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Labour supports attempts to maintain rigour in qualification system - Twigg |
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Stephen Twigg MP, Labour's Shadow Education Secretary, said: "Labour will support attempts to maintain rigour in our qualification system. It is not right that some young people are told they can get a qualification which won't be valued by universities, co ...Read More 31/01/2012 |
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Mary Creagh MP, Labour’s Shadow Environment Secretary, commenting on the Public Accounts Committee report on Flood Risk Management in England (published 31 January), commented: “The Tory-led Government is playing Russian roulette with people&rsq ...Read More 31/01/2012 |
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Rising water bills add another cost to families feeling the squeeze - Creagh |
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Mary Creagh MP, Labour’s Shadow Environment Secretary, in response to the announcement of water bills for next year, commented: “The Tory-led Government are out of touch with families facing higher water bills, rising living costs and falling ho ...Read More 31/01/2012 |
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All David Cameron's earlier phantom veto achieved was to undermine British influence - Alexander |
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Douglas Alexander MP, Labour's Shadow Foreign Secretary, responding to David Cameron's comments at the EU summit, said: "The unanswered question after this summit remains what exactly David Cameron achieved by walking out of the EU negotiations last month? ...Read More 31/01/2012 |
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Sadiq Khan MP, Labour's Shadow Justice Secretary, commenting on the details in today's announcement by the Government on a strategy for victims and witnesses, said: "This consultation paper is a missed opportunity to build on the progress Labour made during ...Read More 31/01/2012 |
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Government told: drop the Health Bill and save over £1bn for the NHS in 2013 |
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Labour repeats offer to work with the Government on GP-led commissioning The editors of three respected health publications - the Health Service Journal, British Medical Journal and the Nursing Times - have issued a scathing critique of the Government's han ...Read More 30/01/2012 |
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Sadiq Khan MP, Labour's Shadow Justice Secretary, commenting on the Government confirming they will honour Labour’s scheme for compensating victims of overseas terrorism, said: "After two years of waiting, today is a victory for the dedicated campaign ...Read More 30/01/2012 |
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Ahead of a decisive year for the NHS, I wanted to send a direct message to NHS staff. I know that 2011 was a hard year. Sadly, the prospects for the new one look no better. But there is a positive. Times like these serve only to remin ...Read More 02/01/2012 |
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Growing care crisis as charges for elderly home care top £7,000 a year |
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A new survey of care provided by local councils, published today by Labour, reveals shocking increases and wide disparities in charges for services for vulnerable elderly and disabled people. Councils are increasing charges for: - home care: the ave ...Read More 30/12/2011 |
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Politics can make a difference: Ed Miliband New Year Message |
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Britain starts 2012 in the most difficult of moments. Economic gloom, rising unemployment, falling living standards. What I have heard, going round the country in the last year, are the same concerns everywhere: young people struggling to find work, familie ...Read More 29/12/2011 |
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Up to half of 160,000 NHS beds could be turned over to private patients |
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Up to half of 160,000 NHS beds could be turned over to private patients * Ministers forced to reveal their private ambitions for the NHS * Health Bill will turn England's hospitals into American-style hospitals Labour today reveals the full ...Read More 27/12/2011 |
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Margaret Curran MP, Labour’s Shadow Scottish Secretary, and Maria Eagle MP, Labour’s Shadow Transport Secretary, have responded to the proposed sale of British Midland Limited (BMI) to International Airlines Group (IAG). Margaret Curran ...Read More 22/12/2011 |
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Government must focus on increasing successful adoption places - McKinnell |
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Catherine McKinnell MP, Labour's Shadow Minister for Children and Young Families, warning that the Government's shake-up of adoption laws must give top priority to placing children in happy homes, said: “I welcome the Government’s apparent commitment to increasi ...Read More 22/12/2011 |
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The IFS has confirmed the Government is taking most from families with children - Cooper |
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Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's Shadow Home Secretary and Women and Equalities Minister, said: "Today, the IFS has confirmed what parents up and down the country already know - that the Government is taking most from families with children, at a time when budget ...Read More 30/11/2011 |
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It is wrong that there are no women on the BBC Sports Personality of the Year shortlist - Harman |
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Harriet Harman MP, Labour’s Shadow Culture, Media and Sports Secretary, calling on the BBC to ensure women are included on the BBC Sports Personality of the Year shortlist, said: “It is wrong that there are no women on the BBC Sports Personality ...Read More 30/11/2011 |
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Yvette Cooper, Liam Byrne and Stephen Twigg have responded to the Autumn Statement, which is hurting but not working for: * families who will lose out from tax credit changes * people affected by unemployment that is set to rocket * schools ...Read More 29/11/2011 |
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Utterly deplorable assault on the British Embassy in Tehran is deeply concerning – Alexander |
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Douglas Alexander MP, Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary, commenting on the assault on the British embassy in Tehran, said: “News of the utterly deplorable assault today on the British Embassy in Tehran is deeply concerning. At this time the imme ...Read More 29/11/2011 |
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Autumn Statement shows George Osborne's failed plan is hurting but not working - Ed Balls |
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Ed Balls MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, said in the House of Commons today in response to the Autumn Statement: Mr Speaker, let me start by thanking the Chancellor of the Exchequer for advance notice of his statement and the Office of Budget Responsi ...Read More 29/11/2011 |
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Stephen Twigg MP, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, responding to the Government’s announcement on childcare, said: “Labour introduced free childcare for toddlers when we were in government. But this announcement will do little to help ...Read More 29/11/2011 |
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Caroline Flint MP, Labour’s Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, responding to Ofgem fining nPower £2 million for mishandling customer complaints, said: "For too long energy companies have been able to do what they want at the expense of everyone else. ...Read More 31/10/2011 |
