Sentence examples for taking on labour from inspiring English sources

Liberal Democrats taking on Labour in the cities, Liberal Democrats challenging Conservatives in the country.

In parts of the north-west Ukip will be taking on Labour.

However, this is a slight shift in emphasis from what Clegg said last week, of taking on Labour in their heartlands in the North, rather than fighting the Tories in the South-west.

Less promisingly, he may reimpose capital-gains tax on the sale of shares held by one company in another, which was abolished at the start of this year.And he aims to lower social-security contributions, shared between workers and employers and often blamed by the latter as a disincentive to taking on labour.

I understand the argument that you don't veer off into being traditional left-wing tax and spend I spent 30 years of my life, by choice - because I didn't have to live in Southwark - taking on Labour municipalism - successfully, because Southwark is undoubtedly better run now than ever before.

In neighbouring Poplar and Limehouse, where George Galloway is taking on Labour's Jim Fitzpatrick and Tory newcomer Tim Archer, the lead is around 4,000.

And I've helped colleagues take on Labour in many other places where we've been successful.

The son of billionaire industrialist Sir James Goldsmith was announced as the Tory candidate on Friday morning and will take on Labour's Sadiq Khan in the battle to replace the out-going Boris Johnson next May.

Angell said future priorities included "renewing the ideas of the centre-left; stopping a hard-left takeover in constituencies; and training a new generation of talent to take on Labour's challenges".

Zac Goldsmith, the golden-haired, blue-eyed son and grandson of millionaires, has been announced as the Conservative candidate to take on Labour's Sadiq Khan, the son of a bus driver who came to this country from Pakistan.

Labour narrowly saw off UKIP in the recent Heywood and Middleton by-election, and Mr Farage has vowed to take on Labour's "northern heartlands" in the general election.