Sentences with phrase «as backbenchers urged»
The Prime Minister is also the only one of the three main party leaders committed to giving the British people an in - out referendum on membership of a reformed EU, a Downing Street spokesman has said, as backbenchers urged David Cameron to adopt new veto powers.
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One Tory backbencher described Cameron's idea as «the nanny state gone mad» but our PM is expected to urge parents to take classes to learn how to discipline their children as well as teach them good behaviour and improve their communication.
Labour denied reports of a heated telephone conversation between Brown and Clegg, and support among Brown's Cabinet colleagues remained strong, but one backbencher, John Mann, urged Brown to step aside as Labour leader before the party conference in September, arguing that Brown's continued leadership «rules out the credibility of a Lib / Lab pact».
Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet deserve to retain their positions, an influential backbencher has said, as he urged MPs who have previously been critical of the Labour leader to back the party's top team.