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Ads by Google      Affiliated trade union Affiliation means that the unions pay an affiliation fee to the Labour Party, in return, they and their members receive the privileges of affiliated membership. In many cases, local union branches also affiliate to Constituency Labour Parties and their members who are also individual members of the Party may represent the Union as delegates on Labour Party structures. Members of the unions may opt out of the affiliation, so that the member is not allowed to take part in any Labour Party ballots (such as the leadership election) in which other members of the affiliated union are involved. http://read-and-go.hopto.org/UK-Labour-Party/Affiliated-trade-union.html   (270 words)      HTML Translation of SGML/EAD Document by Tim Green Topics include party policy and organisation, general activities, ILP branch news, support for parliamentary candidates, finance, publications, conferences, ILP parliamentary group, the international situation, the resignation of Fenner Brockway as Political Secretary, the death of James Maxton and the ILP's relationship with other labour bodies (including whether to re-affiliate to the Labour Party). Topics include party policy and organisation, general activities, ILP branch news, support for parliamentary candidates, finance, publications, conferences, ILP parliamentary group, the international situation, the dispute over the editorship of the Socialist Leader which led to a vote of confidence in Bob Edwards as Chairman, and the ILP's relationship with other labour bodies. Topics include party policy and organisation, general activities, ILP branch news, support for parliamentary candidates, finance, publications, conferences, ILP parliamentary group, the War, ILP problems in Glasgow and the ILP's relationship with other labour bodies. http://library-2.lse.ac.uk/archives/handlists/ILP/m.html   (270 words)      Labour Labour Party Uk Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-2001 general election. Labour Party The name Labour Party or Labor Party is used by several trade unions. Labour Labour (U.S. spelling, "labor") can mean one of: In Labor market. http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/topics/labour.html   (270 words)      FT.com / News in depth / UK election - Reflections on the key election results as they came in through the night On the day when data indicated that the UK economy slowed in the first quarter, leading analysts predicted that tax rises would likely be inevitable regardless of which party won the election. Not so happy broadcast chappies over at Channel Four, which apologised to the Green Party after its Party Election Broadcast ran for three of its five minutes with subtitles meant for the UK Independence Party. In Dover, the prime minister promised another 600 border guards, an Australian-type points system to filter applicants for entry into the UK, and rounded on the Tories for building their campaign around “one issue”. http://news.ft.com/cms/s/5969b5c6-a2a7-11d9-b4e8-00000e2511c8.html   (270 words)      Language and power It can also be powerful in political rhetoric - "How can a Labour government raise standards in education?" leading to an exposition of the party's policy. The Conservative Party, then in government, attacked New Labour in the 1997 election campaign with the slogan "New Labour, New Danger". Arguably, this reinforced the idea that Labour had changed and helped the party win the election. http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/lang/power.htm   (270 words)      OFF THE TELLY: Factual/Election Television/"This is an Experiment" By the time of the 1997 election, Party Election Broadcasts included more than ever before for smaller parties, such as The Referendum Party, The UK Independents (with Leo McKern), and the British National Party (which Channel 4 refused to air). The Green Party aired their first national Party Election Broadcast; and the Liberals won five broadcasts for the first time, bringing them equal with Tory and Labour. The Party Election Broadcasts of the time consisted of Macmillan offering a piece to camera direct from just in front of his fireplace, and Labour's Clement Atlee along with his wife being interviewed in a studio replica of their cottage, all to an audience of about five or six million viewers. http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/factual/election/peb.htm   (270 words)      News and speeches:: The Labour Party, Britain forward, not back [Logo] The Labour Party - labour.org.uk [Logo] new Labour, new Britain Labour's party election broadcast - keep the NHS free Actress Prunella Scales features in the Labour Party's latest election broadcast which looks back to the foundation of the NHS by Labour in 1948. http://www.labour.org.uk/news/pebkeepthenhsfree   (270 words)      Tribune (magazine) Seddon, who has been elected several times to the Labour Party national executive committee, resigned as Tribune editor in summer 2004. From 1993, Mark Seddon (UK journalist) (editor 1993-2004) reverted to a hard-left oppositionist stance to the Labour leadership after Tony Blair became Labour leader in 1994. During the early 1950s, Tribune became the organ of the Bevanite left opposition to the Labour Party leadership, turning against America over its handling of the Korean war then arguing strongly against West German rearmament and nuclear arms. http://read-and-go.hopto.org/UK-Labour-Party/Tribune-(magazine).html   (270 words)      Encyclopedia: The Conservative Party (UK) Since losing the 1997 election to the Labour Party under Tony Blair, they have been in opposition. The Tories capitalised on the Winter of Discontent and the growing inflation rate, not to mention the humiliating bailout of the UK economy by the IMF in 1976, and won the 1979 general election with a majority of 43, Thatcher becoming the UK's first woman Prime Minister. Full list is at: List of organisations associated with the British Conservative Party http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/The-Conservative-Party-(UK)   (270 words)      Labour Party - SourceWatch The UK advertising agency TBWA/GGT was given the Labour Party account in April 2000 [1] (http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=12051). The Labour Party is the ruling political party in the UK. Socialist in origin, it was successfully reinvented as a centre-right party by Tony Blair as "New Labour" during 1994 and 1995. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Labour_Party   (270 words)      BBC NEWS UK Scotland Postal union in affiliation row "Union members cannot understand why the Blair Labour Party continues to receive millions of pounds of union members' hard-earned cash. A branch of Britain's biggest postal workers union has sparked a row by breaking Labour Party rules and affiliating to another party. Mr Durkin said his members were unhappy at Labour's treatment of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) and at the government's drive to open up the Post Office to competition. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3643831.stm   (265 words)      Co-op Online - About the Co-op - Co-ops in the UK today - The Co-operative Party Ten years later the Party formed an alliance with Labour and following the 2001 General Election, there are now 29 Labour and Co-op MPs as well as representatives in the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly, the House of Lords, the European Parliament and local government. Co-op Online - About the Co-op - Co-ops in the UK today - The Co-operative Party The Co-operative Party dates back to 1917 when retail co-operative societies decided it was time their interests were represented in Parliament. http://www.cooponline.coop/about_intro_today3.html   (265 words)      Co-operative Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The majority of the party’s income comes from grants made by the retail co-operative societies, and from fees received for managing the political affairs of Co-operatives UK, formerly known as the Co-operative Union. The Co-operative Party is a relatively small political party, the largest socialist party operating in the United Kingdom, after the Labour Party. Party branches exist at an even more local level to organise local activity and liaise with Constituency Labour Parties. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-operative_Party   (265 words)      Viewropa - This is a Party Election Broadcast for the Apathy Party Party Election Broadcasts for this campaign are available here: Conservatives - Labour - Liberal Democrats - Greens (a weird one this. Viewropa - This is a Party Election Broadcast for the Apathy Party So the UK faces the end of one of the most tedious election campaigns in a long time, where turnout is expected to be very low. http://www.viewropa.com/index.php/2005/05/05/this_is_a_party_election_broadcast_for_t   (265 words)      Phil Hope MP - Co-operative Party The Co-operative Party has an electoral agreement with Labour which enables the parties to stand as Labour and Co-operative Candidates in General, European and Local elections. The Co-operative Agenda for Labour can be downloaded from the The Co-operative Party website. The Co-op party web site is the on-line hub for the UK co-operative movement and now links to co-ops around the world. http://www.philhope.org.uk/coop.htm   (265 words)      BBC News UK POLITICS Tories screen Labour's broadcast A Labour Party election broadcast leaked to the Conservatives has sparked off fresh political sparring between the two parties as they continue defining the political battlegrounds of the coming general election. A senior Labour Party spokesman said the leak had backfired on the Tories, but denied that it had been deliberately planted by the government. Labour has now made the broadcast available on the internet at http://www.therealtorymanifesto.org.uk http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/politics/906366.stm   (265 words)      Cooperative - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Co-operative Party now has a permanent electoral pact with the Labour Party, and some Labour MPs are Co-operative Party members. In the UK, co-operatives formed the Co-operative Party in the early 20th century to represent members of co-ops in Parliament. UK co-operatives retain a significant market share in food retail, insurance, banking, funeral services, and the travel industry in many parts of the country. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-operative   (265 words)      Meg Hillier MP - Meg Hillier gives support to campaign to make poverty history The Co-operative Party supports the UK Government proposal that IMF gold reserves should be used to fund the cancellation of IMF debt and will encourage our international partners to call for their Governments to support such initiative. Meg Hillier, the Labour and Co-operative Party parliamentary candidate for Hackney South and Shoreditch speaking at a meeting of residents in Lower Clapton last week, urged more people to get signed up to the MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY campaign. The UK has already shown welcome political leadership in unilaterally cancelling 100% of the debt owed directly to it by many of the world’s poorest countries, and agreeing to cover its share of the debts they owe to the World Bank and African Development Bank. http://www.meghillier.com/news?id=23   (265 words)      The Burma Campaign UK: About Burma - Introduction In opposition the Labour Party supported Aung San Suu Kyi’s call for economic sanctions. The UK government is no friend of the regime but is proving to be a weaker than expected opponent. The Burma Campaign UK is calling for the European Union and the UN to implement a ban on new investment to Burma, and a ban on Burmese exports of oil, gas, gems, garments and timber. http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/aboutburma.html   (265 words)      SN 4924 -Miners' Strike, 1984-1985 Coal miners; labour disputes; colliery closures; unemployment; Labour Party (Great Britain); internal politics; party politics; trade unions; industrial relations; labour movement; women; pressure groups. UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ. It includes newspaper cuttings, reports about pit closures, correspondence and pamphlets and newspapers from some of the organisations. http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4924   (171 words)      Scottish Green Party :: Franz Ferdinand and Director Alex Cox on Green Party Election Broadcast The Greens are contesting the election on a platform of policies in the public interest, for the planet and for peace and are the only party offering a change to 'the same old parties'. The election broadcast features a nightmare vision of the future if the policies of the Libdems, Labour, Tories get their way - then presents the case for Green policies to turn things around to create a more just society and a sustainable future. Franz Ferdinand and Director Alex Cox on Green Party Election Broadcast http://scottishgreens.org.uk/site/id/4539/title/Franz_Ferdinand_And_Director_Alex_Cox_On_Green_Party_Election...   (171 words)      EducationGuardian.co.uk Further Concern as Tories plan to scrap New Deal The shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, George Osborne, said a Conservative government would spend £2.7bn more on defence than Labour, funded out of cuts to the works and pension budget. The party announced today that if elected it would slash the budget of the Department for Work and Pensions by £2bn and implement efficiency savings suggested by the former Dome chief, David James. For each person placed into a job through the New Deal, there is an enormous cost when compared to any other scheme in Europe. http://education.guardian.co.uk/further/story/0,5500,1317924,00.html   (377 words)      MediaGuardian.co.uk Media Ukip goes Green in C4 election blunder The Greens - in common with other small parties such as Ukip and the British National party - are only entitled to one election broadcast, unlike the three afforded to the main parties. Channel 4 has been forced to apologise to the Green party after mistakenly transmitting its election broadcast with subtitles from the UK Independence Party. Its own election broadcast will be screened tonight and a spokesman for the party said he hoped the extra, albeit erroneous, exposure its policies received will help attract a few more votes. http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1473550,00.html   (377 words)      BBC NEWS Politics Union warns Labour on strike law He urged the prime minister to take heed of last week's election results - "the worst in living memory of any party in power". Ministers are trying to ensure new EU plans do not affect UK strike laws. Tony Blair risks losing the votes of traditional Labour supporters through his EU summit negotiating stance, a major trade union leader has warned. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3818195.stm   (433 words)      Co-operatives and Local Government A summary of the UK Co-operative Party's Co-operative Agenda for Local Government follows as prepared by the Co-operative Party. The Co-operative Party recently published its third Agenda for Local Government, a political manifesto for our 700 Labour and Co-operative Councillors. The Co-operative Party believes in the empowerment of individuals and communities through co-operative self-help initiatives, and, through its active network of local councillors, encourages local authorities to consider the many benefits that co-operatives and social enterprises can bring to the community. http://www.australia.coop/s_cslg.htm   (433 words)      imc admin Firefighters on strike and army in the streets Their demands for an increase of 40% in salary, would leave them taking home a mere £8.50 an hour and has so far been dismissed by the Labour party, who themselves voted for an increase in their own salary of 40% in June last year. UK firefighters have returned to work having completed a 48 hour strike, only the second time in UK history the fire service has removed its labour. Negotiations of the Fire Brigade Union with the National Fire Service Employers broke off on Tuesday after the Labour government twice intervened in the talks. http://www.indymedia.org/es/2002/11/505982.shtml   (250 words)      Corporate overview - The Co-operative sector The Co-operative Party, the political arm of the UK Co-operative Movement, is central to this and it is the responsibility of The Co-operative Party and Labour/Co-operative MPs, MSPs, AMs and councillors to get the co-operative message across. In 2000 we gave £261,265 to The Co-operative Party, which included £135,000 to local Party Councils and a political management fee of £234,998. It also promotes other co-operative organisations such as The Co-operative Party and the Association of British Credit Unions and publications such as Ethical Consumer magazine and New Sector magazine. http://www.co-op.co.uk:8080/ext_1/SocialAudit.nsf/504ca249c786e20f85256284006da7ab/7c4e9f7c262e3e9d00256ae800369e15?OpenDocument   (250 words)      Communication Workers Union Trade Union and Labour Party Liaison Organisation (TULO) In common with other unions, we now need your help to ensure that the Labour Government is re-elected for a third term to see those commitments through. Royal Mail's future will be unsustainable unless the Government takes urgent action to address the issues of crumbling, out-dated infrastructure, underpaid, undervalued workers and overly restrictive regulation, Communication Workers Union General Secretary Billy Hayes said today. http://www.cwu.org.uk   (258 words)      General Strike The leaders of both the Trade Union Council and the Labour Party were unhappy about the proposed General Strike, and during the next two days frantic efforts were made to reach an agreement with the Conservative Government and the mine-owners. On the 11th May, at a meeting of the Trade Union Congress General Committee, it was decided to accept the terms proposed by Herbert Samuel and to call off the General Strike. The method was to hold the Government and the nation up to ransom. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUgeneral.htm   (2158 words)      Guardian Unlimited Politics Special Reports Special report: the far right June 14: Maureen Stowe, the Burnley councillor who left the British National party in February, has joined Labour in the wake of last week's local government elections. May 14: One of the UK's most senior police officers is embroiled in a row with the British National party after it used comments he made on crime and immigration in its election literature. April 20: The British National party is to field 112 candidates at the election, entitling it to a five minute election broadcast and a free mailshot to 7 million voters in the seats they are contesting. http://politics.guardian.co.uk/farright/0,11375,617119,00.html   (2158 words)

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