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Chuka Umunna MP, Labour's Shadow Business Secretary, said in response to David Cameron’s article in tomorrow’s Financial Times and the Daily Telegraph’s front page story: “This out of touch Prime Minister still doesn’t understand the scale of ...Read More 31/10/2011 |
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Caroline Flint MP, Labour's Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, said ahead of the Government’s announcement of the revised Feed-in tariff scheme: “If the Government think major energy policies should be dictated by phoney stories, rumour and spin, they ...Read More 31/10/2011 |
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Sadiq Khan MP, Labour's Shadow Justice Secretary, said in advance of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill's next stage in the House of Commons tomorrow: “Justice policy should protect the public, punish and reform offenders, protect victims and ...Read More 31/10/2011 |
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This out of touch government still doesn’t have a plan for jobs and growth - Ed Balls |
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Ed Balls MP, the shadow chancellor, said in advance of Tuesday’s figures for UK economic growth in the third quarter of 2011: “2011 should have been the year when we secured the recovery and saw strong growth in our economy. But Britain has not grown since las ...Read More 30/10/2011 |
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The arms race to the top in directors’ pay should not just be a cause of public anger. It should be a cause of deep worry about the long-term future of the British economy. Today’s figures show that whilst the returns to shareholders through share prices over the last ...Read More 28/10/2011 |
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Tory-led Government out of touch with needs of farmers and consumers - Creagh and Murray |
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Mary Creagh MP, Labour’s Shadow Environment Secretary, in response to the publication of the Government’s response to the BIS Select Committee report on the proposed Groceries Code Adjudicator, said: “After 18 months of delay, the Governme ...Read More 17/10/2011 |
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Cameron and Huhne's warm words won't heat a single home during the bitter winter ahead - Flint |
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Caroline Flint MP, Labour's Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, said: "Cameron and Huhne's warm words won't heat a single home during the bitter winter ahead and show just how out of touch this Government is. It is an insult to say that we can all save £200 ...Read More 17/10/2011 |
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Writing in the Sunday Mirror - Energy firms should use profits to stop price rises Electricity and gas bills are going to force a huge winter squeeze on the finances of families and the elderly. Energy prices have risen remorselessly, with the typical dual fuel bill going ...Read More 16/10/2011 |
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An Autumn Perspective on the Arab Spring - Douglas Alexander speech |
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Douglas Alexander MP, Labour's Shadow Foreign Secretary speech to the Royal United Services Institute It’s a pleasure to be speaking to you here at RUSI today. RUSI’s up to the minute analysis of the latest developments in ...Read More 10/10/2011 |
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Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party, has today announced his new frontbench team in full. Labour's new frontbench is as follows: Leader of the Opposition an ...Read More 10/10/2011 |
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This Government does not have a defence industrial strategy - Murphy |
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Jim Murphy MP, Labour’s Shadow Defence Secretary, commenting on the job losses at AgustaWestland, said: “At a time when it is most needed this Government does not have a defence industrial strategy. “British supplier ...Read More 07/10/2011 |
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The text of letters between Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party, and those who are leaving the Shadow Cabinet is below. John Denham’s letter to Ed Miliband Dear Ed, I ...Read More 07/10/2011 |
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Government must show they are not taking a risk with public safety - Khan |
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Sadiq Khan MP, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary, commenting on prison population numbers, said: “While Ken Clarke and Theresa May bicker, the crisis in our prison system worsens. This is the fifth week in a row that the numbers in our prisons h ...Read More 07/10/2011 |
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Ed Miliband today appointed a new Shadow Cabinet. Six of the 2010 intake have been promoted, showing the Labour Leader’s determination to bring forward a new generation of Labour talent: Chuka Umunna, Rachel Reeves, Stephen Twigg, Liz Kendall, Margare ...Read More 07/10/2011 |
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New figures show only top 10 per cent will pay more under Labour's plan for tuition fees |
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New figures released by Labour today show that only the top 10 per cent of students will pay more as a result of Labour's plans, announced last week, to cut the tuition fee cap by a third to £6,000. Labour’s proposals are fully-funded, paid for b ...Read More 06/10/2011 |
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Cameron and Osborne are now betting on a bail out from the Bank of England - Ed Balls |
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Ed Balls MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, said in response to the Bank of England’s decision on a further £75 billion of quantitative easing: “With our economy stagnated since last autumn David Cameron and George Osborne are now bettin ...Read More 06/10/2011 |
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Ivan Lewis MP, Labour's Shadow Culture Secretary, responding to the publication of the BBC Delivering Quality First proposals, said: "The BBC is one of Britain's greatest assets at home and abroad, and we need to ensure everything possible is done to protec ...Read More 06/10/2011 |
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Cameron has shown the Tories are unable to lead Britain to a better future - Umunna |
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Chuka Umunna MP, Labour's Shadow Business Minister, in response to David Cameron's speech today, said: “On the day that official figures confirmed the economy has stagnated since last autumn, David Cameron told Britain that he would continue with an a ...Read More 05/10/2011 |
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David Miliband to take Labour’s message to universities and colleges |
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A Labour initiative to engage with Britain’s students and improve life for university employees is to be spearheaded by David Miliband. The former Foreign Secretary has laid down plans with Ed Miliband, the leader of the Labour Party, to visit over 20 ...Read More 29/07/2011 |
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George Osborne has admitted he has broken promises and cut NHS spending in his first year - Ed Balls |
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Ed Balls MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, has written to George Osborne MP over his claims this morning on health spending. Ed Balls said: "George Osborne has admitted what David Cameron has always previously den ...Read More 29/07/2011 |
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David Cameron and Andrew Lansley have to get a grip on the NHS - Healey |
