Sentences with phrase «last labour government»

ADDENDUM: In England, in a very recent change, by Act of Parliament under the last Labour government, Parliament abolished the double jeopardy rule, in effect allowing another court to later set - aside the Jury's verdict (i.e. in the case of an acquital).

By April 4th, all businesses with 250 employees or more — including many law firms — will be required to share their gender pay gap, following legislation enacted eight years ago under the last Labour Government.

For those who attempt to impugn his character and veracity by making silly claims about his hereditary title and what that entitles him to obviously do not realise what a «dog's breakfast» the last labour government of the UK made of the legislation which controls who may sit and vote in the House of Lords.

«This government scrapped the national negotiating body, set up by the last Labour Government to work with professionals and to recognise the commitment and added value that school support staff bring.

A 50 % religious discrimination cap was introduced for new faith academy schools by the last Labour Government in 2007.

«At the same time as pupil numbers were booming, the last Labour government cut funding for school places by # 150m, scrapping almost 200,000 places,» he said.

In the pilot studies carried out under the last Labour government, which saw all primary school children given free school meals in the London Borough of Newham and in Durham, those children who took part were found to be two months ahead of their peers academically, compared to those who had not received the meals.

The last Labour government's pledge of «education, education, education» saw an increase in funding for technology in schools but very little was put towards training teachers in how to make the best use of their new technology.

The former deputy prime minister said he wasn't keen on the Labour leader's «Hell, yes, I'm tough» boast and said the party had paid the price for failing to defend the economic record of the last Labour government in the last parliament.

21 % think the last Labour government was more to blame, 14 % that the current coalition government is more to blame, but 44 % think both equally.

It's how the last Labour government operated.

The last Labour government was highly sensitive to reports that Diego Garcia played a part in the global rendition programme.

In many ways the parallels between the last Labour government and today's are uncanny.

In a speech to the Institute of Government in London this morning, the deputy prime minister described the last Labour government's approach as «short - termist», and said the regular shuffling of junior ministers underminded the stability of government.

Bakewell was the tsar for the elderly in the last Labour government and will now become a working peer, even though her support for a means - tested winter fuel allowance is at odds with Miliband's stated commitment to universalism.

As a strong supporter of the first decade of the last Labour government I am not crowing about being right about Ed Miliband; I'm angry and despairing and frightened of the consequences of his disastrous leadership.

Christian Wolmar has been exceptionally critical of the last Labour government on rail policies.

The additional funding means this government will be investing more than # 3.1 billion compared to # 2.7 bn in the previous 5 years under the last Labour government,» he added.

You know, like the fact that the last Labour government had reduced the national debt as a percentage of GDP to its lowest level since WWII before the international financial crisis hit in 2008.

The former Cameron speechwriter turned columnist, claimed that: «A series of recent studies [none named] has shown the wave of migration under the last Labour government had no impact on unemployment, even among the least skilled.

The last Labour government passed several key pieces of legislation — including that introducing foundation hospitals and tuition fees — thanks to the votes of Scottish MPs whose constituents were unaffected, given Holyrood's control of health and education policy.

A tiny part of me bristled that the last Labour government had not got around to it sooner.

In an agreement with the last Labour Government, workers pick up the bill if people end up living longer than expected and pension costs overshoot projections.

He said both men were determined to ensure there is no return to the «bad old days» of vicious Blair - Brown feuds that scarred the last Labour Government.

Both are still promoting what looks like a pre-crash public spending model that the last Labour government implemented between 1997 and 2008 — redistribute the proceeds of accelerated economic growth from London and the South East to the regions through central government tax and spending.

Regardless of how you feel about the Tories» NHS reforms the fact that they've been in power for most of the period since 1948 without ever looking like abolishing it, and in any case are now mostly doing things that the last Labour government also did when in power, means an election pitch which relies on convincing voters that if the Tories remain in office they'll actually destroy the NHS is simply not plausible to the sort of people Labour needs to win over.

