Sentences with phrase «into a labour government»

The recent IMF scorecard on the British economy, produced two years into this Coalition, prompted me to take a look at the comments the IMF made in 1976, two years into a Labour government.

She demanded the abolition of the «undemocratic» House of Lords and pledged to put the «backbone and guts» into a Labour government led by Ed Miliband.

Not exact matches

DC: There are a number of ingredients that go into it, whether it's the labour agreement, whether it's working with governments.

May's government also faced questions from the opposition Labour Party about why it awarded the company 1.3 billion pounds of state contracts after Carillion fell into financial difficulty in July last year.

The review comes in the wake of a report from an expert panel the government struck last year that came up with 13 recommendations to help young Canadians get into and thrive in a changing labour market.

Hugh MacDonald Slogan: None Elected experience: MLA for Edmonton - Gold Bar from 1997 to present Background: Since stepping into his role as the opposition labour critic during his first - term and making headlines over the government's shaky handling of rotting pine shakes roofing and lack of whistle - blower protection, Hugh MacDonald earned a reputation as a dogged critic of the Tories.

While Labour Day evolved into a celebration of work, employers and life, May Day was a protest against the status quo, government, corporations and other institutions that refused to give working people their deserved share of the economic pie.

Our children are packed into schools like sardines, surgeries are cancelled for lack of beds, seniors die from mistreatment, labour unions and universities are gutted and our health and environment are degraded because the government won't enforce the law.

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.

Based on observation of the behaviour of the government I'd say they've already made up their minds on that one: the Labour party is convinced that in order to stay in power it needs to be seen to be tough on crime, which usually translates into advocating random outbursts of arbitrary state power.

The question of what type of inquiry would look into the scandal was fought out earlier at prime minister's questions with Labour pushing for a judge - led approach and the government a parliamentary inquiry.

It is clear from the rash of recent memoirs from senior Labour figures that the Labour governments fell frequently into this trap.

It was odd praise from a politician who sucked me into active Labour politics as I opposed his short - lived government in the 1970s.

Legal challenges to the government's consultation, concerns over the hybrid nature of the legislation (this means it takes much longer to work its way through parliament) and the coalition's decision to split the legislation into two parts are worrying interested spectators — like Labour's Eagle.

In 1993, Harriet was elected by a national ballot of Labour Party members to the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Labour Party and was re-elected each year till Labour came into government and she became a minister.

«However, the government needs to be clear these proposed changes to Universal Credit could reverse this trend and remove a valuable route back into the labour market through self - employment.

The comments, which came as an aside during a case won by the government, triggered outrage among eurosceptics on the Tory backbenches, who said the UK had been tricked into believing it had an opt - out from the convention when Labour signed up during the Lisbon negotiations.

I watched Brown to day, he is a very very poor leader end of story, he is dragging this government into a very very long stay out of power, I do think people will see Labour in the future as we see the Lib Dem's OK to sit in opposition sadly a waste of time running the country, what next a New Toy Blair, a new newer lLabour in the future as we see the Lib Dem's OK to sit in opposition sadly a waste of time running the country, what next a New Toy Blair, a new newer labourlabour.

A verbal assault against armed forces personnel and their relatives could become a criminal offence if Labour gets into government.

The debates trapped timid Labour leaders into making commitments that either killed off campaigning verve or paralysed them in government.

An abstention by Labour would have prevented the PM from reaching a majority of two - thirds of all MPs, forcing her into the awkward position of taking the second path to an early election envisaged by the Act — a parliamentary vote of no confidence in her government.

Beginning with the Labour governments of Tony Blair, which introduced 374 new peers into the house in order to balance the Conservative majority that had developed under the previous Conservative governments, the size of the house has grown substantially.

Labour MP Andy Burnham will ask an urgent question in the House of Commons about the government's decision not to hold an inquiry into the events at Orgreave in 1984.

While Labour ran away, the real progressive party in British politics was willing to go into the lions» den and fight for justice where it matters: in government.

One possible development in this scenario is that several months into a Con - Lib government (coalition or otherwise) the polls suggest both Labour and the Liberal Democrats would win more seats if there were another general election.

