»

The House of Commons is set to approve the measures with a big majority after the pacifist leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, said he would allow his lawmakers a free vote, rather than impose a party whip.

Earlier in the week, health and labour leaders wrote a letter urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to pull Morneau from the national pharmacare file over comments he made the morning after his budget announced the council's formation.

The MP has become Welsh Labour's first deputy leader after the result was announced at the Welsh Labour conference in Llandudno.

Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman appeared to back down quickly, tweeting that parliamentary questions on the matter would be suspended until after key figures give evidence to the Leveson inquiry by the end of the month.

The new Labour leader will take over with just under a month before the coalition's spending review is announced on 20 October, and a matter of days after announcing the new shadow cabinet.

MPs» pay rises are in peril this week, as Labour leader Ed Miliband reportedly mulls ruling out anything more than a one per cent pay rise after the next general election.

Portland is run by Tony Blair's former deputy press chief Tim Allan, who gave up on Labour soon after Corbyn became leader, according to well - placed sources.

A day after the election, the left succeeded in ousting the moderate Labour leader Andrew McIntosh, replacing him with Ken Livingstone.

With Labour leader Ed Miliband now issuing no - holds - barred attacks on Mr Murdoch and the prime minister firing a warning shot across the bows this morning by telling reporters he would have accepted Rebekah Brokes» resignation, the last thing the media mogul needed was a negative impact on his business efforts, especially after he took the drastic step of closing the News of ten World yesterday.

Winning general elections is all about managing expectations — so it really matters that many are quietly deciding the Labour leader is more likely to end up in Downing Street after polling day.

«Picture it: history in the making as a Liberal Democrat leader entered, finally, into the corridors of power, preparing to unshackle Britain after years of Labour and Conservative rule.

Michael Foot, Labour leader from 1980 to 1983, chose to live in Hampstead proper and became renowned for his walks around the Heath with his cane, and Dizzy, the dog he named after the Tory prime minister Benjamin Disraeli.

John Humphrys & Harriet Harman Famous for his forthright interviewing technique, in April 2008 Humphrys criticised deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman after she defended her decision to wear a stab proof jacket while touring her South London constituency.

But Labour insiders are now increasingly confident that the party can see off Nuttall after a disastrous few days for the Ukip leader.

The Labour leader took the unusual decision to tweet his anger after the paper published an article claiming that Ralph Miliband's Marxist beliefs «should disturb everyone who loves this country».

Last year, Corbyn's support soared after caretaker leader Harriet Harman instructed Labour MPs to abstain from voting against the Conservative's welfare bill at the second reading.

to joint favourite with Keir Starmer to be the next Labour leader after resigning from the Shadow Cabinet.

Over the past year, Reed has been one of the Labour leader's most vocal opponents in Westminster, having resigned from the shadow frontbench almost immediately after he was first elected in 2015.

Notwithstanding the formidable talents of Lord Mandelson, whose experience of stopping coups has already come in handy, the most obvious way to turn Labour's fortunes around is a change of leader - after all, Gordon Brown had a notable honeymoon, even though he was not polling well before taking over the top job.

The detained labour leaders have been released from prison after meeting their bail conditions.

Diane Abbott has said Labour should not rule out keeping Britain in the single market after Brexit and that Jeremy Corbyn agrees - despite the leader rejecting the option just days ago.

was Nicola Sturgeon's scathing response to the Labour leader after he ordered his MPs to vote for the Bill.

Earlier on, Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn tore strips of each other after the prime minister attacked the Labour leader's alleged extremist sympathies.

The Labour leader was forced into his latest reshuffle after four front benchers — Lewis, Rachael Maskell, Dawn Butler and Tulip Siddiq — all resigned over his three line whip on the Brexit bill.

Ukip's former deputy leader Paul Nuttall has set his sights on Labour supporters after easily winning the party's leadership race with 62.6 % of the vote.

These began on Monday evening and immediately after the cabinet meeting when Gordon Brown announced that he would stand down later this year as Labour leader and Prime Minister.

After Dugdale last week added her voice to the chorus of those calling for Jeremy Corbyn to step down as leader of the Labour Party, her own deputy led calls for him to stay.

Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has also faced a backlash after announcing that she is backing Smith in the leadership contest.

The Labour leader's ignorance about the pair was exposed after he was presented with a photograph of them by host Victoria Derbyshire.

After May later claimed that Corbyn was «casting his mind back to the 1950s,» the Labour leader had a robust response.

In the 2016 Scottish Parliamentary elections, Labour fell to third place behind the Scottish Tories, whose Ruth Davidson is now leader of the opposition and the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon main challenger to be First Minister after the 2021 election.

The size of the challenge facing Ed Miliband was thrown into stark relief this morning, after a prominent union leader warned just ten per cent of his members would be likely to join Labour.

Ed Miliband asked me with a grin, after a protester scored a direct egg hit on the Labour leader's jacket as he visited London's East Street market.

Upon Ed Miliband's election as leader of the Labour Party, The Guardian reported that after looking at Policy Network's Southern Discomfort Again pamphlet, he is expected to set up a commission into the so - called «squeezed middle», modelled on the inquiry set up by Joe Biden into the US middle class.