Sentences with phrase «by labour in»

The proposal is similar to one put forward by Labour in 2014, which suggested parents have the power to sack headteachers.

Mrs Morgan said the ban on new grammars would remain under a «statutory prohibition» passed by Labour in 1998 on new selective schools.

The 37 % received in May 2011 local elections was the highest level achieved by Labour in any local council elections since 1996 (when a general election is not held on the same day (which boosts Labour's vote).

David Blanchflower, Dartmouth College The day started with a press conference where Slasher Osborne, as I call him, backed down somewhat from his mantra of cutting to suggest that he would reverse the rise for poorer paid workers in National Insurance Contributions planned by Labour in 2011.

As you can see an over performance by Labour in local elections compared to the general election in all but one of these seats, several including the Reading by pretty huge margins.

Earlsfield has generally been carried by the Conservatives in most elections since 1990 while Bedford has always been carried by Labour in parliamentary elections since then though quite narrowly in the last two general elections (but not in this year's by - election).

Conservative minister Esther McVey was the highest - profile Tory loser, defeated by Labour in Wirral West as Boris Johnson returned to the Commons

Squeezed by the Tories in their south west London heartlands and by Labour in their inner city seats, the Lib Dems were left with just one London MP; punished, they believe, for their role in the coalition government.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has been threatened with potential legal action by Labour in a row over claims that he ordered a «cover up» of NHS care shortcomings.

This West London seat was gained by Labour in 2015 by a tiny 274 - vote majority.

Public sector workers have their pensions protected, even if another provider takes over the service, under «fair deal» rules agreed by Labour in the late 1990s.

In the lowest group the Tories have a two - point lead, a nine - point swing from the 37 per cent to 30 per cent advantage enjoyed by Labour in March.

He said that Momentum, the pro-Corbyn group that has helped to organise his re-election campaign, was much more influential than Militant, the group proscribed by Labour in the 1980s, had been.

The whole strategy of the Conservative leadership seems to be to go for an even more image based version of the one that Tony Blair used in 1997, the pledge by Labour in the 1990s followed a situation in which the whole economic strategy of the then Conservative government had fallen apart to the point where things that had happened by accident were being described as policy and Kenneth Clarke commented that he went into a cabinet meeting in a situation in which the government no longer had an economic policy.

The coalition plans to cut spending and raise taxes by # 114bn by the end of the parliament, compared with the tightening of # 74bn offered by Labour in its last budget.

Lee Scott was defeated by Labour in Ilford North, one of very few Labour gains.

Treasury minister Jane Ellison was beaten by Labour in Battersea and City minister Simon Kirby lost out to Labour in Brighton Kemptown.

Former mentor to Barack Obama, Arnie Graf, was enlisted by Labour in 2011 to help revive the party's grass roots before being relieved of his duties in 2014.

The Sheffield Hallam MP was suspended by Labour in October and is facing an investigation over claims that he recently called a barmaid an «ugly bitch».

«Here in this building we sometimes snigger and laugh at these eccentric decisions made by Labour in recent months.

So in the future, how we deliver when there is much less money available is going to have to be different to the approach taken by Labour in the past.

When questioned further on accountability by Lib Dem NHS rebel Andrew George, who suggested Nicholson's comments implied he was blaming a «political decision», he again cited the shift to a patient - led NHS begun by Labour in 2005.

If this projection is correct (and Rallings and Thrasher will be producing a much more comprehensive projection in the next few days) then it gives the Conservatives a lead over Labour similar to that achieved in 1978, and similar to that achieved by Labour in 1996.

[132] The Daily Mail and Daily Express praised Theresa May for election pledges that were condemned when proposed by Labour in previous elections.

The former Lib Dem leader and deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, spoke out about the need for the government to be sensitive about huge societal divisions as he was defeated by Labour in Sheffield Hallam.

Held by Labour in 2015 with a 6.5 % majority, the Tories won it comfortably in a by - election earlier this year after the centrist Labour MP Jamie Reed decided to quit parliament.

The law, introduced by Labour in 2004, bans the use of dogs to hunt foxes and other wild mammals in England and Wales.

