Sentences with phrase «current labour government»

Since the immediate postwar period, the most significant extension of the state has taken place under the current Labour government.

«I'm one of two Conservative MPs who have taken out a civil partnership - thanks to legislation which - to their credit - the current Labour government introduced.

The thing is the current Labour government hasn't learnt from its errors and is too arrogant to eat humble pie.

Not exact matches

The Labour leader called on the Government to «update» the current law at an LGBT event which also saw the Education Secretary disparage people who hold traditional views on sexuality.

Instead, Labour will set out, in our general election manifesto, tough fiscal rules that the next Labour government will have to stick to - to get our country's current budget back to balance and national debt on a downward path.

Alistair Campbell once said of the New Labour government «we don't do God», and there remains strong reasons why the current government should continue to abide by this principle.

«Ed has stated a simple fact; that a Labour government will not be able to reverse as many of the cuts the current government is making unless it can show where the money is to come from,» Mr Johnson continued.

Labour's Margaret Hodge, the current chair of the PAC, pointed out the NAO was not a department of government but instead accountable to parliament.

«Sunder Katwala, the general secretary of the Fabian society and a signatory of the statement confirmed that the specific references to The Labour party and its bloggers was due to concerns that a more general code would in some way burden Green, Lib Dem and other non-Labour bloggers with the current reputation problems faced by both the Government and labour Labour party and its bloggers was due to concerns that a more general code would in some way burden Green, Lib Dem and other non-Labour bloggers with the current reputation problems faced by both the Government and labour Labour bloggers with the current reputation problems faced by both the Government and labour labour blogs.

Apparently labour introduced an increase of pension age to 65 in 1995 but failed to inform the women of the 50's who would be most directly affected, the government failed its legal duty to inform all women personally of this change, they tried to get away with this by stating they didn't have any current details, except they forget that they have all details from PAYE, us women still received all our NI demands and self - assessments as well as any tax or child benefit details, so they do have out details, they just failed to carry out this legal action.

I believe that Britain needs a Labour government — something Corbyn, in the current circumstances, seems unable to ensure.

That's before you consider Labour MPs with half an eye on the next government and the DUP propping the current one up... It is hard to predict how long this precarious political situation might last and what could come next, but time is ticking away.

In the light of what is happening, the slant of the newspapers, and just by gauging the feel of current public opinion «on the streets» I can not see how Ed Miliband can now shrug off the dire warnings (and fears) of a minority Labour government in hock to the ScotNats, and become Prime Minister.

The 66 Labour MPs who voted with the Government on the main motion to support «taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria» represented well under a third of the 231 current Labour members of Parliament.

There is a good reason for this: most of the current Conservative policies have their antecedents in the policies of the last Labour government and the Labour Party is just as tied - up with private interests as are the Conservatives.

Given this current deflation of government support Labour are doing very poorly currently.

And when asked who is most to blame for «spiralling energy bills», the public shows little interest in blaming either the current government (15 %) or the last Labour government (15 %).

It was refreshing to hear Dromey admit that the previous Labour should have done more in terms of housing and that the UK's current housing crisis didn't start in May 2010 when the coalition government came to power.

Pearce urges Labour to reject a business as usual path in which the government «would tax a little more and cut a little less, leaving the architecture of the state untouched and the current framework of services and social security in place».

He insisted on sticking to Darling's deficit reduction plan and argued that Labour should run for the next general election committed to leaving the current government's cuts to public services in place.

The current Tory government received the support of just over a third of voters and less than a quarter of the electorate, the last Labour government much the same.

If this is not possible, then a Labour - led coalition with the Liberals would be preferable to a Tory government or a Tory - Lib coalition — for the same reason that this gives the working class a slightly better relationship of forces within which to resist the assault on its living standards which will be unleashed by any government arising from the current election.

Even before these helpful Blairite interventions, you must have known that much of the Labour share in current polls is partly default opposition a mid-term government with hard decisions to make and no money to spend.

A minority Labour government would also be feasible if the Liberal Democrats emerged as the party of the median MP, provided that the latter abandoned their current alliance with the Conservatives in favour of one with Labour.

The Labour government was accused of breaching the Golden Rule by unreasonably classifying current expenditure as investment: genuine investment increases the economy's productive potential, and is therefore a driver for growth, but spending on other items does not.

Given Next Left's own analysis of - for instance - tackling Poverty and inequality (and bearing in mind the LibDems current offer is regressive), what advantages would their have been to a lib / lab Government over the last decade, as compared to a solely Labour one?

It noted that «Labour MPs dissent more often than Conservatives; they dissent in great numbers than Conservatives; and they dissent on more issues than Conservatives» — and concluded that «judging from their current voting behaviour, there is the real possibility that any future Labour Government will face significant backbench dissent».

So far, Labour has simply said it would match current government spending plans in 2015 - 16, but has not said if it would seek to eradicate the deficit by 2017 - 18, let alone put the budget into total surplus through the parliament.

