Sentences with phrase «welcomed by those labour»

It's welcomed by the Labour Party but set up by a Conservative government, so this is a cross-party moment.

Mrs May made a concession, welcomed by some Labour leaders as well as most Conservatives, which was in effect a worthless sop.

Although the announcement was welcomed by Labour, shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan argued that with cuts to the prison service the plan was not realistic.

His challenge is being welcomed by those Labour MPs who want to see Corbyn unseated as Labour leader.

His announcement has been welcomed by some Labour backbenchers - Stephen Pound said it was a «dignified statement», although warned it could have come earlier.

The row looks set to carry and Baldwin's intervention will doubtless be welcomed by Labour supporters who are baffled by the Tory bias claims.

It was not, it's fair to say, universally welcomed by Labour supporters and there was particular criticism of it being backed up with a couple of poll questions showing people agreed with a statement «We must live within our means so cutting the deficit is the top priority».

Now, surely this would be welcomed by Labour's national executive committee -LSB-...]

Not exact matches

The Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG) welcomes the recent release of a report by Amnesty International exposing shocking labour violations — including children as young as 8 engaged in work that is hazardous to their health — in the palm oil sector.

But while Corbyn's triumph has been welcomed by many Labour party members and supporters keen to see a broad debate, many others would have preferred to see the anti-austerity candidate staying on the sidelines.

And he welcomed the show of unity put forward by the Labour party this week, saying it was a «close run thing but I think we've had a very good conference indeed».

These recommendations will be welcomed by opposition parties, Labour backbenchers and civil rights campaigners, who have long argued for the element of intent to be included in the terrorism proposals.

The results marked a welcome boost for Corbyn after Labour slumped to fourth place in the Sleaford and North Hykeham by - election last night.

Chris Keates: «The NASUWT welcomes Labour's continuing commitment to securing the entitlement of all children and young people to be taught by a qualified teacher».

This brought him to the attention of party leader Tony Blair, and shortly after his defeat by the SNP he was welcomed at the Scottish Labour Party Conference in the Eden Court Theatre in Inverness where he spoke immediately before Blair in the critical debate on abolition of Clause 4.4 of the Labour Party Constitution.

The declaration was welcomed by all sides of the House, especially from opposition benches as many Labour members from the North West have constituents who were directly affected by the tragedy.

He responded: «I welcome the decision by the High Court to respect the democracy of the Labour party.

The leaflet, purportedly written by the «International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network», suggested that the group, who are long - standing Labour affiliates, were no longer welcome.

Workers, apparently abandoned by the Labour government, may be tempted into the Tories» welcoming arms.

A most interesting part of Formby's election statement was «I stand for a tolerant and welcoming party, with no place for antisemitism, racism and misogyny...» Note that antisemitism comes first for her, unlike the «Islamophobia etc.» formula preferred by Corbyn and Chakrabarti, despite the fact that antisemitism is a continuing problem within Labour with Livingstone's case being kicked a few more yards down the road today.

New Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb has been welcomed to his post as «the third Secretary of State for Wales in the last 22 months» by his Labour shadow, Owen Smith, who says it time for the Conservatives to end what Labour call the Tories» «war on Wales».

Labour has welcomed plans by the Bank of England to expand a lending scheme designed to help businesses and households, but says the government must do more.

She said quitting Labour would be «horrific», but said she no longer felt welcome by «huge swathes of people» now in the party.

Supporters of Tony Blair, who welcomed the speech, hope that Labour will now have a significant advantage over the traditional pro-business Tories by saying that Miliband can provide greater certainty for investors.

But Labour's intervention was welcomed by Sir Martin Sorrell, head of advertising and media group WPP, who said: «I would say not having a referendum is better than having one.

Richard Ali, Chief Executive of BASC said: «BASC welcomes the fact that the order is based on Treasury guidelines and the principles of better regulation, both introduced by the last Labour government.

Labour's shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy told MPs he was deeply concerned that service personnel returning from Afghanistan would find themselves welcomed as heroes by the public - but sacked by the government.