For instance, Labour's overall share of the vote increased in 2015, relative to the 2010 General Election, by 1.5 %, but the extent of the party's support / seat losses in Scotland to the Scottish National Party (returning with just 1 of the 41 seats that the party had won there in 2010) meant that most of the 701,147 votes won by Labour in Scotland were effectively wasted votes.

Marquand's «lost Eden», he continued, «is the peculiarly British type of collectivism that came into being with the postwar settlement established by Labour in 1945».

The current arrangements, brought in by Labour in 1999, enable affected parents to scrap selection in local grammar schools but only after a complex ballot process.

Not exact matches

Another good sign noted by Dawn Desjardins, assistant chief economist at RBC, is an improvement in labour market conditions in the U.S.

However, the Bank is projecting a return to growth in the second half of 2015, led by the non-energy sectors of the economy: «Outside the energy - producing regions, consumer confidence remains high and labour markets continue to improve.

In turn, the competitive pressures generated by the increased demand for labour will bid up wages, to the point where the extra revenues generated by hiring an additional worker are completely offset by the higher wages that this worker can command.

The issue stems, in part, from year - old changes to Canada's express entry system which makes it impossible for someone in the PGWPP program to gain express entry without a Labour Market Impact Assessment, as chronicled by Nicholas Keung:

By the time construction commenced at Bisha in late 2008, forced labour was an inseparable feature of Eritrea's economy.

Most of the experiments endeavour to reduce insect farming's most expensive input, human labour, which accounts for a stunningly high 60 % of costs (in the heavily mechanized cattle farming industry, by comparison, it's rare for labour costs to reach even half of that).

True, Air Canada suffered labour disruptions in the past, including a two - week strike by ground workers in 1978 and a walkout in 1987.

The campaign to abolish the trans - Atlantic slave trade began more than two centuries ago, and forced labour is prohibited by two 20th - century conventions — the more recent International Labour Organization's Abolition of Forced Labour Convention was in 1957 — and both were almost universally ratlabour is prohibited by two 20th - century conventions — the more recent International Labour Organization's Abolition of Forced Labour Convention was in 1957 — and both were almost universally ratLabour Organization's Abolition of Forced Labour Convention was in 1957 — and both were almost universally ratLabour Convention was in 1957 — and both were almost universally ratified.

(Wonkish detail: Labour productivity measures average productivity, but the mechanism described in the preceding paragraphs predicts that real wages should track marginal productivity — the extra output produced by an additional unit of lLabour productivity measures average productivity, but the mechanism described in the preceding paragraphs predicts that real wages should track marginal productivity — the extra output produced by an additional unit of labourlabour.

Backed by Star Trek actor Sir Patrick Stewart and former Labour spin - doctor Alastair Campbell, the group said it is also planning marches in Europe, to political party conferences and organising for stalls to be set up in busy town centres.

They were brought in by the federal and most provincial governments for labour - backed VC funds in the 80s and early»90s, as a way to stimulate badly needed investment in technology.

(Note: multifactor productivity, or MFP, is commonly seen as measure of technical progress — the increase in output that can not be explained by the accumulation of labour and capital inputs.

TMS is focused on the Australian offshore oil and gas support industry and was acquired by labour hire company Integrated Group in 2002.

Beset by labour disputes and an inability to adapt to changing markets, the country's largest firms merged in 1968 as British Leyland before being nationalized in 1975.

Fuelled by a low peso and cheap labour costs, Mexico's booming manufacturing industry has already overtaken Canada's in terms of the dollar value of exports to the U.S. Indeed, Canada is contending with more than just low oil prices.

Loblaw signed on May 14th, getting in just under the May 15th deadline set by labour organizers.

No dollar figure has been attached to the costs that will be borne by the brands, but according to labour advocacy groups they will be apportioned based on the amount of business each does in Bangladesh.

Even after man invented writing, the process of reproducing texts was both exclusive and labour - intensive; until at least the late Middle Ages, copying one by hand was as much an exercise in remembering its contents.

The source said the pay cap was brought in to «deal with the mess we inherited from Labour» and acknowledged the «hard work and sacrifice» made by public sector workers, saying jobs had been protected and the deficit reduced by three quarters.

The most common solution given for increasing labour demand is ensuring that our graduates have the type of skills that are currently in demand by employers.