Sentences with phrase «office after labour»

In 2010, the UK's underspecified caretaker conventions caused the «Squatter in Downing Street» controversy, when Gordon Brown remained in office after Labour's election defeat, and the country still lacks adequate rules to govern caretaker situations.

Not exact matches

If you're thinking of tackling a new goal — like running 5K into the office every day — you may consider starting after a birthday or Labour Day, or even on a regular Monday to ensure you follow through.

After establishing a name for ourselves in the hospitality industry; in late 2009 Talent expanded into the light industrial / manufacturing industry, skilled labour and office services.

Just six months after Labour's defeat is the worst possible time to take a measured view of the party's 13 years in office.

Labour has demanded answers from the Home Office after the partner of a journalist connected to the Edward Snowden revelations was detained under anti-terror laws.

Jeremy Corbyn's office has defended his decision to hand a key job to the former head of Sinn Fein's London office after the move sparked fury among some Labour MPs.

After three electoral victories and 13 years in office, New Labour had lost its appeal due to the legacy of the Iraq war, a series of burning scandals and endless backbenchers» rebellions.

I became an MP less than a year after the Labour government left office.

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.

Shortly after the email's existence was revealed by the Guido Fawkes website, lobby journalists received an official statement from the Labour press office:

In a political system organised around the dominance of the Conservatives, Labour's periods in office served primarily to head off and demoralise the waves of working class discontent which shook British society in the 1920s, after the Second World War and at the end of the post-war boom in the 1970s.

Labour's shadow work and pension secretary Rachel Reeves has asked «when will the PM and IDS [Iain Duncan Smith] get a grip» on Universal Credit, after Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude admitted to ITV News that its implementation had been «pretty lamentable» so far:

The hung parliament of 2010 produced a Conservative - Liberal Democrat coalition but after the Lib Dems» unhappy experience in office — and with neither Labour nor the Conservatives prepared to form a coalition with the resurgent SNP — the UK may be heading for a minority government.

After that, he was appointed Vice Chair of the Labour Party (2011 - 2014), Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office (2013 - 2014) and Shadow Secretary of State for Transport (2014 - 2015).

The Labour party introduced the comprehensive spending review system in 1998 after a year in office, and quite rightly sought to move away from a hand - to - mouth or «short - termism» budgeting culture.

Peter Mandelson's laborious speech to Progress this morning, insisting that Labour was «energised» and generally full of beans after 13 years in office, couldn't be wider of the mark.

Ms Lamont had resigned after claiming Scottish Labour was treated like a «branch office» by the London - based party leadership.

Pressure is mounting on Theresa May to ban the US «pickup artist» Julien Blanc from entering Britain after the Home Office minister Lynne Featherstone and Labour's Yvette Cooper called for him to be denied a visa.

Ted Heath remained in office over the weekend after the general election on 28 February 1974, despite winning four seats fewer than Labour, as he tried unsuccessfully to form a coalition with the Liberals.

Watson's office manager was the Unite union's preferred candidate in Falkirk, the Scottish constituency placed into special measures by Labour after allegations emerged Unite had attempted to meddle in its selection process.

Expectations for the matter to come up in Home Office questions were heightened after Labour broke its silence on the issue last night.

But in a statement finally published after midnight, Labour said # 27,192 listed under «other pensions and annuities» as «public office» on his form is his income for being leader of the opposition.

The news comes as the shadow chancellor attempted to paint the government as financially irresponsible, accusing Labour of «bankrupting Britain» after figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) showed the country had narrowly avoided a recession for now.

Labour's head of policy and rebuttal Neale Coleman has left his post in the leader's office after clashing with communications chief Seumas Milne.

The government gets the credit and Labour, even three years after leaving office, continues to get all the blame.

Appearing on BBC News, Labour MP Ben Bradshaw told Jeremy Corbyn to «call off these Momentum thugs» after Angela Eagle's constituency office was attacked overnight.

Some Labour MPs think Miss Harman is positioning herself as a possible successor to Mr Brown as Labour leader if he is forced from office, possibly after a general election defeat.

How will he refresh and re-energise Labour, which left office after 13 years demoralised, fractious and hollowed out?

Mr Farnell, who regained the position of Labour council leader in 2014 after a gap of 22 years, told the inquiry he was never informed of the scandal during his first stint in office between 1986 and 1992.

Out of office: Gordon Brown, supported by his wife Sarah, announces in Downing Street that he will drive to Buckingham Palace for an audience with The Queen to tend his resignation after Labour failed to cut a deal with the Lib Dems

They discovered, despite the hope engendered by Labour returning to office after 18 years, that the price of gaining that office was too high, as the political principle they held dear were jettisoned.

After a series of tumultuous Parliamentary Labour Party meetings, Labour is searching for someone to manage the PLP office in the Commons.

I've met Labour members who won't vote for Corbyn again but none who are converts to the cause after casting an ill - fated ballot last time round for Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper of Liz Kendall when the bearded one swept to high office.

He died in 1994, two months before Tony Blair took over the Labour Party and Miliband joined Blair's office - nicknamed «Brains» by Alastair Campbell after the problem - solving Thunderbirds character.

David Cameron takes step closer to office after general election exit poll puts Conservatives at 307 seats and Labour at 255

Downing Street was forced to issue a «no offence intended» response after Ed Miliband's office began a round of Labour denunciations of Mr Cameron, who made the comments during Prime Minister's Questions yesterday.

But Clegg and the LibDem tail could wag the Tory (or Labour) dog after the election because they had an alternative way of getting into office.

Police investigate after the Labour rebel's office was targeted as she announced bid to challenge Corbyn

The governing Labour administration led by Gordon Brown was defeated in the election and lost its overall majority after 13 years in office.

Labour campaigned to secure a fourth consecutive term in office and to restore support lost since 1997, [12] while the Conservative Party sought to gain a dominant position in British politics after losses in the 1990s, and to replace Labour as the governing party.

She continued that she had been reassured and encouraged by the response she received after approaching Labour's chief whip, Nick Brown, a week ago with her claims and informing party leader Jeremy Corbyn's office about them on Monday.

Miliband is focusing the Labour conference on the crisis of the growing cost of living after figures showed that in 37 of the 38 months the coalition has been in office, inflation has outstripped pay rises.

The window of Labour MP Angela Eagle's constituency office has been smashed after a brick was thrown through the window overnight.

When Labour left office, after 13 years of a Labour Government, we were spending # 87 billion per year on welfare benefits but still the safety net was not working.

By the time Labour entered office in 1997 this figure had fallen to just 35 per cent but by 2009, after a decade of increased spending and focus on targets to reduce waiting times, satisfaction stood at a record high of 64 per cent.

The launch is also internally important to Labour after reports emerged of the anger of the party's policy coordinator, Jon Cruddas, over the «dead hand» of the Labour leader's office.

Most members are life peers, well over half of whom were appointed after Labour took office in 1997.

Could it really be, they would be more comfortable with the Tories in office than a real Labour politician, after Liz Kendal has said just as Blair did, they would carry on with Tory policies.

The fundamentals didn't feel like the Tories were about to get unceremoniously turfed out of office after one term but the fundamentals now do indeed feel like Labour is doing abysmally.

:: The Speaker had a Foreign Office car pick him up at Manchester Piccadilly station after travelling up to attend the funeral of Labour MP Paul Goggins in January last year.