Sentences with phrase «parliamentary labour party»

Mr Corbyn is set to address the Parliamentary Labour Party today at hustings ahead of this summer's leadership campaign.

Parliamentary Labour Party chair John Cryer sent a fuming e-mail to all MPs declaring: «The party's leadership did not engage in the talks in any constructive way.»

Mr Danzcuk was suspended by the Parliamentary Labour Party in December 2015, pending an investigation into allegations concerning his conduct, but continued to serve as an independent MP.

Parliamentary Labour Party chair John Cryer sent a furious e-mail to all MPs declaring: «The party's leadership did not engage in the talks in any constructive way.»

[48] On 22 March 2010, Hewitt, along with Geoff Hoon and Stephen Byers were suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party over the allegations.

Jess Phillips, who chairs the women's parliamentary Labour party, told the Guardian that the figure was disproportionately low, given that almost a third of MPs were women, and said her party was doing all the «heavy lifting».

The weekly dance at Westminster of the Parliamentary Labour Party over Brexit reached a new stage in the final week of March with Keir Starmer's 6 tests of what Labour would accept to back Brexit.

MP Clive Betts, who put the plan to a vote, said it would heal wounds by forcing factions of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) to work together.

The chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party, John Cryer, just fired the first shot in a backlash over Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet.

Being a part of the collective decision making in Shadow Cabinet, setting a direction for the parliamentary Labour party in Parliament on challenging issues.

All this latest imbroglio does is underline the appalling disarray within the Parliamentary Labour Party.

«Eaglespeak was the official language of the Parliamentary Labour Party and had been devised to meet the ideological needs of Ingsoc, or English Socialism.

Speaking before a meeting of the parliamentary Labour party (PLP), Harman, who has been in the Commons since 1982, conceded that her earlier doubts about Corbyn's leadership had been misplaced.

McDonnell said: «The nature of the PLP [parliamentary Labour party] has changed, so there's less of a sense of urgency in that sense.

But the prime minister indicated it might be held sooner during a tense meeting of the parliamentary Labour party last week where he faced calls for his resignation after a week of cabinet resignations and the European election drubbing.

It is, perhaps, an indication of how weakened the parliamentary Labour party (PLP) has become that the only fight left is for the election of the shadow cabinet by MPs.

Without any discussion with the Shadow Cabinet or the Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party.

The Parliamentary Labour Party has been hoist by its own petard.

Any one of the aspiring leaders, or indeed Harriet Harman as acting leader, could have pressed for the referendum to include a further, better, option, perhaps that of STV; but none of them was prepared to do so, not least because going to the Parliamentary Labour party offering a system that would really end safe seats would reduce MP support in the leadership election itself.

They will debate the plan at tonight's meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party — the first since the summer break.

Mr Corbyn indicated he would not hold grudges against critics in the Parliamentary Labour Party who have sought to oust him, saying: «I have an ability to very conveniently forget some of the unpleasant things that are said, because it's not worth it.»

There has been a lot of discussion in the Labour party recently about the narrow pool from which the current parliamentary Labour party (PLP) is drawn.

A party spokesman said: «Jeremy has today spoken to a number of colleagues in the parliamentary Labour party and will continue to do so throughout the day.

Such was the strength of feeling in the Party that — despite the infamously supine nature of the Parliamentary Labour Party — 139 Labour MPs voted against the catastrophic invasion.

A senior source within the Parliamentary Labour Party has signalled discussions have started on whether to introduce elections for the Shadow Cabinet.

I would like to thank the whips and the parliamentary Labour party for the support they have given me.

At the same time he issued a plea to the Parliamentary Labour Party, 172 of which issued a vote of no confidence in him, to unite behind him once the leadership election is over.

Tony Lloyd, the chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party, has called on Mr Draper to stand down as editor of LabourList.org the web site backed by many Cabinet ministers.

Meanwhile, the MP who chairs the parliamentary Labour party's backbench health committee has asked Labour's general secretary to urgently investigate whether McDonnell has broken party rules.

Later that night it is the meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party.

MPs in the Parliamentary Labour Party looked on in dismay, as the party's flagship economic policy did an unceremonious U-turn.

They are likely to seek assurances regarding Brown's approach towards the Parliamentary Labour Party following Winterton's sacking on Thursday.

«There's obviously one or two that can always make the headlines, but our parliamentary Labour party is not actually the problem,» he insisted.

The debate will give us all a chance to reflect on what the rest of the country thought about the Budget — which is: not a lot — and the fact that only three Labour Back Benchers have turned up to support the Government's final Budget suggests that the parliamentary Labour party does not think much of it either.

Allowing MPs to elect the shadow cabinet has huge support among the Parliamentary Labour Party, and the idea will be debated at their weekly meeting when the Commons returns on Monday.

Mr Corbyn has responded saying that he is committed to fulfilling responsibilities and «will not betray» the people who elected him, and also committed to working with the Parliamentary Labour Party.

I am sure that is what the vast majority of people in the parliamentary Labour party, and across the Labour party will be thinking.»

Tony Lloyd, chairman of the parliamentary Labour Party, called the rebellion a «bit of a sideshow», [120] and Emily Thornberry MP called Brown the «best qualified» to lead Britain through the economic crisis of 2008.

Members of the women's parliamentary Labour party, including its chair, Jess Phillips, Harriet Harman and Angela Eagle, are urging attorney general Jeremy Wright to support the law change.

However, Brown faced down his critics and was applauded at a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party on 8 June 2009.

There is a large section of the Parliamentary Labour Party that doesn't do gentlemanly behaviour and will attack Conservatives at any available opportunity regardless of the consequences.

Specifically, with conference under way, what about the parliamentary Labour party?

«The women's parliamentary Labour party ask that you and the minister of justice meet with a delegation from our group to discuss how the government will progress on this issue.

After Corbyn triumphed against Owen Smith in a leadership challenge, his team had produced «no roadmap» for overcoming Labour's plight, Harrop wrote, while the wider parliamentary Labour party had become «barely audible».

Shadow defence secretary Emily Thornberry has played down reports that she got a terrible reception at last night's Parliamentary Labour Party meeting.

«In that spirit of openness and transparency, I hope that you will take the opportunity to speak out against the freedom of information (amendment) bill, and to urge all of your colleagues in the parliamentary Labour party to do the same.

Streeting, a former National Union of Students president, has been one of Corbyn's most vocal opponents within the Parliamentary Labour Party.

«I did not receive support from large numbers of the Parliamentary Labour Party.

Claims the parliamentary Labour party (PLP) could meet with the Conservative equivalent in extraordinary circumstances were reportedly thwarted by its chairman, Tony Lloyd.

I chaired two fringe meetings for the Parliamentary Labour Party, one of which was called «Winning the next election», with Angela Eagle, Steve McCabe, Jess Phillips and Lucy Powell on the panel.