Sentences with phrase «great labour governments»

He said: «We're forced to accept that the refusal to accept the established policy of the Labour party and to acknowledge the achievements of the greatest Labour government is not just a knowing embrace of electoral defeat, but a very real, a very studied and a very determined desire to split this Labour party.»

I think Smith would have directed the greatest Labour government since Attlee's, and I think Ed Miliband has got the potential to do that.»

Not exact matches

In their paper, Drummond and Halliwell call for greater collaboration among government, the business community and post-secondary institutions to improve labour market information.

In the face of a tightening labour market, we commend the Government for taking efforts to promote the skilled trades and developing under - leveraged parts of the workforce, which the 2016 Greater Vancouver Economic Scorecard identified as key steps in growing our economy.

He naturally loses, therefore, the habit of such exertion, and generally becomes as stupid and ignorant as it is possible for a human creature to become... In every improved and civilized society this is the state into which the labouring poor, that is, the great body of the people must necessarily fall, unless government takes some pains to prevent it» (The Wealth of Nations Vol.

«Most extraordinary of all, the two great achievements of British diplomacy of the last decades in Europe, supported by Governments both Labour and Conservative, — namely the Single Market and European Enlargement — are now apparently the two things we most regret and want to rid ourselves of!

... Delight in smooth - sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts, desire for popularity and electoral success irrespective of the vital interests of the State, genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation, obvious lack of intellectual vigour in both leaders of the British Coalition Government, marked ignorance of Europe and aversion from its problems in Mr. Baldwin, the strong and violent pacifism which at this time dominated the Labour - Socialist Party, the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality, the failure and worse than failure of Mr. Lloyd George, the erstwhile great war - time leader, to address himself to the continuity of his work, the whole supported by overwhelming majorities in both Houses of Parliament: all these constituted a picture of British fatuity and fecklessness which, though devoid of guile, was not devoid of guilt, and, though free from wickedness or evil design, played a definite part in the unleashing upon the world of horrors and miseries which, even so far as they have unfolded, are already beyond comparison in human experience.

But they are likely to have more power to influence a Conservative - led government than a Labour one because the Con - Lib policy preference gap is greater than the Lab - Lib one, especially on Europe.

Yet, after 13 years of a Labour government, levels of inequality are higher than before it came to office, and there appears to be little recognition that, for reasons of both fairness and sustainability, we need to abandon the idea of pursuing ever greater, unrestrained economic growth.

In his view the difficulty within the Party was much greater than any from the Scottish National Party and the Whips» judgement was that the Government could not rely on the votes of Labour Members from Merseyside or the North if we moved to reject the Repeal Order.

From the perspective of many grassroots Labour activists neither the leader's stance or the GMB's response look great since it will make the party's job of defeating the government that bit harder.

The Labour leadership will amend the Lobbying Bill to ensure greater transparency in the Tory - led government's relationship with the «big six» energy companies.

Tory chairman Grant Shapps said Labour's proposal to give a tax rebate to companies paying the living wage would lead to greater costs for government and taxpayers.

The introduction of civil partnerships has been one of the great achievements of this Labour government, bringing enormous personal happiness to many people and a broader pride for many across our country at the successful civilizing advance which this popular social change represents.

Will the resources allocated to this task be greater or less than those allocated by the previous Labour Government in the training of Colonel Gaddafi's forces, which enabled him better to repress his own people?

The information about Labour special advisors for the last 12 months of the last Labour government was placed in the House of Commons library — great, transparent, easy to access.

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».

Leighton Andrews has been one of the most effective and committed Ministers in the Welsh Labour Government and it's a matter of great regret that he has felt it necessary to resign due to a conflict between his role as Education Minister in the Assembly Government and as a constituency AM.

Last week, Yvette Cooper — a seasoned Labour hand who has had government experience both as work and pensions secretary and as chief secretary to the Treasury, and is perhaps Burnham's greatest leadership rival — suggested she agreed with Miliband's refusal to accept blame.

the labour government is so arrogant and unaccountable that it would take no great effort for them to override public opinion.

The more seats a party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.