Only William Hague fared worse, a year into thirteen years of Labour government.

After he lost the elections of 1987 and 1992, Kinnock was succeeded by John Smith, who had a dogged belief that «one last heave» could get Labour into government.

A Labour government would bring contracts signed under the Private Finance Initiative back into the public sector, John McDonnell has said.

It seems unlikely that Labour would enter into any kind of formal agreement that allowed SNP MPs to become ministers or play a direct role in the management of government departments — indeed, Miliband has ruled out a coalition with the Scottish nationalists.

He knows that while I won't return, I will do everything I can from the backbenches to put Labour into government, and Ed Miliband into 10 Downing Street.

After all, Conservative governments went into both the 1992 and 1997 general elections by announcing sharp expenditure restraint for the following Parliament, thus forcing the Labour opposition to either reject or accept those overall spending targets.

RDAs, creations of the Labour government, have put # 3 million into struggling steel companies, the union's general secretary Michael Leahy says.

And a change of government — especially if it was a coalition between Labour and the Liberal Democrats — could see even more reforms brought into play, with issues like voting and House of Lords reform suddenly thrown into the mix.

Workers, apparently abandoned by the Labour government, may be tempted into the Tories» welcoming arms.

Ese reportedly delivered a baby girl on Thursday morning at the Government House Clinic after she went into labour at her Police Officers Mess temporary residence.

Ed Balls argued for the retention and implementation of the policies which he failed to get into law in the dying days of the Labour government.

The Labour - Plaid Cymru coalition government has been formalised, with three Plaid Cymru AMs invited into the Welsh Cabinet.

From 1985, when this former London Weekend Television producer arrived as director of campaigns and communications at Labour's then headquarters in Walworth Road, south London, Mandelson worked closely with both Brown and Tony Blair, the two MPs who - in that order - he believed would lead the party into government.

That ambition now depends on translating Labour's defining beliefs in fairness and the necessary role of government into a popular argument which could begin to rebuild Labour's coalition.

A Labour government would bring contracts signed under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) back into the public sector, the shadow chancellor has said.

First, in 1996, just before the Labour Government came into power, there was a structural budget deficit of 4 %, whereas it was 2.5 % in 2007.

Nevertheless, in 1886 and 1892, the Conservatives succeeded in exhibiting that the Liberals were dependent on the Irish Nationalists; and, by rejecting Baldwin in 1924, the Liberals put Britain's first Labour government into office.

[63] and responded to concerns about the timing by saying that a secret deal between the previous Labour government and the European Commission in Brussels obliged them to sell the bank in or before 2013, and» [g] iven we were advised that Northern Rock plc would have been likely to remain loss - making [until] at least well into 2012, which would have depleted taxpayer resources still further, agreeing a sale now was even more imperative.»

Lord Mandelson said Woodley was «passionate» in his view that Government should be spending money to enable Nissan, Honda, Jaguar, «or whoever it is», to retain all their labour during the downturn, however long it lasts, as opposed to making sure that all available cash is spent ensuring that short - term unemployment does not turn into long - term unemployment.

Speaking to the Guardian, Miliband admitted the Labour government allowed too many immigrants from eastern Europe into the country by lifting controls on EU accession countries such as Poland too quickly, but denied his party lied about immigration, as claimed by his former adviser Lord Glasman.

The Labour government elected in 1997 pledged to incorporate the Convention directly into UK law.

She then launches into Labour's meat - and - potatoes: a «we invested in hospitals and schools and we don't regret it» section, delivered in response to insinuations about government spending.

Although seen as a left winger, increasingly Mullin reveals in the diaries that a more pragmatic approach is needed to overthrow the Conservatives and get Labour into government.

A sense of entitlement to cheap petrol has developed and prior governments have got negative reactions irrespective of timing); there was insufficient consultation (we hear stories of labour leaders who privately agree with government, but refuse to admit so publicly to preserve their populist base - they may later «change their minds» when they get into government!)

Labour and the government are still at loggerheads over the need for a judge - led inquiry into the Libor interest rate row, after both sides refused to budge on the issue.