Facts like the Tories have massively increased the national debt — in fact Richard don't you think that there is a basic immorality in what the Tories have done, all that increase in national debt but unlike the last Labour government this shower have nowt to show for it?

It will chronicle his journey from senior official (and ultimately general secretary) of the Communication Workers Union through to Cabinet minister in the last Labour government, and ending with the party's election defeat in 2010.

Jack Straw, who was a cabinet minister throughout the 13 years of the last Labour government, is to be denied a knighthood and a peerage under the current party leader, Jeremy Corbyn.

The Conservatives will want to paint their own narrative of the last Labour government, of reckless spending pushing the country to the verge of bankrupcy, and have had some success in doing so: 60 % think Labour haven't faced up to the damage they did to the economy, 47 % that if Labour returned to government they'd put the country into even more debt.

But Burnham certainly can not assume that Corbyn will be the next eliminated, and even if he was, those Corbyn voters who did transfer would split between Cooper and Burnham anyway — many see little to chose between them and may well favour a female candidate who, unlike Burnham, doesn't now say the last Labour government was guilty of overspending nor advocate primaries for parliamentary selections.

The FT says that, as well as the long - awaited Chilcot report on 6 July addressing the last Labour government's conduct in the run - up to the Iraq War, Tory MPs believe Mr Cameron could call an early vote on Trident — an issue on which the Conservatives are united whereas Labour is split.

Lord Adonis, the transport secretary in the last Labour government, argues that if this new public - private partnership, LNER, proves a success it should be allowed to bid for other franchises around the country when they next come due.

Labour can argue with that, try to put forward their case for the last goverment's economic record... but that conflicts with trying to distance themselves from Gordon Brown and the last Labour government.

But an unrepentant Mr Cameron will insist he is right to speak out on an issue that concerns millions of people — and accuse the last Labour government of fuelling support for the British National Party by refusing to address popular concerns on the subject.

The following five years saw the last Labour government provide the money and begin the foundations of the new hospital and the demolition of the old hospital was underway before the coalition came into office in 2010.

It's time to use the powers granted to metropolitan cities like Manchester, Sheffield, Glasgow and Bristol by the last Labour government, to regulate fares, routes, frequency of services and improve customer relations.

Ok, there were several things the last Labour government that prompted those further to the left to take action too, but not so soon, not so frequently and not from so many disparate quarters.

To imply otherwise is misleading and undermines the confidence of teachers in using the tough powers the last Labour government gave them.

«Now that the new UK government is bedding in and getting ready to unleash austerity upon us, I thought I'd quickly look back at the last Labour government and tell you something that you won't want to hear: the last Chancellor Alistair Darling did a very good job.»

She's not a typical New Labour career politician as some have claimed but has campaigned for affordable housing and voted against Trident and the erosion of civil liberties under the last Labour government.

This was particularly damaging over the issue of immigration, where de facto the last Labour government encouraged migrants due to the economic benefits, while simultaneously some figures in the Labour party indulged in dog - whistle collusion in anti-migrant sentiment.

The problems with the NHS were identified by the last Labour government.

If Labour had done what it needed to four years ago; demonstrated that it understood the public's anxieties over spending with the last Labour government, and moved to win back public trust, then David Cameron would now be in serious trouble.

She said decisions on the issue «have been taken under successive Home Secretaries, including under the last Labour Government».

By 36 - 24 %, voters still blame the last Labour government more than the present coalition government for the public spending cuts.

The 17.5 per cent rate of VAT has been in place since 1991, except for the temporary reduction to 15 per cent introduced by Alistair Darling as the last Labour government sought to tackle the recession.

One in three (32 %) Tory voters instead blame Home Office officials, while over a quarter (27 %) believe it is the fault of the last Labour government.

Hard to disagree with this, Ed Balls should have been effective Shadow Chancellor yet was just ran around circles by George Osborne in setting the political debate around the last Labour Government how it was wasteful, pro-scrounger etc..

The last Labour government was adopting a careful approach, but we did let the deficit get too large.»