The delegations have included former Labour Minister for Education and Minister for the Arts, Baroness Tessa Blackstone, Labour's current Shadow Minister for Early Years, Tracy Brabin, and former Secretary of State for Scotland, former Government Deputy Chief Whip and Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney and Shetland, Alistair Carmichael.

The problem for me though is that according to a recent YouGov poll, 35 % of the public still hold the last Labour Government solely responsible for the cuts, 27 % the current Government and 28 % both.

This would be double the Labour Government's target for the current term.

If current predictions are correct, it's more than likely that a Labour government will be formed despite having failed to emerge as the largest party in either England or Scotland in terms of votes or seats.

With the current Welsh Government being a minority government run by Welsh Labour, the main opposition party from May — mid October was Plaid Cymru but after one of Plaid's Assembly Members resigned from the party, it had equally the same seats as the Welsh ConsGovernment being a minority government run by Welsh Labour, the main opposition party from May — mid October was Plaid Cymru but after one of Plaid's Assembly Members resigned from the party, it had equally the same seats as the Welsh Consgovernment run by Welsh Labour, the main opposition party from May — mid October was Plaid Cymru but after one of Plaid's Assembly Members resigned from the party, it had equally the same seats as the Welsh Conservatives.

Whatever one thinks of the current government's economic performance, Labour still need to persuade voters that they would do a better job if they were in Numbers 10 and 11 Downing Street.

Of course, it is insane for Scots to vote for independence on the basis of the current coalition government in Westminster or even the Labour government which preceeded it.

The current government will renew trident on the back of a Commons» majority while Labour falls apart pointlessly debating whether or not it supports renewal.

Most of the local politicians I speak to - Labour, Lib Dem and Conservative - blame the crisis on three issues: government cuts and low funding, poor financial management by the current administration, and a decision to keep council tax rates low.

Collectively, this group — it includes current Labour and Tory voters as well as the undecided — is the Lib Dem «market» (another Coetzee label that can leave the party's more organic activists wincing), and it responds especially well to party lines, of which you can expect to hear much more («Labour wasted their opportunity and ruined the economy», «You can't count on the Tories to care about others»), including the need for the next government to be balanced and sensible.

«Labour's promise to reinstate student grants and EMA support would be a positive step in reversing the lack of investment in young people which has been driven by current Government policy.

Attacking Labour's «toxic» legacy, Fox said the government had created a «defence black hole» that was not only having an impact on current operations in Afghanistan but threatened to provide an ongoing defence crisis for years to come.

Above all, Labour must be ready with a much more compelling prospectus for progressive government that covers our plans both for overcoming the current financial crisis and for using the power of the state and international co-operation to build a better society.

Labour delegates were asked if they wanted the current shadow chancellor, or the last Labour man to hold the office in government, to take charge of the party's economic policy.

In a move that is controversial with some Keynesian economists, Labour is committed to «a fiscal policy framework that broadly states that the Government should borrow for investment (the capital account) and that over the business cycle Government day - to - day spending (the Government's current account) should be in balance».

Recognising that the country has to live within its means, that Labour should tackle the deficit fairly and that a Labour government inheriting a current account deficit in 2020 should pay it down without jeopardising sustainable economic growth is, again, good to hear.

«In spite of all these, the organised labour is still willing to engage the government on genuine negotiation that will bring the current impasse to amicable resolution.

Andy Burnham, the current frontrunner for the Labour leadership, has said he will abstain from today's main vote on the government's welfare plans if a Labour amendment does not pass.

In August 2017, former Labour Minister for Education and Minister for the Arts, Baroness Tessa Blackstone, Labour's current Shadow Minister for Early Years, Tracy Brabin, and former Secretary of State for Scotland, former Government Deputy Chief Whip and Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney and Shetland, Alistair Carmichael, were part of a Caabu / Medical Aid for Palestinians delegation to the West Bank.

For all the complexity of our current politics, the truth is actually quite simple: the only way to be sure of getting a Labour government is to vote Labour.

'' «notes the threats to the future of the Royal Mail and welcomes the conclusion of the Hooper Report that, as part of a plan to place the Royal Mail on a sustainable path for the future, the current six days a week universal service obligation (USO) must be protected, that the primary duty of a new regulator should be to maintain the USO, and that the Government should address the growing pensions deficit; notes that modernisation in the Royal Mail is essential and that investment must be found for it; endorses the call for a new relationship between management and postal unions; urges engagement with relevant stakeholders to secure the Government's commitment to a thriving and prosperous Royal Mail, secure in public ownership, that is able to compete and lead internationally and that preserves the universal postal service; further notes the Conservatives» failure to invest in Royal Mail when they were in power in contrast with Labour's support for both Royal Mail and the Post Office; and notes that legislation on these issues will be subject to normal parliamentary procedures.»

He called on the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Nigerians to be resilient and support government efforts aimed at moving the country out of current economic recession.