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Colombia Government to Withdraw Call for Labor Referendum After Lawmakers Back Reform
(Reuters) -A referendum to seek voter approval for a raft of labor reforms in Colombia will be withdrawn after the Senate ...
Labour MP admits ‘embarrassing’ government shambles live on BBC Newsnight
Labour MP Emily Thornberry criticised her own party live on BBC Newsnight after the resignation of Vicky Foxcroft ...
Labour Government frontbencher resigns over proposed disability benefit cuts
Vicky Foxcroft has resigned as a Government whip because she did not believe the proposed cuts “should be part of the ...
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Labour MP resigns as Government whip over disability benefit cuts
Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft has resigned as a whip over the Government’s plans to cut disability benefits.The MP for Lewisham ...
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Labour pushes on with 'catastrophic' disability benefit cuts: 'The government is just not listening'
Labour has announced a Universal Credit and Personal Independence Bill, the next stage in making its disability benefit cuts ...
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Labour MP quits government in first frontbench resignation over proposed welfare reforms
The MP for Lewisham North said in a letter to the Prime Minister that she could not vote "for reforms which include cuts to disabled people's finances". It is the first resignation over the cuts, ...
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Democratic leaders slam Trump effort to transfer some Education grant programs to Labor Department
The interagency agreement between Education and Labor regarding the grant programs is paused due to an injunction that deals ...
Police Minister blames Labour government for police recruit exemptions
Police Minister's office says the use of discretion over recruits who had not passed a literacy test was introduced in 2018 ...