Sentences with phrase «with a labour government»

For those wishing to compare the final months of the Brown government with another Labour government, Bernard Donoughue's Downing Street Diary: With James Callaghan in No. 10 (Pimlico # 16.99) makes for sobering reading.

Beginning with the Labour governments of Tony Blair, which introduced 374 new peers into the house in order to balance the Conservative majority that had developed under the previous Conservative governments, the size of the house has grown substantially.

Except of course children and their parents who must be measured and monitored to keep up with Labour Government targets oh and obviously all other adults too....

There were only three parliaments with Labour governments for which we have PNS figures.

The poster fuelled voters» fear of a Labour - SNP alliance and amplified comments by Cameron that «you could end up with a Labour government led by Ed Miliband, propped up by Alex Salmond and the Scottish National party».

Alexander writes that in spite of what he describes as «the rise of the rest in 2014», the battle for Downing Street in 2015 «remains a binary choice between the change we need and can deliver with a Labour government — or more of the same failure that we have suffered under this Tory - led government».

This change was originally suggested by the Labour Coordinating Committee to stop the constituencies from registering dissatisfaction with a Labour government's policies by electing left wing MPs — as happened under the Wilson / Callaghan government.

This also, of course, co-incides with the Labour government's recovery in the polls.

This collusion with discrimination reinforces the fear that Stonewall has compromised its political independence and is too closely identified with the Labour government.»

Recently, Mr Hain took a pot shot at the US government, saying it was the most right - wing administration in Washington «in living memory» and noting this had made relations with a Labour government in London difficult over the years.

[7] The Conservative campaign focused on local issues, such as crime and antisocial behaviour, closure of post offices and problems at Leighton Hospital, where two women in labour were turned away, as well as national issues - referring to Dunwoody as «Gordon Brown's candidate» and capitalising on dissatisfaction with the Labour government, in particular the removal of the 10p tax rate.

If the party proposed anything else all we would do is start looking like Little Englanders which we did in the last two elections and end up with a Labour government that given the chance will sign us up for both the Euro and the Constitution.

In fact, for the last 10 years the upper house at Westminster has continued to function with no overall control, with the Labour government having to secure the support of one or more other parties in order to win a vote.

It wasn't that long ago that any dissatisfaction with the labour government would lead to an increase in support for the pointless Lib Dems.

Not exact matches

How is it, then, that when allegations arose that a Canadian mine may have been built with forced labour, the government's response was largely confined to drawing up «media lines» and «talking points?»

«When you change your trading relationship and population movements with the world, it has to change everything from the cost and supply of labour, the cost of good (exchange rate), the availability of market access (in and out), government finances (fiscal policy) or as we know very well monetary policy.

As a condition of receiving taxpayer - funded bailouts, governments ordered GM, Chrysler and their unions to bring labour costs in line with Toyota, Honda and Nissan.

The government presented various options on how to fix the troubled program during a closed - door meeting Thursday with stakeholders who included business representatives and labour union officials.

Raise interest rates in the U.S. and you could kill the recovery and exacerbate the problem of long - term unemployment, with lasting effects of labour productivity, economic growth and, yes, even government revenues.

«So no more hand - holding with Donald Trump - a Labour government will conduct a robust and independent foreign policy made in London.

He's less hopeful about the Bangladeshi government's initiatives, but says, «I think that part of the key points of this agreement is that you've got some of the major buyers in Bangladesh working with some of the major trade unions and labour rights groups together to push on Bangladesh and I think that combination is going to be a powerful force.»

In Ontario, complaints about lax workplace guidelines have pushed the Liberal government to launch a formal review of provincial labour laws with an interim report due early next year.

It's really important to work with labour and government, both Ontario and federal, to make sure we attract that investment in Canada and keep it here.

It comes with the Government under pressure after losing its House of Commons majority in the general election as Jeremy Corbyn's anti-austerity Labour outperformed expectations.

DC: There are a number of ingredients that go into it, whether it's the labour agreement, whether it's working with governments.

«My party (Labour) hasn't been strong enough to push for red lines» and the May - led - government «answers to only a few Brexiteers» with the prime minister focused on «keeping her party together and win the next elections,» Dance added.

