Sentences with phrase «sets labour policy»

Last month the party's NEC postponed the election for a new chair of the National Policy Forum, the body that sets Labour policy, at the last minute.

Not exact matches

It looks particularly at the elements that have evolved differently to what was expected two years ago, such as the terms of trade, the exchange rate, growth, labour markets, inflation and consequentially monetary policy settings.

The line from the Miliband camp is they're keeping their powder dry in case the Tories pinch their best ideas, but the view of those close to the policy development process is that the Labour leader remains congenitally afraid of setting light to the powder in case it blows up in his face.

«In the last couple of weeks, Labour has set out policies that offer a clear and credible choice for the country.

John McDonnell used his keynote speech to the Labour conference to set out a series of policy ideas...

The Blue Labour agenda is set out in an ebook from 2011, The Labour Tradition and the Politics of Paradox (edited by Maurice Glasman, Jonathan Rutherford, Marc Stears and Stuart White), at the core of which is a powerful critique of Labour Party thought and policy since 1945.

Until Labour come to terms with their legacy and unveil a convincing set of new policies Ed Miliband and the shadow cabinet are always going to struggle when attacking the Conservatives.

Upon Ed Miliband's election as leader of the Labour Party, The Guardian reported that after looking at Policy Network's Southern Discomfort Again pamphlet, he is expected to set up a commission into the so - called «squeezed middle», modelled on the inquiry set up by Joe Biden into the US middle class.

The party's elder statesman said he particularly hoped to attract young people «to our cause» with the Conservatives «in disarray and in retreat» and a «complacent» Labour's economic policy set to be «found out».

«Ministers fear Lib Dem activists at the party's annual conference, which starts this weekend in Glasgow, are set to rebel against key Government policies and may vote to reinstate the 50p rate introduced by Labour weeks before it lost power in 2010.

Today I have published a paper with the Centre for Policy Studies that sets out how the Labour Government has wrecked our country's finances.

There is frustration among some Labour policy leaders at Miliband's reluctance to embrace more of the report, designed to show how the left set out a redistributionist agenda in the post-crash world.

Labour under Corbyn can expect further gains by setting out its own positive policies detailing how it intends to raise people's living standards.

The central idea was that Labour needs to introduce an emergency «anti-austerity» or «Growth4All» budget to set its key economic policies in place as soon as possible after Labour wins the 2015 election with an overall majority..

The National Policy Forum (NPF) of the British Labour Party is part of the policy - making system of the Party, set up by Leader Tony Blair as part of the Partnership in Power prPolicy Forum (NPF) of the British Labour Party is part of the policy - making system of the Party, set up by Leader Tony Blair as part of the Partnership in Power prpolicy - making system of the Party, set up by Leader Tony Blair as part of the Partnership in Power process.

The trouble with both Labour and Tories is that they have their hearts set on some of these bigger policies that cost too much and offer too little, Trident being the obvious one.

Labour has set up a living standards and sustainability policy commission whose findings will be debated and agreed by the party's national policy forum in July.

The news that potentially thousands of people have died as a consequence of the policies, decisions and structures set up under the last Labour Government is breath - taking and demonstrates so clearly why well meaning platitudes are just not enough when it comes to delivering vital public services.

At the time, it was part of a civil rights agenda being set by the then Labour opposition, which included such things as the Human Right Act, and a (failed) «Ethical Foreign Policy» and was in stark contrast to the authoritarian approach of the then Conservative Government; Michael Howard's support for ID cards and Ken Clarke using PII Cetificates in the Matrix Churchill case spring to mind.

That's right, the man setting Labour's economic policies sees the UK's failure as key to his own success.

Let's be clear, we were liberated by New Labour because it was a set of policy ideas based on analysis.

«It is not a manifesto because it is not for a political party — it is for people whether they are in the Labour party, Conservative party, Liberal Democrats, wherever, who can see the way politics is developing in the country and who think there must be a better set of policy ideas for the future.»

In his article Roy sets out to make three arguments: that policy needs to be built on a consistent and coherent idea; that the only tenable ideological position for Labour is a social democratic commitment to greater equality and the freedom that is its product; and that Labour should eschew «news value» in favour of ideology.

Clearly there will be a few more hares set running yet, but Falconer insists that on the issues that matter to voters, Labour is increasingly as one: «It's part of the current politics that there are evident divisions within Labour on foreign policy, on defence policy, whereas the issues that may determine an election are the domestic issues.

Let me be clear: Labour has never said that said Britain's fiscal policy should be set according to the demands of ratings agencies.

Setting out his foreign policy agenda at this year's Labour conference, the foreign secretary David Miliband also signalled a break from Tony Blair's liberal interventionism.

With Corbyn biting the bullet, the upshot is that party policy on Syria remains as set out in the emergency motion passed at the Labour conference.

Jon Ashworth, the shadow minister without portfolio and NEC member, proposed a logical solution: Labour's policy should remain the motion passed by this year's conference, which is open to competing interpretations (most believe the tests set for military action have been met).

PoliticsHome revealed how Labour MPs were angry that the party had not set up a policy commission to specifically look at Brexit.

It compares highly favourably with the dismal, glacial pace of policy under Labour in its final years — unable to move forward with many decisions as a result of the inevitable exhaustion that sets in following a decade in power.

