Full text: Vince Cable's 2014 Lib Dem conference speech. Firstly it is a pleasure to celebrate with Alistair Carmichael and the rest of the Scottish team after our successful cross-party campaign to keep the United Kingdom united.
British politics owes a lot to Scotland: some of our greatest political leaders. There were few greater than Gladstone - born in Liverpool but a Scottish MP. His feats of oratory were legendary. Not least was his speech on the Bulgarian Atrocities. He is said to have spoken for five and a half hours, without notes, from memory. Others have sought to emulate him. Danny Alexander: We have to set the record straight, we wrote the recovery plan - Liberal Democrats. Vince Cable to clarify and enhance workforce rights - Liberal Democrats. Liberal Democrat Business Secretary Vince Cable has launched a major review aimed at shoring up workers’ rights.
The aim is to make sure people understand their employment rights, as well as ensuring bosses know what their staff are entitled to. The review could help strengthen the employment status of up to one million British workers. Vince said: “Workers should not be finding out that they are not protected by law once they get to employment tribunal. “Businesses should feel more confident knowing what type of contracts to hire staff on. “As the economy recovers, it is right to give a silent minority of workers, who currently have fewer employment rights, the security enjoyed by a majority of employees. “The Liberal Democrats will ensure we will get a system that is fair, simple and transparent.” The news follows a recent review into zero hours contracts, which revealed some workers could be missing out on basic rights such as maternity leave or unfair dismissal.
Vince Cable to bolster apprenticeship pay - Liberal Democrats. Plans to boost pay for thousands of apprentices have been unveiled by Liberal Democrat business secretary Vince Cable.
A proposal to create a single national minimum wage for 16 to 17-year-olds in work and first year of apprentices will be presented to the Low Pay Commission (LPC). It would mean around 31,000 apprentices in the first year of their programme will benefit from a pay rise of more than £1 an hour. Vince Cable's keynote speech to Autumn Conference - Liberal Democrats. Autumn Conference. Lib Dem conference 2014 - Nick Clegg's speech: Politics live blog. Natalie Bennett Opening Speech. George Osborne bets on pensions vow to quell Tory panic over Ukip. Ukip vows to slash immigration and cut taxes in pitch for blue-collar vote. The UK Independence party would scrap inheritance tax, slash immigration by almost 80%, allow employers to discriminate in favour of British workers and make sure foreigners have medical insurance, it said as it unveiled the first of its general election policies.
Other proposals floated at the Eurosceptic party’s annual conference included a luxury goods tax, which could see extra tariffs on shoes costing more than £200, handbags more than £1,000 and cars more than £50,000, a move the party believes could raise money from the wealthiest. The party’s economic spokesman, Patrick O’Flynn, suggested a VAT rate of 25% on such luxury goods. The conference, which is taking place at the racecourse in Doncaster, home Ed Miliband’s safe seat, is pitching strongly for the blue-collar vote. MarrShow: David Cameron before party conference (28Sept14) George Osborne: Speech to Conservative Party Conference 2014. 2014 Labour conference: Ed Balls speech (22Sept14) Ed Miliband Conference 2014 Speech.
91-year-old war veteran Harry Smith at the Labour Party Conference. The Conservative Party Conference. 2013: George Osborne At every Party Conference since the election, as we have gathered, the question for us The question for me, the question for our country, has been: “is your economic plan working?”
They’re not asking that question now. The deficit down by a third. Exports doubled to China. Taxpayers’ money back from the banks, not going in. 1.4 million new jobs created by businesses. 1,000 new jobs announced in this city today. Our plan is working. We held our nerve in the face of huge pressure. Now Britain is turning a corner. The Conservative Party Conference. 2013: David Cameron This week in Manchester we’ve shown this Party is on the side of hardworking people.
Helping young people buy their own home. Cameron pledges to increase NHS spending - video. David Cameron pledges tax cuts 'for 30m people' 1 October 2014Last updated at 11:31 ET David Cameron: 'We want to cut more of your taxes'
David Cameron's speech to Conservative party conference - video highlights. Conservative Party Conference: as it happened. "The only concrete pledge we've had from the Tories this week is a promise to cut tax credits by hundreds of pounds for millions of hard working people while keeping a £3 billion tax cut for the richest one per cent.
" 15.39: James Kirkup has this on the "rabbit in the hat" tax cuts Those last two points strike me as the most interesting here. If memory serves, scarcely one in 10 people in the UK earns £50,000 a year. The Conservative Party Conference. New York mayor urges UK Labour party to be bold in tackling inequality. Bill de Blasio, the mayor of New York City and one of the Democratic party’s leading progressives, has urged the British Labour party to have the confidence to believe that voters will respond to a party promising to tackle deeply embedded inequality and frozen living standards.
De Blasio was speaking to the Guardian before addressing the Labour party’s annual conference. There he derided the “voodoo economics” of the Conservative party’s chancellor, George Osborne, and promised: “Ed Miliband [the Labour leader] will be a prime minister for Britons with second jobs, not just those with second homes.”
The rank outsider won the Democratic nomination and then mayoralty last November by a landslide, succeeding Michael Bloomberg with a commitment to tackle economic inequalities in New York. He now runs a $75bn (£46bn) budget with 350,000 employees. The voters of New York City may not be the same as those of York, but De Blasio said he thought the issues they faced were largely the same. Annual Conference 2014. Welcome to Annual Conference Labour's Annual Conference takes place every autumn and is one of the largest and most high profile political events in Europe.
Our delegates and visitors take part in debates to shape Labour's vision for Britain. Over 10,000 people attend Conference for the wider experiences available. With over 500 fringe events, a vibrant exhibition and great opportunities to network and share ideas, Annual Conference is an event not to be missed. Watch live: Labour Party Conference 2014. Conference schedule (subject to change) Monday, 22 September 0935: Welsh report: i) Owen Smith ii) Carwyn Jones 0950: Britain's global role. Labour Press — Speech by Ed Balls MP to Labour Party Annual Conference in Manchester 2014.
Ed Balls MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, in a speech to Labour’s Annual Conference 2014 in Manchester, said: Twenty years ago, starting at this Labour conference, we together took the historic step of reforming our party’s constitution. The result is on the back of our membership cards today. Ed Balls: Labour would cap rise in child benefit. 22 September 2014Last updated at 08:58 ET. Labour conference: Ed Balls tightens Labour's austerity stance - Politics live blog. Labour Party conference: Ed Balls to set out plan to freeze child benefit to balance books - UK Politics - UK - The Independent.
In his speech to the Labour Party conference in Manchester, the shadow Chancellor will risk a backlash from women voters by arguing that all sections of society will have to make sacrifices so Labour could clear the deficit by 2020. Under his controversial plan, child benefit would rise by only 1 per cent in the first two financial years if Labour wins power at next May’s general election – less than the retail price index, currently 2.4 per cent. The £400m saved would be used to help cut the deficit. Mr Balls will also announce that he would cut the salaries of all government ministers by 5 per cent from next May. Their pay would be frozen until the nation’s books are balanced, which Labour has pledged to do by 2020.
This would save about £300,000 immediately and more in future years.