[58] Following the electoral defeat, Livingstone told Socialist Organiser that the blame lay solely with the «Labour government's policies» and the anti-democratic attitude of Callaghan and the Parliamentary Labour Party, calling for greater party democracy and a turn towards a socialist platform.

After much deliberation on issues that led to the industrial dispute, the leader of the State Government delegation, elder Simon Achuba appealed to the labour leaders to call off their over six - weeks old industrial strike, which has paralysed government activities and has become a great concern to stakeholders in Government delegation, elder Simon Achuba appealed to the labour leaders to call off their over six - weeks old industrial strike, which has paralysed government activities and has become a great concern to stakeholders in government activities and has become a great concern to stakeholders in the state.

In the past, the proceeds of a growing economy gave the last Labour government greater room for manoeuvre.

«We have seen no action from this Tory - led government, despite David Cameron himself warning that lobbying was the next great scandal waiting to happen,» Labour MP Jon Trickett said.

Labour's Shadow Transport Minister Daniel Zeichner MP said: «These figures underline the need for the Government to pay greater attention to road safety.

The advice offered by some of its leading thinkers that Labour should switch the focus away from the role of central government and towards a greater devolution of power to the regions and communities has a fashionable ring to it.

3) Labour have been in Government for 65 % of the time since she left - and what a great job they've made of things

A decade ago, the «buy Blair, get Brown» deal was deemed acceptable — without great enthusiasm but sufficiently palatable to return Labour to a third term in government.

In an attempt to answer Labour charges that a Tory government would favour the better - off, Mr Cameron announced his party would bring in a «health premium» to channel NHS resources on a payment - by - results basis to areas with the greatest health problems.

It took 45 years, the Great Depression and two world wars for Labour to grow from startup to majority government.

This 17 - point lead is the Government's greatest since Labour lost power more than five years ago.

Jones, who lost his job in the Great Depression of the 1930s, was thought of as one of the most powerful men in Britain under the last Labour government of the pre-Blair era.

Cllr Alex Williams on Local government: Trafford Conservatives Council Tax freeze highlights stark contrast with Labour in Greater Manchester

Speaking at his South Shields constituency, the former foreign secretary put critical distance be-tween himself and 13 years of Labour government, saying there was no longer any need to «repeat mantras» or «bow down in front of the greats of the past».»

The government said it would only let MPs have a vote on May's final Brexit deal on a «take it or leave it basis», despite Labour, the Scottish National party and some Tories demanding greater power to order a rethink after two years of talks.

The proposed policy had deeply divided the Conservatives over the previous 30 years, but by then, they, with most of the National Labour and Liberal National members of the government, had become in favour of the policy during the Great Depression.

There is a great deal of indignation among Labour's ruling elites about the Tory - Lib Dem government's plans for boundary reform.

The government blames improvements in the economy, a shrinking graduate pool and greater competition in the labour market for making it «more difficult for the education system to meet the demand for additional teachers domestically», and says overseas recruitment will be pursued as a «supplementary avenue of teacher supply».

Nathan Gill of UKIP said: «This Welsh Labour Government are guilty of many things - but their failure to equip our children for an ever more competitive 21st Century must count as one of their greatest crimes».

His comments echo those of a Conservative source in response to the NAO report, which said the «negative picture» painted by the unions was the «greatest threat» to recruitment and called on unions and Labour politicians to back the government's plans to increase teacher numbers.

«freedom of choice, the individual takes all, user pays, the darwinian survival of the fittest, the fundamentalism of religion, the oppression of labour to complete flexibility, the crude elevation of the entrepreneur beyond the ethics of their behaviour, the mocking of the role of the state in any service, the quest for ever lower taxes and the shrinkage of government, the failure to admit privatisation disasters, the ignoring of education and health needs for the majority, the failure to pursue greater equality for women, the worship of wealth for some at the expense of wellbeing for many, freedom to carry guns, deny climate change, the penchant for war and national might over peace time government services, and finally the deeply flawed assumption that competition prevails in any market (and every market) if you just stand back and watch it»

However, Labour's record of local government reform has largely been a mixed bag, with some notable successes like the Greater London Authority.

Alongside commitments to devolve power downwards, Labour promised greater accountability in the way local government operated.