Below you will find example sentences with "labour government". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Labour Government in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: labour
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 16
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 31 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 1 start, 7 middle, 12 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "labour government" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 31 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a new labour government, a future labour government does not, leader, party and first stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with scottish government, provincial government, labour party, labour leader and nigeria labour, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with labour government
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
The Labour manifesto says a Labour government will ‘decriminalise abortions’. (10 words)
One of my slogans if that if you like Birmingham Labour you will love a Labour government. (17 words)
The Labour Party does not want, and a future Labour government does not want, to cut the tax burden. (19 words)
He said: “So my 10-point plan today we can do, God forbid even if there isn’t a Labour government, I’ve made clear during the campaign which of my promises we can do even with this lot, and which promises I could do with a Labour government. (49 words)
I thought of Streeting’s revealing turn of phrase when I saw the so-called “sh** list” drawn up by party apparatchiks in Labour HQ in recent weeks, which details the most likely crises that an incoming Labour government will face in its first year. (45 words)
Describing his relationship with the Labour leader, Mr Sarwar said: “He knows that he will always have in me someone that wants to see a Labour Party succeed, someone who wants a UK Labour government, and someone who will always fight Scotland’s corner. (44 words)
Example sentences (20)
Rachael Maskell, Labour MP for York Central, said: "Once again evidence shows that if the housing crisis is to be addressed, we need a Labour Government and Labour Council.
Describing his relationship with the Labour leader, Mr Sarwar said: “He knows that he will always have in me someone that wants to see a Labour Party succeed, someone who wants a UK Labour government, and someone who will always fight Scotland’s corner.
I look forward to a Labour Government taking this area as seriously as the last Labour Government, who were the first and only government to set out a National Childcare Strategy.
The Labour leader quoted as has promised to shake up government to boost economic growth, fix the and tackle crime as part of his five “missions” for a Labour government.
He said: “So my 10-point plan today we can do, God forbid even if there isn’t a Labour government, I’ve made clear during the campaign which of my promises we can do even with this lot, and which promises I could do with a Labour government.
It comes as the Labour leader is also considering plans to allow millions of EU citizens to vote in general elections under a Labour government.
Labour economy spokeswoman Rachel Reeves told the conference on Monday that a Labour government would “tax fairly and spend wisely,” using economic growth to fund public services and boosting investment through a new national wealth fund.
He said neighbourhood policing will only be able to be restored “with a Labour government and a Labour mayor”, adding “that’s why 2024 is so important”.
I thought of Streeting’s revealing turn of phrase when I saw the so-called “sh** list” drawn up by party apparatchiks in Labour HQ in recent weeks, which details the most likely crises that an incoming Labour government will face in its first year.
One of my slogans if that if you like Birmingham Labour you will love a Labour government.
The election provides a “window of opportunity” for a Labour-run to lobby for greater support from a Labour Government in Westminster, Ms Jennings added.
The Labour Party does not want, and a future Labour government does not want, to cut the tax burden.
When Sir Keir Starmer set out his “first steps” for a Labour government last week, housing was not explicitly mentioned in the pledge card, but the Labour leader said this would feed into the party’s commitment to create economic stability.
The postwar Keynesian compact was shaped, at least in part, by the demands of a vibrant labour movement, and given impetus through a Labour government swept into power by popular acclaim.
The Labour leader has been adamant he will not do deals with other parties and that an independence referendum would not be a "priority" in the early years of a Labour government.
The Labour manifesto says a Labour government will ‘decriminalise abortions’.
As well as being a potential programme of government for a newly independent Scotland, these objectives will simultaneously be our immediate schedule of policy demands on a new Labour government.
Britain’s last Conservative government passed a that it said would promote free speech at universities but that critics said could be used to protect hate speech; the new Labour government halted it.
Harriett Baldwin, the Tory MP for West Worcestershire, said: “I have always opposed Stalinist top-down housing targets and this latest statement by the Government is everything I warned about a new Labour Government.
He said, “First, we expect that there should be improved labour government industrial relations, full implementation of minimum wage across the board for the federal, state, local government and private sector workers.