Sentences with phrase «glumb labour conference»

In his closing speech at this week's Labour conference, Mr Corbyn pledged to curb rents in the private sector and said any redevelopment of a housing estate under a Labour government would have to be backed by a council ballot of residents.

He told Premier 150 people attended the group's mass in Brighton on the first day of the Labour Conference, but it has been the subject of some snide jokes within the party.

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

The findings came just one day after Tony Blair used his final speech to the Labour conference to vigorously defend his controversial foreign policy.

Gordon Brown continued to publicly back a tougher approach at this year's Labour conference, when he said any foreign national involved in gun or drug crime would be deported.

A trio of senior ministers have demanded a full discussion on Britain's nuclear policy in the wake of the decision not to debate the issue at this year's Labour conference.

The same question is being asked in every room of the Labour conference.

Lewis is a rising star in the party and was largely judged to have given the best speech of the Labour conference.

In his Labour conference speech, McDonnell said a Labour government would legislate for a «real living wage», which he said was likely to be higher in 2020 than the # 10 level he proposed last year.

Because as well as the official Labour conference, Momentum - the driving force behind Jeremy Corbyn — are staging their own «happening» (I've been instructed by James Schneider, a Momentum big wig, that it is NOT a conference... erm... okay) up the road in Liverpool at the same time.

Sadiq Khan used his keynote speech to the Labour conference to repeatedly hammer home the message that the party can only achieve things if it is «in power».

And he re-iterated the message while speaking at the international policy forum on the sidelines of the Labour conference in Liverpool.

John McDonnell used his keynote speech to the Labour conference to set out a series of policy ideas...

At the 2016 Labour conference, Sadiq Khan used his keynote speech to repeatedly hammer home the message that the party can only achieve things if it is «in power».

I want to make sure I'm prepared for every exciting social occasion that each unique Labour conference promises.

The 49 - year - old is known for his dad dancing at Labour conferences — see here for video proof — but will rely on the competitive spirit he's shown in football matches against the political lobby to get him through.

I arrive on Saturday exhausted (I had no idea how tiring descaling a kettle could be), climb into a taxi and in a weary voice squeak «Take me to Labour conference please?»

He spoke at the 1945 Labour conference.

There was a reluctance to make the announcement while the Labour conference was under way, but Britain is plainly about to become involved in a strike operation which includes the US and five Sunni - led Middle East states.

Miliband's only previous public singing of note was the annual rendition of The Red Flag that wraps up each Labour conference.

The English Labour group met in Manchester town hall, near the Labour conference centre, and included Ben Bradshaw, the former culture secretary, John Denham, the former universities secretary, and Steve Reed, MP for Croydon and one of the architects of Labour's plans for devolving power.

John Mann has criticised the lack of debate at the Labour conference in Brighton - and said it is «reminiscent» of the Tony Blair years.

This is the most excited, most populous and nearly the most celebratory Labour conference any of us can remember.

BL at Labour conference 2015 — Out of the Blue: Can Blue Labour save the party?

I thought there were more laughs from the Labour conference.

Responding to the address today (Wednesday 27 September) to the Labour conference by party leader Jeremy Corbyn, the leader Unite, the UK's largest union, hailed «a prime minister in waiting».

Addressing the Labour conference in Brighton today (Monday 25 September) on Labour's economic policy, the leader of the country's biggest union,...

Within the Labour Party, amendments were circulated — resulting in the Labour conference in October being presented with a composite motion in defence of lone parent benefits.

And how brilliant it is to see the hall here in Liverpool, absolutely packed for the Labour conference, well I say it's packed but Virgin Trains assure me there are 800 empty seats.

For Conservatives of my generation, Jeremy Corbyn's speech to the Labour conference on Tuesday had a reassuringly familiar flavour.

The book, which promises the truth about plots that tore the party apart during the Blair - Brown years, will coincide with the Labour conference in September.»

BL at Labour conference 2015 — Welfare and justice: how the churches and Labour can rethink social security — Monday 28 September, 12.45 pm — 2.30 pm, St Paul's Church, West Street, Brighton

The most striking thing about this year's main Labour conference was how flat it seemed.

The Labour conference will be dominated by the election of a new leader, the winner to be announced on the Saturday night.

«There are bubbling tensions in this country that I think could explode,» she told a fringe event at Labour conference yesterday.

And quoting Mr Blair's admission at the Labour conference that he regretted not taking his reforms far enough, Mr Cameron asked him to guarantee that the proposals included in the white paper on education would reach the statute books.

Speaking ahead of his address to the Labour conference, Mr McDonnell said his and Mr Corbyn's aim was to «start a national debate about where our economy is and where we need to grow it».

When Kinnock chose to take on his critics, he stood at the lectern at Labour conference, in the full glare of the television lights, and faced them down.

John McDonnell's was the correct appointment and he proved it immediately and at Labour conference.

Labour conference last week was as frustrating as ever.

But it is the country he needs to persuade if he is ever to return to a Labour conference as party leader and prime minister.»

And that was it: the Labour conference over for another year.

The association is sponsoring the Rural Reception at each of the four major party conferences and will also be joined by the Angling Trust at the Conservative and Labour conferences.

Harriet Harman wrapped up today's Labour conference with a speech attacking the coalition's planned voter registration changes.

Everywhere you look at the Labour conference, there's a promise of «Straight Talking Honest Politics».

The Labour conference is being held in Brighton this year, with Gordon Brown desperately trying to drum up party unity ahead of a historic general election.

«Where Gordon Brown's speech to the Labour conference in Manchester last year was personal, this year's address in Brighton was pugnacious.

It's basically exactly the same as what Alistair Darling has been telling Labour conferences since 2007.

The Labour national executive is due to meet on 21 September, four days before the start of Labour conference, to discuss the outcome of the «Refounding Labour» consultation undertaken by the party leadership through the summer.

Readers will be aware from previous reports that there is serious concern about the validity of the result of internal party elections held at this year's Labour conference in Brighton.