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John Healey MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, has today written to Andrew Lansley challenging him over reports that the NHS is deliberately delaying operations and increasing waiting times, and calling on him to publish details of any minimum waiting times being impose ...Read More 29/07/2011 |
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Chuka Umunna MP, Labour’s Shadow Business Minister, commenting on today's Bank of England statistics which show lending to businesses contracting, said: "We constantly engage with businesses across the country and have found the vast majority of busin ...Read More 29/07/2011 |
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BEAMING from ear to ear, new Labour councillors have been speaking about their victory at this week’s local elections. Magistrate Lynda Scanlan clinched a resounding win in Millfield for Labour. Mrs Scanlan, 57, racked up 1,363 ...Read More 07/05/2011 |
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Public have "withdrawn permission" for Tory policies - Ed Miliband |
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On a visit to Gravesham today, Ed Miliband MP said Lib Dem voters had "withdrawn permission" for Nick Clegg to back Tory policies. He said: "I want to congratulate John Burden and the Labour Party in Gravesham on the fantastic campaign you have run and this ...Read More 06/05/2011 |
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Labour today releases a document detailing the divisive policies which the Tories and Lib Dems are pursuing without a mandate: No mandate for NHS reorganisation No mandate for police cuts No mandate for VAT rise No mandate for their ...Read More 04/05/2011 |
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Compared to the UK with no growth in the last six months the US has grown - Hanson |
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David Hanson MP, Labour’s Shadow Treasury Minister, in response to US growth figures for the first quarter of 2011, said: “These figures show that, compared to the UK where we have seen no growth at all in the last six months, the US has grown b ...Read More 02/05/2011 |
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Liam Byrne MP, Labour's Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding to today's OECD report which warned that child poverty is set to rise thanks to the Tory-led Government's policies, said: "Labour lifted over half a million children out of poverty. But ...Read More 01/05/2011 |
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Yet more evidence the rushed defence review was not thought through - Murphy |
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Jim Murphy MP, Labour’s Shadow Defence Secretary, commenting on reports of rising costs of new aircraft carriers, said: "This is yet more evidence that the Government's rushed defence review was not thoroughly thought through or costed. ...Read More 27/04/2011 |
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Angela Eagle MP, Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, in response to George Osborne’s reported comments to the Cabinet that the economy is ‘on the right track’ said: "George Osborne’s confident declaration that the ...Read More 27/04/2011 |
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Andy Burnham MP, Shadow Education Secretary, speech to NASUWT: Good afternoon It’s great to be with you - even if it is as the first Labour Shadow to address you for some time. What a difference a year mak ...Read More 26/04/2011 |
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Clegg's speech exposes a worrying split at the top of the Tory-led Government - Flint |
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Caroline Flint MP, Labour’s Shadow Communities Secretary, responding to Nick Clegg’s speech said: “Nick Clegg’s speech has exposed a lack of clarity at the top of Government over its view of multiculturalism. “The Prime Minister and h ...Read More 04/03/2011 |
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Afghanistan: Lessons for the Future - Speech by Jim Murphy MP to RUSI |
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Today I want to reflect on where we are in Afghanistan and look at the consequences and lessons from Afghanistan. We meet at a transformative moment. The uprising in North Africa and the Middle East and the awe-inspiring civilian surge that we have watched ...Read More 03/03/2011 |
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Accountability in policing is important we also need accountability on resources - Cooper |
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Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's Shadow Home Secretary, commenting on the publication of crime maps, said: "We welcome the extension of crime mapping introduced before the election, including measures that were included in Labour's Policing Pledge. "But to deliver accou ...Read More 01/02/2011 |
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14,500 police jobs already set to go as cuts start to bite - Ed Balls |
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Almost 14,500 police jobs in just over a third of forces in England and Wales are to be lost, as police chiefs begin to assess the impact of over 20 per cent funding cuts announced by the Conservative-led government just four weeks ago. The figures come fro ...Read More 11/01/2011 |
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Francis Maude is now Britain's most expensive butcher - Byrne |
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Liam Byrne MP, Labour's Shadow Cabinet Office Minister, said in response to the Public Administration Select Committee's report on quangos which was published today: "The committee appears to confirm that Francis Maude is now Britain's most expensive butche ...Read More 07/01/2011 |
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The Tory-led government has distorted Labour’s Academies scheme - Burnham |
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Andy Burnham MP, Labour's Shadow Education Secretary, commenting on the Tory-led Government's changes to the academies scheme, said: "The Tory-led government has distorted Labour’s Academies scheme from one which improves the weakest schools to one wh ...Read More 05/01/2011 |
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Sadiq Khan MP, Labour's Shadow Justice Secretary, responding to new figures showing the number of prisoners likely to get the vote under Tory-led Government plans, said: "This is a slap in the face for victims of crime. "We have alrea ...Read More 21/12/2010 |
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Cameron should have known not to bill the taxpayer for his photographer - Dugher |
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Michael Dugher MP said in response to the news that David Cameron's personal photographer and film maker will be taken off the Civil Service payroll: "I welcome the Prime Minister bowing down to public pressure. The Prime Minister should have known from the start that it' ...Read More 16/11/2010 |
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I’m delighted for Prince William and Kate Middleton - Miliband |
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Ed Miliband MP, Labour's Leader of the Opposition, commenting on the news of Prince William and Kate Middleton's forthcoming wedding, said: “I’m delighted for Prince William and Kate Middleton and send them my very best for their wedding. “The wh ...Read More 15/11/2010 |
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Ed Miliband, Leader of the Labour Party, said: Eid al-Adha is a very special time for Muslims in the UK and all across the world, and a time to celebrate the values of Islam. It is a chance to show respect for sacrifice, to demonstrate charity to one another and t ...Read More 15/11/2010 |
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"David Cameron is playing the spectator not the statesman on the international stage" - Cooper |
