Sentences with phrase «responsible labour government»

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The opposition Labour Party, which had repeatedly called on Rudd to resign, said May was responsible and should explain her own role in the government's immigration policies.

For all Ed Miliband's talk of restructuring the British economy and creating a responsible capitalism, the party's position on the core issue of the deficit was dangerously muddled: after three years of opposing «austerity», the Labour leadership spentthe run - up to the election trying to minimise its differences with the government.

A number of members of the audience pressed him hard on his denials that the last Labour government had overspent, suggesting that this undermined claims that a Miliband government would be fiscally responsible.

The majority of voters seem to have convinced themselves that the last Labour government — more precisely, Gordon Brown — was almost single - handedly responsible for the global financial crash.

Labour should stick to the facts on immigration; that it overall contributes to raising living standards and point out the Tories and UKIP whip up scape - goating to distract attention from those responsible for cost of living crisis — the banks and government.

The document also mentions that Labour «will conduct a Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) in the first year of government» that will be «fiscally responsible» and «strategically driven».

The problem for me though is that according to a recent YouGov poll, 35 % of the public still hold the last Labour Government solely responsible for the cuts, 27 % the current Government and 28 % both.

In an interview on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, shadow defence secretary Nia Griffith insisted Labour supported the government's actions and «fully accepts that Russia is responsible».

He was secretary of state responsible for the Department for National Heritage — later rebranded the Department for Culture, Media and Sport by Labour — in John Major's Conservative government in 1992 and famously warned that «the press — the popular press — is drinking in the last chance saloon» and called for the «sacred cow» of press freedom to be curbed.

These are people who still do not accept either that the last Government was responsible for the dire economic situation we inherited, or that Labour's spending plans would mean more borrowing, higher taxes and a level of debt that even our children could never hope to see paid off.

«We have to live within our means as a government and being fiscally responsible is an important principle of New Labour,» he said.

Unable to hold Corbyn responsible for the tragedy, May instead decided to criticise decisions taken by Tony Blair and the last Labour government.

In England, Ms Clwyd raised the subject of the dire treatment her husband had received in a Welsh hospital, a hospital that the Welsh Labour Government is responsible for.

He added: «We need a government that lasts which is why we believe, in the light of the state of talks with the Conservative Party, the only responsible thing to do is to open discussions with the Labour Party to secure a stable partnership agreement.

For the moment, the Conservatives» argument that they inherited a mess that they are now having to sorting out, and that Labour is responsible for Britain's woes, still has enough appeal to prevent Labour from capitalising on the government's growing unpopularity.

Blunkett was one of the ministers responsible for drawing up initial plans for academies under the Labour government in the 2000s but, writing for The Observer, he said that it is «mystifying» that the government wants to convert already high performing local authority run schools.

Labour's shadow schools minister, Kevin Brennan, said the government was responsible for «immense damage to school standards» by downgrading the teaching profession.

Part of me remembered when the Labour Government announced the Building Schools for the Future programme and said that billions upon billions (which it turned out we didn't have) would be spent to «reverse decades of neglect and under - investment» which I had always thought referred to the Councils of every hue who were responsible for maintaining school buildings.

Born 1950; lawyer (1974 - 80); law degree from the University of Athens (1973); diploma of advanced studies (DEA) in labour law from the University of Paris II, Panthéon - Sorbonne (1977); national expert with the Legal Service of the Commission of the European Communities (1988 - 1990), then Principal Administrator in Directorate General V (Employment, Industrial Relations, Social Affairs)(1990 - 1994); Junior Officer, Junior Member and, since 1999, Member of the Greek Council of State; Associate Member of the Superior Special Court of Greece; Member of the Central Legislative Drafting Committee of Greece (1996 - 98); Director of the Legal Service in the General Secretariat of the Greek Government (1996 - 1998); Judge at the General Court of the European Union (1998 to 2010, President of Chamber from 2004 to 2010); Member of the Supreme Council for Administrative Justice (2011 - 2012); Member of the Special Court for Disputes relating to the Remuneration of Judges and of the Special Court for Actions against Judges (2013 - 2014); Member of the Advisory Panel of Experts on Candidates for Election as Judge to the European Court of Human Rights (2014 - 2015); Member of the Committee responsible for giving an Opinion on Candidates» Suitability to perform the Duties of Judge at the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (2012 - 2015); Lecturer in European Law at the National School for the Judiciary (1995 - 1996 and 2012 - 2015); Judge at the Court of Justice since 7 October 2015.

The plaintiffs claim that Nevsun, which had entered into a commercial relationship with the Eritrean government to develop the Bisha Mine, is ultimately responsible for the alleged forced labour, torture and cruel and inhuman treatment of workers by contractors and military personnel overseeing work at the mine.