Sentences with phrase «place over welfare reform»

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The party's agenda in making reform of the welfare system the centrepiece of its autumn conference in Manchester is being overshadowed by apparent uncertainty over whether a retrospective referendum on the Lisbon treaty should take place if it is ratified.

Over the past decade trends such as minimal increases in young family incomes, greater employment volatility, and welfare reform initiatives have placed economic pressure on parents to participate in the labour force, even when their children are very young.