Sentences with phrase «of labour policy»

Sometimes scathing in its dissection of Labour policy, it also gives opinion on the steps the party must take to win the next general election.

In addition people where allowed to busk and beg on the streets, none of this Labour policy of chasing the desperate off the streets.

If however the speech is to be approached as a clarification of Labour policy then it leaves very much to be desired.

Despite the success of this Labour policy, even that low rate of minimum wage impacted on a few people.

But he added that as a result of Miliband's speech «I believe that perceptions of Labour policy are in danger of being taken backwards.»

«Jeremy Corbyn has missed a prime opportunity to seize the cities and devolution agenda back from the Conservatives, and put it at the heart of Labour policy as it prepares for a potential snap election.

Last week loyal Blairites Charles Clarke and Alan Milburn launched the Vision2020 website to debate the future of Labour policy, but commentators have speculated that the site is designed to be a staging ground for anti-Brown opinions.

«I believe that perceptions of Labour policy are in danger of being taken backwards,» former Labour business secretary Peter Mandelson said yesterday.

Something strange is happening in the world of Labour policy - making and despite all appearances, it...

Something strange is happening in the world of Labour policy - making and despite all appearances, it's not an April fool.

But the distinctive mark of every Labour policy, from health to education, from privatised utilities to the labour market, is more government interference.

With this in mind there are some decidedly odd features of Labour policy for England.

It has had the support of Jon Cruddas, head of the Labour policy review.

We all share one common aim: to put reciprocity at the heart of Labour policy.

There's also the inconvenient little factoid that this is simply the continuation of a Labour policy first rolled out in 2009 http://www.smarthealthcare.com/111-pilot-09jul09 But Andy Burnham is from t «north so that's OK then.

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The net effect of the Ontario government's new policy is to subsidize jobs in an already strong labour market, increase the wages of already high - income workers and give hundreds of millions of dollars in corporate welfare to one of the largest and most profitable companies in the world.

With over 90 % of the labour force in the informal economy, it is very difficult to assess the impact of policy actions and measure true growth.

«When you change your trading relationship and population movements with the world, it has to change everything from the cost and supply of labour, the cost of good (exchange rate), the availability of market access (in and out), government finances (fiscal policy) or as we know very well monetary policy.

These employees also collect data on the regional impact of government policies like taxation, international trade, labour markets, transportation or agriculture.

Britain's opposition Labour Party said the attack on English hospitals showed the need to place cyber security at the heart of government policy.

She observes that since the provinces control most of the social programs that are responsible for settling and integrating immigrants into Canadian society, such as education, health care, welfare, and share labour - market training with the feds, it only makes sense that they take a bigger role in implementing immigration policy.

The labour market data is improving, so the Fed is getting ready to withdraw some of its massive monetary policy stimulus — logical, you might say.

Without embedding intergenerational equity into Canada's labour market policy we will be headed for long - period of reduced economic growth, stagnation, or even decline.

Kevin McQuillan, a professor at the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy, warns that by artificially lowering wages, the TFWP may squelch labour mobility.

In February 2007, Teresa Heely of Social and Economic Policy at the Canadian Labour Congress wrote about more closed door meetings.

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They said in their statement that future policy will be contingent on a handful of factors, including the «evolution» of «labour market conditions.»

The essayists» discussion of labour law is particularly timely given the increasing political and policy interest in Canada's labour law.

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The guiding mentality of Tony Blair - style «New Labour» policy is economic loyalty to Europe's financial centers as government spending is slashed, public infrastructure privatized and banks bailed out with «taxpayer» burdens that fall mainly on labor.

Andrew Jackson, director of social and economic policy for the Canadian Labour Congress, agrees with Elizabeth Kelliher that the Canadian government should be making massive new investments in social housing, as well as many other areas of infrastructure.

Compared with previous episodes of booming commodity prices, a floating currency, a sound but flexible medium - term framework for monetary policy and a flexible labour market mean we are doing much better this time than in the mid 1970s or early 1950s.

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Highly critical of New Labour but strongly influenced by Scandinavian social democracy, Compass is advancing themes and policies which will resonate on the progressive left in Canada — a relentless focus on -LSB-...]

Vietnam's has recently jumped from low to lower - middle income, and policy makers are now facing questions about avoiding the «middle - income trap» and generating economic growth without increased exploitation of natural resources and cheap labour that would result in deteriorating environmental and social standards.

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In September, 2012 he retired from a long career as Chief Economist and Director of Social and Economic Policy with the Canadian Labour Congress.

In a statement after the end of the two - day policy meeting, the central bank said, «The stance of monetary policy remains accommodative, thereby supporting strong labour market conditions and a sustained return to 2 per cent inflation.»

So if there are policies that would boost potential output — the sum of labour force growth and productivity growth — then we need to pursue them.

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Subsequently, with continuing strong activity indicators, stretched labour markets and signs of possible pipeline price pressures (although core consumer prices remain benign), the Federal Reserve tightened monetary policy by 25 basis points to 5 per cent in June and then 5.25 per cent in August (Graph 5).

The above suggests that the students are being joined by organized labour in a larger scope of protest against neo-liberal policies in general.

CME's Director of Policy and Economics Mike Holden's Labour Force Survey Analysis — October 2015 reportis available along with analysis on GDP, trade and manufacturing sales data at our Economic Dashboard.

The Canada and Quebec delegation included representatives from Common Frontiers, the Council of Canadians, Réseau Québécois sur l'intégration continentale (RQIC), the Canadian Labour Congress, Unifor, the Canadian Union of Public and General Employees (CUPE) National, the United Steelworkers, Public Service Alliance of Canada, BC Teachers Federation, Fonds de solidarité (FTQ), Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN), Centro international de solidarité ouvrière (CiSO), the National Farmers Union, and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, many of which are member organizations of the TJN.

The signatories of this letter warn against the potential for trade agreements like NAFTA to restrict Canada's ability to enforce its own environmental regulations, maintain labour standards, and keep jobs and pollution from leaking to other states with weaker policies.

Jennifer facilitates the contribution of the Business Council of Australia's CEO members across a policy agenda that includes economic policy and competitiveness; regulation; infrastructure and sustainable growth; labour market, skills and education; engagement with Indigenous Australians, global engagement; healthcare policy; and innovation.

CME has been particularly helpful in supporting us in critical areas of international trade, tax policies, and improving our access to qualified labour.»

Policies that spur more efficient corporate restructuring can revive productivity growth by targeting three inter-related sources of labour productivity weakness: the survival of «zombie» firms (low productivity firms that would typically exit in a competitive market), capital misallocation and stalling technological diffusion... As the zombie firm problem may partly stem from bank forbearance, complementary reforms to insolvency regimes are essential to ensure that a more aggressive policy to resolve non-performing loans is effective.