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Yvette Cooper MP, Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary, speaking ahead of the Prime Minister's Mansion House speech, said: “David Cameron is playing the spectator not the statesman on the international stage. The reality of the Prime Minister’s foreign poli ...Read More 15/11/2010 |
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Iain Duncan Smith seems sadly to have retreated into the Conservative comfort zone of blame and disdain. Today Douglas Alexander MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responded to Iain Duncan Smith’s recent comments that unemployed people sh ...Read More 22/10/2010 |
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George Osborne’s Spending Review continued to unravel today as the Institute for Fiscal Studies took apart his claims to be fair and progressive. Alan Johnson MP, Labour's Shadow Chancellor, said: "It's now clear children have been hit harde ...Read More 22/10/2010 |
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Alan Johnson MP, Labour's Shadow Chancellor, today said George Osborne’s job cut plans could cost the taxpayer £8bn. Mr Johnson has based his figures on the redundancy bill for the Ministry of Justice, where 14,000 staff are set to lose their jobs at a cost of ...Read More 21/10/2010 |
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Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities, responding to the impact of the comprehensive spending review on women and families said: “Once again the government is hitting women much harder than men, and families with children hardest of all ...Read More 21/10/2010 |
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Alan Johnson MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, has said that Comprehensive Spending Review has already begun to unravel: “This Spending Review is unravelling fast and revealing broken promises and empty words. Buried in the detail of the government’s plans ...Read More 20/10/2010 |
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Alan Johnson MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, has criticised the coalition’s Comprehensive Spending Review as a huge gamble from a government with no plan for growth and jobs. Alan Johnson said: “Today is the day that an abstract ...Read More 20/10/2010 |
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Douglas Alexander MP, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary responding to pictures of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury holding documents showing nearly half a million jobs would be lost under the coalition's plans, said: "The Tories and the Liberal Democrats still seem t ...Read More 19/10/2010 |
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Alan Johnson's speech ahead of the Comprehensive Spending Review |
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Alistair Darling took this country through the most devastating global economic crisis since the Great Depression. He did it with skill and integrity and I am proud to succeed him as Shadow Chancellor. Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition is under new manag ...Read More 18/10/2010 |
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Shadow Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper is urging the government to sign up to the European Directive on tackling human trafficking. The coalition government has said it will opt out of the Directive, which would improve cross border co-operation in tacklin ...Read More 18/10/2010 |
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Jaguar Land Rover agreement 'great example of cooperation' - Ed Miliband |
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Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party, today joined John Denham MP, Labour’s Shadow Business Secretary, and Jack Dromey MP, Member of Parliament for Birmingham Erdington, to praise the cooperation between Jaguar Land Rover, the company’s workforce and the trade union, in ...Read More 15/02/2010 |
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Tories now to tell us whether cost of closing quangos is actually bigger than the savings - Byrne |
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Liam Byrne MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, has commented on the Government’s announcement that swathing cuts are to be made to quangos. He said that: “Labour had a plan for stead ...Read More 15/10/2010 |
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Jim Murphy MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, said in response to the revelation that Liam Fox will not be allowed to present the Strategic Defence Review to Parliament next week: "Everyone knows that Liam Fox is deeply unhappy about this Spending R ...Read More 15/10/2010 |
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Angela Eagle MP, Labour's Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury has responded to a report by PricewaterhouseCooper which forecasts that nearly half a million jobs will be lost in the private sector because of Government spending cuts. She said that: ...Read More 14/10/2010 |
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John Denham MP, Labour's Shadow Business, Innovation and Skills Secretary, said in response to Lord Browne’s report into High Education funding and student finance: "Lord Browne’s report deserves careful study but, his conclusions seem to reflect a belief ...Read More 12/10/2010 |
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Announcing the new Shadow Cabinet Rt Hon Ed Miliband, Leader of the Labour Party, said: “I am delighted with my new Shadow Cabinet, drawn from a broad range of talents across our party. “My team is u ...Read More 08/10/2010 |
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Alexander hails hero of anti-apartheid struggle on Tutu’s retirement |
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“Desmond Tutu was the Bishop who laughed in the face of evil. He is truly one of the remarkable greats of humanity. His retirement today should be marked with both celebration of his incredible life of work, and also a little sadness. “But if Tutu’s ...Read More 08/10/2010 |
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Andy Burnham MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, commenting on David Cameron’s speech to Conservative Party Conference, said: “This was probably David Cameron’s most old fashioned Party conference speech yet, packed with rat-a-tat lists that ...Read More 06/10/2010 |
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Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, commenting on today's announcement on changes to child benefit said: “Instead of boosting jobs and growth, the government is making families with children pay more. “We support ...Read More 06/10/2010 |
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Responding to claims that the Treasury and DWP have agreed major benefit reform, Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, said: “When we looked at similar proposals a year ago we were advised this would either cost billions ...Read More 01/10/2010 |
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Harriet Harman MP, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, speaking to Labour Party Conference today, said: This has been a historic conference. It’s been a rollercoaster of emotions. We’re disappointed t ...Read More 01/10/2010 |
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John Denham MP, Labour's Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary, speaking to Labour Party Conference today said: Conference, John Denham, New Generation. SAGA section. I wa ...Read More 01/10/2010 |
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John Healey MP, Shadow Housing and Planning Minister speaking to Labour Conference today, said: Conference, John Healey, Shadow Housing Minister responding to the housing motion, backed first by 28 CLPs and the Labour Housing Group, now, clearly, with ...Read More 01/10/2010 |
