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Labour's top Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer has set about standing up for those opposed to hard Brexit - and even forced an embarrassing climbdown by Iain Duncan Smith.

This spring David Cameron, Nick Clegg and health secretary Andrew Lansley were forced into a humiliating climbdown on large parts of the controversial reforms.

«This is a humiliating climbdown from Michael Gove.

This firestorm of controversy provoked a rare climbdown from Senator Hanson, who apologised live to Channel 7's Sunrise program after saying she'd heard from medical experts that a vaccination test existed.

Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka has described the apparent climbdown over coastguard cuts as a «body blow» for the government and further evidence of what can be achieved by community campaigning.

Within weeks, however, she was forced into a partial climbdown in the face of a potential Commons defeat.

The government climbdown obviously derives from a desire to avoid confrontation with the Lords, given the soon - to - be introduced legislation to facilitate Brexit.

Shadow Education Secretary Lucy Powell told The BBC: «It is frankly a humiliating climbdown for David Cameron and his education secretary, who just weeks ago were insisting they would plough on with the policy regardless.»

The looming climbdown comes with the Government facing a crushing defeat in Parliament over the plan to strip 370,00 disabled people of # 3,500 - a-year in vital benefits.

«He should have waited until the three leaders had had a meeting and then he wouldn't have to have this embarrassing climbdown.»

George Osborne's decision to halt August's planned fuel duty rise and freeze it for the rest of this year is a panic climbdown which will be greeted with contempt by everyone - and, furthermore, is extremely badly timed, since Ed Balls called for it today.

Downing Street has agreed to a partial climbdown on reforms of trade unions amid warnings that the EU remain campaign needs to keep their members on side for the 23 June referendum.

This is a significant climbdown by a Conservative government which has done so much to deny access to justice to thousands of people, particularly those on lower incomes.

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The Unite general secretarry also defended the union's handling of the Grangemouth dispute and its subsequent climbdown after Ineos threatened to close the plant if workers did not accept reduced pay and pensions.

That represents a major climbdown by Mrs May, who had previously insisted that the ECJ's oversight should end after the UK quits the EU.

It is the latest climbdown for the Government after a series of proposals in the Budget, including a pasty tax, were also abandoned.

However, Labour MPs, the SNP and Liberal Democrats are holding out hope that some Tory MPs will still join them in pushing for further climbdowns, including assurances that parliament will be given more of a say on the outcome of the Brexit negotiations and full tariff - free access to the single market.

In a major climbdown Mrs May last week caved to pressure from across the House of Commons to publish a white paper on Brexit.

This is a bizarre climbdown.

Lib Dems defiant ahead of Lords showdown over tax credits Tax credit cuts «signalled before the election» - George Osborne Nicky Morgan hints at tax credits climbdown

Her intervention does suggest that some kind of tax credit - style climbdown is in the offing, though.

However, shadow attorney general Dominic Grieve accused the government of «playing fast and loose» with the public over the difficulties the act posed, saying today's review was a «complete climbdown» on Tony Blair's previous comments.

In a clear climbdown, Labour's Shadow Chancellor said it was «welcome news» that «at last economic growth is returning» in the UK, adding: «After three years of stagnation, any growth is better than no growth.»

The result was a total climbdown by the NZ government — it is the sort of victory against government policy that teachers in England have only dreamed about.

The debacle follows a government climbdown last week on plans to force all schools to become academies.

But though it was still successfully trying to influence media headlines during Cancun last week by saying that 2010 might yet end up as the warmest year, the small print reveals the Met Office climbdown.

But buried amid the details of those two Met Office statements 12 months apart lies a remarkable climbdown that has huge implications - not just for the Met Office, but for debate over climate change as a whole.

Now all he's doing is his usual climbdown; tap - dancing around the fact that thew planet itself is busy debunking his True Belief.

The company's present climbdown to just disable the button rather than allow us to use it otherwise is embarrassingly user - hostile.

Arsenal received a boost in negotiations for Khedira after the Germany international agreed to climbdown over his initial # 150,000 - a-week wage demands.

«Ed Miliband is facing the gravest crisis of his leadership after former Home Secretary David Blunkett warned that he was putting the «entire Labour project» at risk... Mr Miliband was last night said to have been forced into a humiliating climbdown in his battle with the union barons because he feared the loss of their vital funds.

This represents a significant climbdown - but one that ultimately leaves the Conservatives in the best position of the three main parties.

Labour peers have forced a number of government climbdowns this parliament, including George Osborne's decision to scrap planned cuts to working tax credits.

The MP then broke his silence with what looked like a partial climbdown on Twitter - but he still failed to explain why he had sent the letters in the first place.

Shadow Education Secretary Lucy Powell said: «It is frankly a humiliating climbdown for David Cameron and his education secretary, who just weeks ago were insisting they would plough on with the policy regardless.»

Plaid Cymru education spokesman Simon Thomas said the government had been forced into an «embarrassing climbdown».

It is thought the prospect of further defeats in the Lords prompted the coalition's latest climbdown.

Another factor in the apparent climbdown is a lack of funds to pay for construction of the center, estimated to cost a hundred million dollars.

Ministers will bring a white paper before Parliament outlining the Government's plan for Brexit, Theresa May announced this lunchtime in a major climbdown.

Lucy Powell, the shadow education secretary, said: «It is frankly a humiliating climbdown for David Cameron and his education secretary, who just weeks ago were insisting they would plough on with the policy regardless.

A climbdown from Ms Lagarde's office is even less likely after the Leftist Syriza government crossed the rubicon and became the first developed country in the IMF's 71 - year - history to default on the world's «lender of last resort» this week.

Ryanair pilots called off plans to strike before Christmas, following a climbdown by the airline's Chief Executive Michael O'Leary, who on Dec. 15 agreed to recognise trade unions for the first time.

Kerry's rhetoric, praised immediately afterwards as slow, deliberate and considered, appears to have inadvertently paved the way for a climbdown which suits all sides.

That suggests he too expects a climbdown.

Meanwhile a spokesman for the prime minister turned down four opportunities this morning to confirm that the changes will definitely happen, increasing speculation that a climbdown is in the offing.

Education secretary Nicky Morgan has already announced the climbdown from the central announcement of his Budget statement — compulsory academies.