Labour contracts are fixed until 2015, while new cars, such as the Chevrolet Equinox crossover, are keeping downsized factories humming at near capacity.
If income is declining, which it is both because vacancy rates are rising and also because local councils are cutting the amounts they are willing to pay for care, labour is a fixed cost, then obviously rent needs to be reduced to avoid bankruptcy.
Labour supports the idea of fixed term Parliaments but terms of fours years rather than five.
Labour supports the idea of fixed term Parliaments but wants four-year terms, rather than five.
Labour is pretty much a fixed amount as there are staffing standards and regulations which must be met.
While Labour supports the idea of fixed term Parliaments, it claims the bill in its current form "does not stand up to scrutiny".
In any economy, the fallacy says, there is only a fixed amount of work (a lump of labour) to do.
The Labour manifesto also said it would introduce fixed term parliaments, but did not say how long they would be.
Labour and the Lib Dems both promised fixed-term parliaments in their election manifestos and the Tories, as part of the agreement with their new partners, have now come into line.
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Mr Clegg also announced he was changing plans on giving MPs the power to dissolve Parliament before the fixed term is expired, following heavy criticism by Labour and some Tory MPs.
In 2006, Labour gave patients the right to choose where to be treated for routine surgery, introduced a fixed price for many procedures carried out in hospitals, and allowed those that balanced their books the right to become more independent Foundation Trusts.
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