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Sadiq Khan MP, Labour's Shadow Transport Secretary, speaking to Labour Party Conference today said: Good Morning Conference, This week, we have elected a new leader and we have asked him to lead us on a journey of change, so we c ...Read More 01/10/2010 |
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Conference, I want to begin by expressing my appreciation to you Michael, the members of the Policy Commission, and to the ministerial team who served in Defra – Jim, Huw, Dan, and Bryan – and Joyce, John and Emma w ...Read More 1/10/2010 |
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The candidates for the Shadow Cabinet and for Chief Whip were announced at 5pm 29th September. The results of the election will be announced after a ballot of members of the Parliamentary Labour Party closes on Wednesday 7th October. ...Read More 30/09/2010 |
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Ben Bradshaw MP, Labour's Shadow Culture Secretary, speaking to Labour Party Conference today, said: Conference, we've just heard some inspiring examples of how the Labour Government left Britain a better place. And we’ve just heard some stark warn ...Read More 30/09/2010 |
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Tessa Jowell MP, Labour's Shadow Olympics Minister, speaking at Labour Party Conference today, said: Conference, in three weeks time - the Coalition will announce their spending review - a defining moment. Because then the Coalition will announce a programme of cu ...Read More 30/09/2010 |
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Ed Balls MP, Labour's Shadow Education Secretary, speaking to Labour Party Conference today, said: Conference Today - all across our country - millions of children are going to school no longer putting up with leaking roofs or peeling walls… &hellip ...Read More 29/09/2010 |
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Andy Burnham MP, Labour's Shadow Health Secretary, speaking to Labour Party Conference today, said: Conference. You’ve been so good to me this week. It’s not every day that you lose a leadership election and your team goes bottom of th ...Read More 29/09/2010 |
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Conference, I stand here today ready to lead: a new generation now leading Labour. Be in no doubt. The new generation of Labour is different. Different attitudes, different ideas, different ways of doing politics. Today I want to tell you who I am, what I ...Read More 29/09/2010 |
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Carwyn Jones AM, First Minister of Wales and Leader of the Welsh Labour Party, speaking at Conference today said: Chair, Conference. I am delighted to bring you greetings from Wales - where Labour is still in Government! ...Read More 26/09/2010 |
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Peter Hain MP, Labour's Shadow Welsh Secretary, in a speech to Labour Party Conference today said: Remember last year; the media and the Tories had all written us off, and the fight back started at this conference. Across Britain ...Read More 26/09/2010 |
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Ray Collins, General Secretary of the Labour Party, in a speech to Conference today said: Thank you Chair, and thank you Conference. I am delighted that we are back in Manchester for my third conference as General Secretary. ...Read More 26/09/2010 |
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Ed Miliband has today been elected the new leader of the Labour Party following a vote by party members, MPs, and affiliated organistations. Ed Miliband said: "Today a new generation has stepped forward to change our party. We ar ...Read More 25/09/2010 |
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Shadow Transport Secretary Sadiq Khan MP, responding to reports of the Coalition’s plan to raise the free bus pass age earlier than planned, said: “David Cameron owes the public an apology today. His mock outrage during the General Election campaign has ...Read More 19/07/2010 |
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"The Government's position on the cancer guarantee is now a complete shambles" - Burnham |
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Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham MP responding to the Government’s confusion over the cancer guarantee said: "This debacle confirms what we suspected - that the Tories are making up health policy as they go along. The Government's position on the cancer guarante ...Read More 17/07/2010 |
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Responding to this month’s unemployment figures, Yvette Cooper Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions said: “These figures show just why it is dangerous and callous to cut support for jobs and the economy. “May's small ...Read More 16/07/2010 |
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"Those who are fit for work should be working or seeking work" - Yvette Cooper MP |
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Yvette Cooper MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, said in response to reports of possible Incapacity Benefit changes: "Those who are fit for work should be working or seeking work. “Labour's reforms were due to get around a million people ...Read More 29/06/2010 |
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Armed Forces Day a time to recognise their service to our country - Ainsworth |
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Bob Ainsworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Defence Secretary, on Armed Forces Day said: "Today is an opportunity for people up and down the country to recognise the achievements and sacrifices of our outstanding servicemen and women and veterans. Their bravery ...Read More 28/06/2010 |
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Philip Hammond's admission that families on £25-30k will lose tax credits - Yvette Cooper MP |
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Responding to Philip Hammond's admission on the Daily Politics on Wednesday 23 June that families earning between £25,000 and £30,000 will lose their tax credits as a result of the Budget, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Yvette Cooper MP said: ...Read More 28/06/2010 |
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Labour's NEC agrees timetable for the election of next Leader of the Labour Party |
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Labour’s National Executive Committee has today agreed on a timetable for the election of the next leader of the Labour Party. Acting Leader of the Labour Party, Harriet Harman MP, said: “Over the next few months, up to 4 million people will have the chance to help sha ...Read More 18/05/2010 |
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Gordon Brown today in Downing Street gave the following statement: "We have a parliamentary and not presidential system in this country and as I said on Friday, with no party able to command a parliamentary majority arising from the general election, my constitutiona ...Read More 10/05/2010 |
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Peter Mandelson, Labour's Chair of Election Strategy, has this evening issued his fifth "State of the Race" memo to Labour Party members and supporters. Around the country, party members are working furiously to get out the vote for tomorrow. It is st ...Read More 05/05/2010 |
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Gordon Brown, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, said in a speech at Bradford University:Tomorro ...Read More 05/05/2010 |
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Gordon Brown, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party said: "You know, it’s been pretty relentless. Non-stop, on the go, never a moment’s let up, working round the clock. I don’t mean the last four w ...Read More 05/05/2010 |
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Would you bet your future on the judgement of George Osborne? |