In 1997 the Labour party handed over responsibility for setting interests rates and managing large parts of the economy to the Bank of England's independent monetary policy committee (MPC).

Mary Creagh MP, Labour's shadow environment secretary, said: «The white paper fails to set out a clear plan for major challenges such as reforestation or biodiversity loss; nor does it deal with concerns about planning policy.

But he has now secured the «historic» unanimous approval of his flagship policy by the Labour conference, in a development which will make it harder for Ed Miliband to set him aside this autumn.

Over the coming months Labour will continue to set out radical but credible policies to earn our way to higher living standards for all, not just a few and tackle this deep - seated cost of living crisis.

Andy Burnham says in today's Guardian that Labour has until next spring to set out more policies, and urges the integration of social care into the NHS (which isn't the party's official view.)

While asserting that Labour policies would by some unspecified mechanism be more growth generating than those of the Coalition, he set the record straight on Labour and cuts, saying:

Balls says Labour is planning to set out «radical but credible» policies aimed at tackling the «deep - seated cost - of - living crisis» over the coming months.

Growing public pressure for a tougher approach to curb the UK's «handout culture», as highlighted on Channel 4's Benefits Street series, is reflected in a policy switch Labour is set to announce this week.

Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Liam Byrne will set out the controversial plans tonight, saying: «Welfare reform is one of the policy areas where Labour needs to win back trust.»

In an article for the Sunday Mail, Leonard said Scottish Labour had to stop manoeuvering to win support and implied he would present more radical policies, setting out his stall as a standard - bearer for the Corbyn camp.

In this role she was a key player in the first stages of the «modernisation» of the Labour Party, and along with Clive Hollick, helped set up the Institute for Public Policy Research and was its deputy director 1989 — 1994.

Corbin and his army do not wish to engage with these and moderates who remain (i.e. most of them) in the Labour Party will be stymied from engaging with these voters because a) to set out policies that attract them will go against Corbyn and his new «democracy», b) this will look divided and c) the public is highly sceptical about 21st century socialism.

Party sources say Labour's leader will end his first week with an announcement at the National Policy Forum of a special commission to review how the organisation is set up.

The senior Labour MP, who is leading a review of the party's defence policy, was heckled by colleagues at a meeting of the parliamentary party as she set out her progress so far and revealed she was not convinced by the current delivery system.

Ed Miliband doesn't need to set out concrete policies — it would be good if the Labour movement is given a real opportunity now to help draw up that political alternative, but the party desperately needs a narrative and to be seen identifying with working and middle class voters who now find themselves at the sharp end.

In the spirit of Mad Men's Don Draper, we didn't like what was being said about Labour (that the party can't be trusted with public money), so we changed the conversation (by fronting up to enough cuts to create fiscal room for a set of policy priorities distinctly Labour and different from those of the Tory - led government).

A clear narrative would be better then a clear Story, or better still a clear set of policies the problem is a lot of what labour has been telling us of late can be seen as Stories or better still fairy tales.

A quick Google search on Labour and Ed Miliband policies produced these results: - On Welfare - • Ed Miliband sets out plans to cut benefits for young jobless • Ed Miliband to promise Labour cap on welfare spending • Miliband admits public anger at «something for nothing culture» • Labour leader pledges to match Tory plan to cut welfare bill On Immigration - • Ed Miliband's nod to Ukip: We understand people's fears on immigration • Ed Miliband: it's not prejudiced to be concerned about immigration • Labour leader tries to reach out to Ukip voters • LABOUR leader Ed Miliband pledged to tackle the issue of immigLabour and Ed Miliband policies produced these results: - On Welfare - • Ed Miliband sets out plans to cut benefits for young jobless • Ed Miliband to promise Labour cap on welfare spending • Miliband admits public anger at «something for nothing culture» • Labour leader pledges to match Tory plan to cut welfare bill On Immigration - • Ed Miliband's nod to Ukip: We understand people's fears on immigration • Ed Miliband: it's not prejudiced to be concerned about immigration • Labour leader tries to reach out to Ukip voters • LABOUR leader Ed Miliband pledged to tackle the issue of immigLabour cap on welfare spending • Miliband admits public anger at «something for nothing culture» • Labour leader pledges to match Tory plan to cut welfare bill On Immigration - • Ed Miliband's nod to Ukip: We understand people's fears on immigration • Ed Miliband: it's not prejudiced to be concerned about immigration • Labour leader tries to reach out to Ukip voters • LABOUR leader Ed Miliband pledged to tackle the issue of immigLabour leader pledges to match Tory plan to cut welfare bill On Immigration - • Ed Miliband's nod to Ukip: We understand people's fears on immigration • Ed Miliband: it's not prejudiced to be concerned about immigration • Labour leader tries to reach out to Ukip voters • LABOUR leader Ed Miliband pledged to tackle the issue of immigLabour leader tries to reach out to Ukip voters • LABOUR leader Ed Miliband pledged to tackle the issue of immigLABOUR leader Ed Miliband pledged to tackle the issue of immigration

Mr Blunkett said the Labour leader needed to be «on the ball» at all times and suggested the party must begin setting out policies soon to give voters a clear idea of its vision.

Mr Bourne then set out five policy challenges for the Welsh Conservatives and proposals which the Labour / Plaid - run Assembly Government should adopt, which I have summarised below.