Health secretary Patricia Hewitt also welcomed the comments made by both Mr Blair and Mr Brown, saying it was time for Labour MPs to put behind them the «damaging divisions of the last week» and get on with governing.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has welcomed a speech by former minister Liam Byrne delivering the last rites to New Labour and claiming common ground with Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.

Commenting on Ed Milliband's announcement that a Labour Government will crack down on the exploitation of workers by agencies, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «Millions of agency workers, including supply teachers, will welcome today's commitment from Ed Milliband to get tough on unscrupulous agencies.

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has welcomed a recommendation in a report by the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee that the «self - employed» should be given at least «worker» employment status unless the engager of their labour can prove otherwise.1 This is a recommendation that LITRG made in written evidence to a separate inquiry.2 LITRG believes that the denial of employment rights to people working in the «gig economy» and the exploitation of other flexible workers regarding their taxes share a common cause: the workers» own lack of knowledge, their reluctance to challenge their treatment because they lack confidence or just need the work and the businesses involved apparently having little fear of action being taken against them by public bodies.

12:30 - One of the new Labour MPs is welcomed by the prime minister after asking a question.

That Umunna is clearly right, while business fears that this is not understood by Labour, makes the repositioning heralded by the FT welcome.

Tessa's criticism of Labour's rent control policy immediately prior to the general election was welcomed by the property industry.

The Labour leader began by welcoming the fall in unemployment — and thus denying the prime minister the chance to make her usual jibe of asking: «Why won't he mention it?»

Their findings will be welcomed by David Cameron, who at 6ft 1ins has the edge over the 5ft 11ins of Labour leader Ed Miliband.

It has been welcomed by many Labour MPs but worried some on the left.

Although the Home Secretary's statement was welcomed by a series of Labour MPs, Conservatives were less happy:

The new gains made by the Left in the NUS in winning free education was welcomed by many Labour Students.

The decision of Labour's National Executive Committee this week to lower the Labour leadership ballot threshold to 10 % and set up a review into party democracy headed by Katy Clark is a welcome advance for Corbynism.

By last October, Tory MPs had received four times more money from Russia's state - run Russia Today TV channel than Labour MPs: it is welcome that the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, has said that his colleagues should no longer appear on the channel.

Welcoming Janet's selection, Peter Black AM, Welsh Liberal Democrat Assembly Member for South Wales West, said: «Janet Ellard will make an excellent voice in Parliament after so many years of neglect by endless Labour politicians taking the people of Ogmore for granted.

It's a deal that's been welcomed by the Prime Minister, the UK Government and Welsh Government figures but has been condemned as «a Labour - Tory stitch - up like no other» by the leader of Plaid Cymru.

«In an address to the TUC, Miliband will set out proposals to tackle the spread of zero - hours contracts, now believed to affect millions of workers... Miliband's commitment stops short of an outright ban on the contracts but will be welcomed by unions demanding he shifts focus from union - Labour reforms to proposals to help working people.»

The ideas were welcomed by both the CBI and the EEF manufacturers» organisation, suggesting a much - needed thaw in Labour's relations with the business community could be under way.

In a unanimous decision, it welcomed «any measures which increase the involvement of individual trade unionists in the Labour Party» and, as had been advocated by Len McCluskey from the start, specifically agreed Miliband's proposal that «individual political levy paying members of trade unions be encouraged to «opt in'to associate membership of the Labour Party as part of the drive to build a Party of mass membership.»

FEEDBACK welcomes the Labour Party's commitment to the information superhighway, just as much as the Conservative Party's almost identical commitment made in a stirring speech about «harnessing information technology» and «wiring Britain» by Margaret Thatcher in December 1982.

Education Secretary Michael Gove has welcomed the number of schools going ahead, but the plans have been criticised by Labour which expressed concerns about other schools losing funds to free schools.

The NUT responded to Mr Hunt's speech by saying it welcomed the proposed changes to Ofsted, but the union «looks forward to discussing with Labour how they will fund the increase in pupil numbers we are projecting».

It was welcomed by Tory finance spokesperson Murdo Fraser and Labour finance spokesperson James Kelly.