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Alistair Darling, Labour’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking at the Centrepoint building in London this morning said: "The choice this week couldn't matter more. I can tell you from personal experience - when faced with the scale of ...Read More 05/05/2010 |
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown was today joined by Olympic stars of the future at Loughborough University, one of the UK's leading sports science institutions, to launch Labour's Sports Manifesto. It explains Labour's plans for a golden decade of sport in Britain, and for young pe ...Read More 30/04/2010 |
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Tories' lack of judgement is a danger to Britain's economy - Alistair Darling |
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Alistair Darling, Labour's Chancellor, today in Edinburgh, gave a speech on the economy where he highlighted the danger posed by the Tories' lack of judgement: "It has not, I admit, been an easy time to be Chancellor – here in the UK or anywhere ...Read More 30/04/2010 |
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Alan Johnson, Labour’s Home Secretary, Peter Mandelson, Labour’s Business Secretary and John Denham, Labour's Communities Secretary, today set out Labour’s tough policies on CCTV, DNA evidence, Community Payback and Labour’s crack-down on anti-social behaviour ...Read More 30/04/2010 |
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Yvette Cooper, Labour’s Work and Pensions Secretary, responding to David Cameron’s speech this morning and the IFS’s criticism of Tory policy on tax credits, said: "David Cameron talks down Britain by claiming we are broken - but how ...Read More 27/04/2010 |
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Labour’s fourth election film shifts the focus of the election campaign onto Conservative policies and how they would make families worse off. The broadcast is a nightmare vision of the future following the election of a Conservative government. ...Read More 27/04/2010 |
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Labour’s manifesto for families – “Your Family, Your Choice" |
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Peter Mandelson, Labour's Chair of Election Strategy, Ed Balls, Labour's Schools Secretary, and Yvette Cooper, Labour's Work and Pensions Secretary today set out Labour’s manifesto for families at a press conference in London. Peter Mande ...Read More 27/04/2010 |
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Harriet Harman and David Miliband today joined leading Labour BAME candidates, including Keith Vaz, Chuka Umunna, Diane Abbott and Dawn Butler, to launch Labour’s Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) manifesto. The BAME manifes ...Read More 26/04/2010 |
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Gordon Brown, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, speaking today at the RCN Conference in Bournemouth, said: “Last summer, a campaign built up in response to comments by a member of the European Parliament who said the NHS was a sixty ...Read More 24/04/2010 |
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Labour launches Health Manifesto: an NHS guaranteed to all, personal to each |
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Gordon Brown, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, has today launched Labour's Health Manifesto, Your Personal NHS Guarantee. Labour outlines our plan for a better NHS. An NHS that is on the side of the patient, not the system. ...Read More 24/04/2010 |
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Tory school plans can only mean cuts to other schools – Ed Balls |
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Ed Balls, Labour’s Schools Secretary responding to comments from the Conservative leader of Kent County Council and Conservative Cabinet Member for schools in Hampshire said: "These leading Conservative councillors with real experience ...Read More 24/04/2010 |
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Peter Mandelson, Labour's Chair of Election Strategy, has this evening issued his fourth "State of the Race" memo to Labour Party members and supporters. From: Peter Mandelson To: Labour members, supporters and other interested parties ...Read More 26/04/2010 |
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Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, Gordon Brown, speaking at a young people's mobilisation event in Central London said today: "You know it is one of the great myths perpetrated by the media that young people do not care about politics. But my experience is ...Read More 26/04/2010 |
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Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband launch Labour's Green Manifesto |
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband, Labour’s Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, today launched Labour’s Green Manifesto at a young people’s mobilisation event in London. The Green Manifesto shows how Labour wou ...Read More 26/04/2010 |
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Liam Byrne, Labour's Chief Secretary to the Treasury, said in response to David Cameron's interview with Jeremy Paxman tonight: "Tonight under Jeremy Paxman's scrutiny David Cameron couldn't give one example of where his savings would come from or wher ...Read More 24/04/2010 |
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown and John Healey, Labour's Housing Minister, today launched Labour's housing manifesto, setting out how Labour will help provide everyone with a secure, decent and affordable home in a safe community. ...Read More 24/04/2010 |
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Gordon Brown, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, has made a speech on the economy at City College, Coventry: "It is a huge pleasure to be here with you today, with young people, with your working lives ahead of you. I am proud of the role t ...Read More 24/04/2010 |
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Gordon Brown, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, today held a press conference at Labour HQ on the future of the economy. Gordon Brown said: "This is not a game show, or just a ...Read More 23/04/2010 |
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Tonight the three leaders of the main parties will debate foreign affairs. In our country, that means a heated debate about Europe, and it is Europe that I want to address today. The argument is simple. It is that Europe is a good litmus test for wheth ...Read More 22/04/2010 |
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Ed Balls, Labour’s Schools Secretary, today responded to the Tory shadow schools minister’s admission that more than 750 new school building projects in 90 local authorities across England could be scrapped if the Tories are elected. These form part of Labour’s ambi ...Read More 22/04/2010 |
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Alan Johnson, Labour's Home Secretary, commenting on quarterly crime statistics for England and Wales that were published today, said: "Today's figures show that crime has fallen. "If we are going to have an honest debate o ...Read More 21/04/2010 |
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Labour today set out new plans for a job guarantee for the long term unemployed and vowed to continue support for jobs and the economy until the recovery is secure. Latest figures show overall unemployment increased in the three months to February, whilst the claimant count fell in M ...Read More 20/04/2010 |
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Gordon Brown, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, was joined by Peter Mandelson and Ed Miliband today to launch Labour's Plan for Growth. The launch took place at BMW's MINI car plant in Oxford, which benefited from the Gover ...Read More 20/04/2010 |