The review comes in the wake of a report from an expert panel the government struck last year that came up with 13 recommendations to help young Canadians get into and thrive in a changing labour market.

«With this Bill, this government has chosen to be bold and take a significant step in the world stage,» said the Progressive Labour Party's David Burt, Bermuda's premier and minister of finance.

The guiding mentality of Tony Blair - style «New Labour» policy is economic loyalty to Europe's financial centers as government spending is slashed, public infrastructure privatized and banks bailed out with «taxpayer» burdens that fall mainly on labor.

Andrew Jackson, director of social and economic policy for the Canadian Labour Congress, agrees with Elizabeth Kelliher that the Canadian government should be making massive new investments in social housing, as well as many other areas of infrastructure.

Finally, the Speech from the Throne stated that the Government would «work with provinces and territories» in a number of areas, including credential recognition, labour market mobility, removal of trade barriers, among others.

The government's election commitment to allow families with children under age 18 to split income would actually encourage a reduction in labour force participation.

Kuby was undergoing Alberta Labour's Certificate of Recognition, a government safety audit for firms with more than 10 employees.

Positivity has been held back by rising labour shortages and the burden of complying with government regulations, and this should remind us that Brexit isn't the only game in town.»

Kenney also said the government is particularly unhappy that wages have not kept up with inflation, which does not suggest a tight labour market.

Labour Minister Kevin Flynn said that because of the province's strong economy the government can move forward with the minimum wage increase.

Following the election, the Labour Party and New Zealand First formed a coalition government with support from the Green Party.

We work together with nonprofits, government, community agencies, corporate partners, labour and donors to improve lives across Canada.

The PSAC has been working with the Canadian Labour Congress for some time to press the government to double those benefits, increase the GIS and establish a national pension plan insurance fund.

This included circumscribing commitments covering cultural products, which was achieved through an exchange of side letters with the other parties, and reflecting elements of the progressive trade agenda of the Liberal Trudeau government, including through the change in the name of the agreement, a side letter eliciting strengthened labour commitments by Vietnam, and side letters acknowledging traditional knowledge.

The 2012 budget removed part - time panels of three community representatives — one labour, one business, and one government, and replaced them with full - time adjudicators working on their own.

«The premier said this week that she has completed a project development agreement with Petronas, a proponent that had already told her government that it intends to use up to 70 per cent foreign labour on construction,» Ralston said.

The last time they hit the headlines was under the Labour government, during the passage of Ed Balls» fortunately doomed Education Bill, when after a supposedly heroic process of negotiation with the government, they almost totally capitulated.

AUSTRALIA is a high - cost player in the global market - our costs of production have always been higher than those of the US and Brazil and others with whom we compete - and that is mainly related to labour costs and Government charges.

Governments should enact imaginative legislation protecting the breastfeeding rights of working women and establishing means for its enforcement in accordance with international labour standards.

The hypothetical (and it is a very, very extreme one, not a prediction) would involve Harriet Harman or someone else leading Labour, while A.N.Other politician, with whom the Liberal Democrats felt they could do business, acting as the head of a coalition government.

With a general election less than a year away at most and the Labour government facing a host of local difficulties it is well worth reading Bernard Donoughue's Downing Street Diary Volume Two: With James Callaghan in No 10 (Jonathan Cape # 30.00).

I asked Boris, tongue in cheek, if he voted with the Government against Labour's tax credits motion.

The last hour has seen the political and constitutional reform committee issue a report complaining that the government's ignoring its recommendations about going to war; Labour have put out a line on the strikes, saying they're «usually a sign of failure»; and the Institute for Government is telling us that Whitehall is leading the way in headcount reductions, with an overall reduction of 8.4 % since the comprehensive spending review in October government's ignoring its recommendations about going to war; Labour have put out a line on the strikes, saying they're «usually a sign of failure»; and the Institute for Government is telling us that Whitehall is leading the way in headcount reductions, with an overall reduction of 8.4 % since the comprehensive spending review in October Government is telling us that Whitehall is leading the way in headcount reductions, with an overall reduction of 8.4 % since the comprehensive spending review in October last year.

The Nigeria Labour Congress is currently leading over one thousand workers in Kaduna state in a protest in solidarity with the 21,000 teachers sacked by the Kaduna State government.