Gary Gibbon
Ed Miliband’s Labour party reforms
Ed Miliband’s reforms of the Labour Party, promised in the heated aftermath of the Falkirk scandal, are due to be rubber-stamped – but will they effectively curb the power of the unions?
Search results for ‘Electoral Reform’
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Ukip and the Greens unite in calls for electoral reform
Ukip and the Greens were part of a cross-party delegation delivering a petition to Number 10 calling for electoral reform. Despite winning almost 4 million votes, Ukip have just one Westminster seat.
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Electoral reform: How the Coalition could change the vote
As senior Labour politicians launch a campaign to oppose a switch to the Alternative Vote, YouGov’s Anthony Wells says the formation of the Coalition may have changed political calculations.
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Farage criticised by Labour and Tories for not doing enough to tackle Reform racism accusations
The Reform leader Nigel Farage has been criticised by Labour and the Tories for not doing enough to tackle accusations of racism within his party.
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Exclusive: Undercover inside Reform’s campaign – evidence of homophobia and canvasser’s racism
Channel 4 News has gone undercover in Nigel Farage’s prospective seat in Clacton, following individuals closely associated with Reform UK’s campaign
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FactCheck: Reform UK’s employer immigration tax explained
The Reform party has announced plans for an “employer immigration tax” on companies that choose to employ overseas workers. FactCheck takes a look.
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Is it time to reform the Lords?
As the Government reels from a stinging defeat on tax credits in the House of Lords, there are calls for reform.
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Ed Miliband: party reforms ‘strike the right balance’
Ed Miliband changes his plans to reform Labour’s leadership contests to make them more “diverse”, ahead of a meeting of the partys National Executive Committee.
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One member, one vote: Labour reveals voting reforms
Labour leader Ed Miliband unveils his long-awaited changes to union membership of the party, but in doing so may risk destabilising a historic source of funding.
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Labour, trade union reform and Erich Honecker
Labour’s “interim report” underlines that although the number of union members affiliated to the party might shrink, the intention is not to shrink the unions’ share of the conference in this phase of reform.
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Clegg vows to push ahead with anti-sleaze reforms
Britain will introduce a statutory register of political lobbyists, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said after three peers were suspended from their parties at the weekend.
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Lib Dems to vote against Tory boundary reform
MPs are voting on changes to constituency boundaries that could see the Conservatives make large gains in the next election.
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‘Ministers criticise handling of NHS reforms’ – claim
A Conservative website says three Tory cabinet ministers have criticised the handling of the government’s NHS reforms, with one likening the situation to the poll tax.
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Syrians dismiss Assad’s promise of reforms
Damascus and several cities across Syria are teeming with anti-government protesters following a speech by President Bashar al-Assad in which he called for stability and pledged new reforms.
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Doctors call on Government to scrap NHS reforms
Doctors have urged the Health Secretary to abandon plans for a radical overhaul of the NHS. But the BMA stopped short of embarrassing Andrew Lansley further with a vote of no confidence.