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Labour fields more women candidates than ever before. Harriet Harman, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, today joined Stella Creasy and women parliamentary candidates in Walthamstow to release 'Your voice, Your choice' profiling Labour's women candidates and setting out the ...Read More 19/04/2010 |
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Labour is the Party of recovery - Conservative plans pose great risk |
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At a press conference in the City today, Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, Chancellor, Alistair Darling and Business Secretary, Peter Mandelson, reaffirmed Labour’s commitment to securing the economic recovery. Alistair Darling gave journalists a glimpse of a future unf ...Read More 19/04/2010 |
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Labour announces Forces Charter to guarantee rights of Britain’s troops and Veterans |
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Labour will today set out its commitment to protecting Britain's security and supporting our troops. The Defence, Veterans and National Security manifesto places these issues at the heart of Labour's plan for Britain's future. The manifesto will ...Read More 17/04/2010 |
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Douglas Alexander, Labour's General Election Coordinator, today made a speech to activists and staff and London Labour Headquarters: Thank you. It’s great to be here at the headquarters of Labour’s London campaign. ...Read More 16/04/2010 |
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During the Leaders’ debate this evening there was one man giving all the answers and one man only able to ask questions. Gordon Brown responded to questions on crime, immigration, health and education. David Cameron a ...Read More 15/04/2010 |
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Project to change the Conservative Party has failed - Miliband |
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In a speech today Labour’s Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, welcomed two former Conservative Party activists to the Labour Party and said the project to change the Conservative Party had failed. David Miliband said: “The Tory head and the ...Read More 14/04/2010 |
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On Monday, Labour set out our manifesto. We put forward a programme that will empower the people who use and pay for public services: patients and parents. On Tuesday, the Tories set out their manifesto. They talked a great deal about empowerment ...Read More 14/04/2010 |
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Peter Mandelson, Labour’s Chair of Election Strategy responding to the launch of the Tory manifesto said: "When the Tories say 'we’re all in this together', what they really mean is 'you’re on your own'. "This is not an agenda for empowerment &nd ...Read More 13/04/2010 |
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Gordon Brown MP, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, today launched Labour's 2010 General Election Manifesto, together with the Cabinet, at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Edgbaston, Birmingham. Labour believes our programme for further national ...Read More 12/04/2010 |
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Peter Mandelson, Labour's Chair of Election Strategy, has this evening issued his second "State of the Race" memo to Labour Party members and supporters. ...Read More 12/04/2010 |
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Gordon Brown MP, the Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party tonight spoke at his formal adoption as the Labour candidate in his constituency, Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath. Addressing local Party members at the meeting, he s ...Read More 12/04/2010 |
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The Tories might try and talk tough on crime but their actions are weak - Johnson |
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Gordon Brown MP, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, and Alan Johnson MP, Labour's Home Secretary, will today make a campaign visit to highlight the vital role that DNA plays in tackling violent crime and why Labour has been fighting Tory plans to downgrade the DNA databas ...Read More 12/04/2010 |
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Gordon Brown MP, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, tonight spoke about Labour's forthcoming manifesto commitments to encourage responsibility in the banking system. At the live and online event, based on the TED conferences, the first of i ...Read More 12/04/2010 |
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I would first like to start with a plea: whatever you think of politics for the sake of democracy please use your vote. Sunderland is a unique place in many ways; with a modern heritage of industrialisation. Building sites, shipyards, pits, foundries, ...Read More 08/04/2010 |
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Ed Balls MP, Labour’s Schools Secretary responding to David Cameron’s speech today said: "Another glitzy David Cameron launch can't hide the fact that this is yet another spending commitment from the Tories with the flakiest of funding solutions. "Last ...Read More 08/04/2010 |
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The Tories Economic Plan has the strength of a house of cards |
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At Labour's first press conference of the general election campaign, Gordon Brown, Alistair Darling and Peter Mandelson issued a stark warning to voters that the Tories' economic plan has the strength of a house of cards which would risk the recovery. They will detail how the key plank of ...Read More 08/04/2010 |
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Direct and down the phone line: Labour's top team takes message to voters |
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Gordon Brown MP, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, and Sarah Brown, were joined by Cabinet colleagues today to personally canvass voters, up and down the country, by phone from Labour’s head office in London, as part of a mass canvass with thousands of supporters on the ...Read More 08/04/2010 |
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Gordon Brown MP, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, said today in a speech on new politics at Centre Point: It is time to see an end to the old politics and to change our politics for good. In the weeks to come, I will travel the country, speaking with ...Read More 07/04/2010 |
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Peter Mandelson, Labour's Business Secretary, has given a speech to Progress and the Foreign Press Association: My argument today is that the challenges we face in 2010 make a far stronger case for the election of a Labour Government than at any time in the past thirty ye ...Read More 07/04/2010 |
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Tory election headlines are being achieved at the cost of economic credibility - Alexander |
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Douglas Alexander MP, Labour’s General Election Coordinator, in a briefing to Labour Party campaign staff and volunteers today said if David Cameron thinks the “message matters more than the money” – he’s wrong. He said: “This election ...Read More 06/04/2010 |
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Labour is today joining forces with families across England in a campaign to Save Our Sure Start children's centres from David Cameron's plans to cut their funding and prevent access to these valuable services for families on middle and modest incomes. & ...Read More 20/03/2010 |
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Gordon Brown MP, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, commenting on the news that Michael Foot has passed away, said: "Michael Foot was a man of deep principle and passionate idealism and one of the most eloquent speakers Britain has ever hea ...Read More 06/03/2010 |
