Sentences with phrase «labour costs through»

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One Labour candidate who didn't even make it through the general election campaign was Cambridgeshire South East's John Cowan, a 35 - year - old whose «offensive remarks» cost him the chance of becoming an MP.

Third, there is an obvious, huge cost to the Lib Dems of voting or allowing through a Labour Queen's Speech in these circumstances.

Under the previous Labour government, the NHS lost hundreds of millions of pounds through the treatment of foreign patients where the costs were not recovered.

Imagine if he'd turned out to be an unpopular leader who had stuck to his central message that Labour needed to move to the right, entertain radical reform of public services, tackle the deficit through cuts and be avowedly pro-business, even though many commentators and many in his party thought that the cost of living crisis and pre-distribution were more important themes.

«Under Labour the cost of motoring has actually fallen, while the cost of using the trains has gone through the roof,» Mr Baker said.

A wholesale transfer of capital from the wealthy to the people through nationalisation of infrastructure assets is unlikely, but there are other areas at the margins where Ed's team are actively considering significant market intervention in the interests of redistribution (or «solving the cost of living crisis», as Labour's tired mantra has it).

The cost of providing official cars for Labour ministers rose by nearly # 500,000 last year as the country suffered through recession, with Lord Mandelson's huge former Department for Business, Innovation and Skills incurring the biggest bill for ferrying ministers around.

If there was a strong Labour left, it could make the case about so many people being on benefits because (radical idea here) there aren't enough jobs to go around; that benefit fraud is exaggerated (costing # 1.2 billion compared to # 70 billion lost through tax avoidance); and that it is an often complicated phenomenon.

As demand for school places continues to rise, the versatility and immediacy of modular buildings is delivering cost savings to the education sector through shortened supply chains and a reduction in labour costs.

«This will lead to a significant increase in labour costs and a major administrative headache for companies which engage contractors working through their own companies (Personal Service Companies), exactly as witnessed in the public sector since April this year.

The constructor estimator browses through all specifications, blueprints, proposals and other documents to give an estimate of the time required to finish the project, labour costs, and cost of subcontracted work, purchased or leased machinery and equipment.