Nina Khazaezadeh, a consultant midwife at St Thomas' Hospital, says she often meets patients who want a Caesarean due to a "perceived lack of control, fears of inadequate care provision and lack of support during labour and delivery".
Part of the trouble stems from New Labour's lack of defined philosophical underpinnings.
More troubling, unemployment in the past two years would have been even higher but for a disturbing lack of growth in the labour force: that is, the number of people either working or searching for work.
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More than 60% of the world's rough diamonds come from Africa, he says, but a lack of expertise and relatively high labour costs means that the stones are usually shipped overseas, to countries such as India, for assessment and cutting.
The former fundraiser and Middle East envoy criticised the "lack of strong leadership" in the Labour Party.
They point to Labour's lack of policies, particularly on what they'd do differently to tackle the deficit.
The lack of apparent coherence signals how anxious Labour is about the issue.
But some in the party have criticised what they see as a lack of grip at No 10 and Labour's upbeat conference does increase the pressure on David Cameron to give a clear sense of direction and leadership.
Those first few hours sum up all the problems of doing business in Indonesia: excessive red tape, unproductive labour, bad infrastructure, a lack of respect for the rule of law and a reputation for lax security.
Zita Holbourne, of the Public and Commercial Services Union, which is not affiliated to Labour, felt there was a lack of personal chemistry between workers and Mr Miliband's team.
Labour also criticised the lack of detail on contact points planned for civic buildings.
But Tory strategists say it will not fundamentally alter their plans to attack the Labour leader for a lack of alternative economic policies.
Despite strong objections to the lack of a tick-box, everyone, Labour said, should fill in the forms when they arrive through the letterbox next April.
For developing countries, the lack of any commitments in the area of trade and labour is another victory.
Gwyn Prosser (Dover, Labour) was concerned about a lack of job increases from the changed tax policies in shipping.
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"The Labour government has shown a considerable lack of backbone by kicking this issue into the long grass, " he said.
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The lack of a commitment to a hunting bill will anger some Labour backbenchers after the Lords blocked attempts to ban hunting with dogs earlier this year.
Indeed, his attack on the Tories was a populist necessity to make up for the lack of the public-spending promises normally necessary to bring Labour delegates to their feet.
Ringing the alarm on the stagnating progress towards reaching universal primary education, the United Nations' Special Envoy for Global Education Mr Gordon Brown, urged that every failing country should draw up an action plan to address obstacles to schooling, from child labour and early marriage to poor sanitation and lack of facilities in rural areas, which the international community should come into support.
Government claims about jobs created or saved through support for Airbus and Rover also lack credibility, especially at a time of generally low unemployment and tight labour markets.
Labour's Dr Richard Simpson said there was a lack of evidence for minimum pricing and the policy was unacceptable.
Labour peer Lord Knight accused the government of a "lack of action" on waste reduction and suggested that more rigidly enforced targets might help.
But Labour MP Keith Vaz accused the commissioner of showing a lack of "basic policing instinct" over his handling of the affair and said he "seemed to have no regret for anything that has happened".
He also accused the Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition at Holyrood of having a "lack of high quality leadership".
Labour's Sarah Boyack said she was concerned by a lack of sense of urgency to put policies into practice, particularly on transport.
This was backed up by French labour MEP Pervenche Beres, who said that there was a lack of access to the marketplace for companies involved in providing social services.
Another cyclist, Labour's Lord Haskel, believed the biggest issue was the lack of separate road space for road users.
Soon afterwards, Labour stopped claiming that schools' problems were mainly down to a lack of money, rather than their teaching methods or the way they were run.
However, due to the lack of skilled craftsmen in Cuba, where African slaves made up the bulk of the labour force, Cuban Baroque became a simplified version of European Baroque, with a more streamlined and muscular profile than Paris or Vienna.
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