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For the last ten years the Conservatives have been concealing the truth - Straw |
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Jack Straw MP, Labour's Justice Secretary, said: "Lord Ashcroft was initially turned down for a peerage. He was only granted his peerage on the basis that he would return to live in the UK, become fully resident, and that he would pay tax in the UK on ...Read More 01/03/2010 |
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Labour’s Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has set out the how the Government will step up the fight against crime and anti-social behaviour. Labour has taken tough action to bring down crime by over a third since 1997 but the Prime Minister said that ther ...Read More 01/03/2010 |
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Gordon Brown MP, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, today addressed the Welsh Labour Conference. Gordon Brown said: Thank you friends – and let me say today that our thoughts an ...Read More 27/02.2010 |
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Today's Conservatism looks more and more like a toxic cocktail of Tory traditions - David Miliband |
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David Miliband MP, Labour's Foreign Secretary, today continued the themes of Gordon Brown's speech to the Labour Party's Spring Event in Warwick last weekend and exposed the lack of vision and change at the heart of the Tory Party. In a speech to ...Read More 26/02/2010 |
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Tories plans will block investment and wreck the recovery - Healey |
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John Healey MP, Labour’s Housing and Planning Minister responding to the Tories' planning green paper released today, said: "David Cameron can dress it up in whatever post-bureaucratic rhetoric he chooses. But when it comes to the crunch, t ...Read More 23/02/2010 |
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Gordon Brown MP, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, today addressed the Labour Party's Spring Campaign Event. Gordon Brown said: You know somebo ...Read More 22/02/2010 |
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Gordon Brown's speech to the Progressive Governance Conference |
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Speech by Gordon Brown MP, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party at the Progressive Governance Conference Over the last decade Policy Network has performed a momentous role in the development of progressive thinking, bringing us together as a global progressive family. ...Read More 19/02/2010 |
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Thousands of people who back the ban on fox hunting today joined Hilary Benn MP, Labour's Environment Secretary, in signing an open letter to David Cameron calling on him to drop his pledge to abolish the ban and to make clear if he also plans to repeal the ban on stag hunting and ha ...Read More 18/02/2010 |
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People want to see the substance of David Cameron's policies, not more glossy posters - Miliband |
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Ed Miliband MP, Labour’s Environment Secretary and Manifesto co-ordinator responding to the Tories' poster launch today said: "People want to see the substance of David Cameron's policies, not more glossy posters. “As ...Read More 15/02/2010 |
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Andy Burnham MP, Labour’s Health Secretary and Douglas Alexander MP, Labour's General Election co-ordinator have today launched voteNHS.com to outline Labour’s health campaign. The ...Read More 11/02/2010 |
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A new report shows that George Osborne's plans are badly flawed and would mean taking child tax credits away from couples each earning over £31,000 per year A new report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has shown that families on modest and mid ...Read More 06/02/2010 |
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A new report shows how the Conservatives' plans for immediate cuts could damage the economic recovery, as well as hitting families hard. Warnings from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and the National Institute for Social Research (NIESR) call into question To ...Read More 03/02/2010 |
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Davina McCall, Mariella Frostrup, Annie Lennox, Richard Wilson and Meera Syal are among the big names launching a new poverty campaign today, the fifth anniversary of Nelson Mandela's Make Poverty History speech in Trafalgar Square. In a campaign video released today, the ...Read More 03/02/2010 |
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Liam Byrne MP, Labour’s Chief Secretary to the Treasury responding to George Osborne's speech today said:“Today George Osborne made credibility the test and then failed it. The only thing he succeeded in doing was to talk Britain down.“In ...Read More 02/02/2010 |
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Instead of bobbing around like a cork in water David Cameron should level with the British people - Mandelson After the disarray in the Conservatives' position over the last few days, Labour’s Business Secretary Peter Mandelson will today challenge David Cameron to ...Read More 02/02/2010 |
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New figures show Britain has come out of recession – credit to the families and businesses who have worked hard through the downturn. It was right for Labour to support families and the economy – sustaining jobs by giving businesses time to pay tax; introducing a scrappage sch ...Read More 26/01/2010 |
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New figures from the Treasury today reveal that only 6% of married couples would benefit from the Tories' new married couples plan. Far from his commitment to ‘recognise all marriages', 94% of married couples would get nothing. In fact, in o ...Read More 25/01/2010 |
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Labour's Work and Pensions Secretary, Yvette Cooper, has welcomed news that unemployment has fallen - with a 7,600 drop in youth unemployment. While the jobs market is still tough, Labour’s £5bn investment in expanding education and trainin ...Read More 20/01/2010 |
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Labour’s Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, has announced new measures to tackle irresponsible drinking.Measures announced today will include banning irresponsible promotions such as “all you can drink” offers, ensuring free tap water is available for cus ...Read More 19/01/2010 |
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International Development Secretary, Douglas Alexander, has announced that the Labour Government will treble its funding for humanitarian relief in response to the Haiti earthquake. Based on assessments on the scale of the disaster, aid will rise from ...Read More 19/01/2010 |
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Let me say first, that today the concerns of the people of Haiti are now a cause for the whole earth, their tragedy a summons to action for every continent. And I want to thank the British people; the generosity of their spirit, our willingness to give ...Read More 17/01/2010 |
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Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world. Earlier this week, it was struck by an earthquake about 10 miles south-west of the capital Port-Au-Prince and is facing a major humanitarian crisis. Initial estimates are that some six million people live in the a ...Read More 16/01/2010 |
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Liam Byrne MP, Labour's Chief Secretary to the Treasury, said in response to David Cameron's speech to Conservative Party conference: "This was an emotive but deceptive speech. It concealed the judgement calls he has consistently got wrong and the real threat of what he would do. ...Read More 16/01/2010 |
