Sentences with phrase «as the chancellor made»

As the chancellor made clear late last year, he is keen to look at options for simplifying the pension system, and that is precisely what we are doing.

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It makes me shudder that every time we talk about money in our Bible study group, one person says «ah but are we not told to favor kith and kin, it does not surprise me that saying comes from our Germanic blood, as can be seen from the German chancellor Angela Mercoles attitude to Europe, lets not go there.

It was typical railroading from a man known as «Maximum John» during his time as DA, and surely a rare instance of a university system chancellor making decisions about a mascot.

His own hubris and mistakes as chancellor had made Britain's underlying fiscal position worse.

With talk of divisions on the subject of the Lisbon treaty dominating the conference, Tory HQ will be hoping the famously pro-European former chancellor does not make life any harder for David Cameron as he tries to prevent infighting.

As the chancellor decimates local authority budgets, he's encouraging councils to make one - off assets sales to plug the gap.

On the other hand, it allows Balls to portray himself as the man making the tough decisions — an image the chancellor has rather cultivated himself.

Next week's Budget will be make or break for the chancellor as resentment grows among Conservative MPs.

There are signs here that the Conservatives are sensitive to the charge that employment numbers can mask some grim realities in the workplace, but if everyone is going to embrace change with as much relish as the chancellor, he'll need to make good on his promise to equip them to do so.

The chancellor attacks the working poor while presenting himself as a champion of social justice - but it's Labour's weakness which made it possible.

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has said that the shadow chancellor Ed Balls» pledge to axe winter fuel payments for wealthier pensioners shows he is «making it up as he goes along»:

The announcement came as the chancellor sought to persuade business leaders that he was working for a «Britain made for globalisation - the location of choice and the place for business to be».

The chancellor will be consulting on ways to make 20 - 25 year fixed loans, such as those seen in the US and Germany, a real option for homebuyers.

Mr Clarke, who served as chancellor under John Major, wants a return to proper cabinet government, arguing it is essential «to make government work better and to reverse public cynicism about the tacky system of government and politics which New Labour has imposed upon us.»

David Cameron said «we have to make room for everybody» about the leanings of the teenage Miliband, as he spoke about the UK's future relationship with the EU, and he took a swipe at the shadow chancellor.

This was regarded as a deeply hostile act and fed suspicions that Hammond is looking to become chancellor in a post - Cameron government or even to make a play for the Tory leadership.

More recently, How cutting corporation tax would boost revenue uses new regression analysis and examples to make the case that the dynamic rewards from cutting corporate tax are now sufficient to increase revenue and Gordon Brown's Economic Failure provided the most comprehensive case yet that Brown's record as chancellor was a poor one.

Gordon Brown holds the ministerial record with 46 appointments in all, 23 as chancellor and 23 as prime minister; David Cameron has made 21 so far, Michael Gove has made 11.

Yvette Cooper is the only Labour figure who has made it into the coverage today in her capacity as shadow work and pensions secretary, which incidentally can't be doing her profile as a potential shadow chancellor any home.

«You have to question whether Gordon Brown made a promise he couldn't keep - Gordon Brown got us into this mess as chancellor and prime minister,» he said.

And he will remember as I do the insistent and increasingly shrill «jaw - boning» from a defiant chancellor who could not acknowledge that continued ERM membership was making the recession worse.

He couldn't make him lord chancellor either, as he didn't Lloyd had enough gravitas for the role.

Carvalho had already privately accepted the job as New York City schools chancellor, which would have made him chief of the nation's largest school system.

As George Osborne prepares to make his autumn statement today, what challenges should the chancellor focus on?

By far the best move Cameron could make would be to reshuffle his cabinet on the Friday after the poll (again, assuming he wins), inserting Michael Gove as chancellor and moving Osborne to foreign secretary.

The shadow chancellor George Osborn singled out comments made by the six deputy candidates as proof of Labour's leftward shift.

The chancellor made the announcement in his pre-Budget report as part of a series of measures designed to help more people on to the property ladder.

Backbenchers such as Anna Soubry and Nicky Morgan have made it clear that they agree with the chancellor's approach.

More broadly, the Tories and Lib Dems have been slogging it out making cuts and savings and appearing as evil axe - men together, so when the chancellor was able to announce the economy picking up — the OBR has revised down its deficit forecasts, with a small surplus emerging by 2018/19 — there were grins all round the government benches.

«Far from just Iain Duncan Smith resigning, if a chancellor puts forward a Budget - as he did - knowing full well that he is making this huge hit on the disabled, then really it should perhaps be him who should be considering his position.

Several remain - backing Conservatives also expressed their concerns about the government's plans for Brexit during the two - day debate, with former chancellor George Osborne warning that May had decided not to make the economy the first priority as she opens negotiations.

But in the latest unlikely cross-party collaboration coordinated by the Stronger In campaign, the chancellor and his predecessor accused Vote Leave of «making it up as you go along».

Much is made of the purported lack of faith that George Osborne, the chancellor, has in Mr Duncan Smith, as if concerns are confined to the traditionally snooty Treasury.

Current chancellor Dennis Walcott shares his thoughts on NYC education as he prepares to leave office, making sure Mayor Michael Bloomberg's school - reform policies are secured.

• The chancellor George Osborne announced he would make a speech in the morning in a bid to calm the markets as it emerged that pound had fallen in early Asian trading on Monday.

A spokesman said on Friday that Mr. Silver also opposed making changes to the state's teacher evaluation system that would increase the weight of state tests, and opposed increasing the probationary period for teachers to five years from three, as the chancellor of the State Board of Regents, Merryl H. Tisch, proposed in a recent letter to the governor's office.

This is in spite of his making so many concessions to the Blairites, starting with not appointing Balls as shadow chancellor.

To deliver this strategy he made a deliberate choice not to appoint Ed Balls as shadow chancellor, but opted for the Blairite Alan Johnson.

The chancellor will be forced to reveal a grim set of economic forecasts in his first set - piece House of Commons statement, as the independent Office for Budget Responsibility makes its first projections of the impact of Brexit on growth and the public finances.

The chancellor outlined a series of complex new welfare reforms to make the extra savings, as he claimed that the coalition was confronting a «decade of debt».

As the government attempts to tackle Britain's record # 155bn deficit the chancellor will say that public spending will be refocused without sacrificing economic growth or making society unfair.

As new chancellor he is preparing to make deep spending cuts and tax hikes in next month's emergency Budget.

Memoirs should be written only by extraordinary people, and as we read Radical, Michelle Rhee's chronicle of her Korean American upbringing, college years, Teach For America experience, tenure as D.C. schools chancellor and now as head of a national advocacy group, we should keep in mind what makes her noteworthy in the education world.

The joint letter noted that unions want the government to restore pay levels to at least the levels that existed before the start of the pay restraint in 2010; give teachers a pay rise of five per cent in 2019 as a first step towards restoration; make teacher pay a priority in discussions within the government; and provide sufficient additional funding for this increase in teachers» pay in the chancellor's budget statement this autumn.

The AVU advisory committee made up of deputy - vice chancellors (DVCs), academics and national coordinators from member countries ministries of education were also part of the conference as well as AVU strategic partners.

Alberto Carvalho, the superintendent of Miami - Dade County, made a big splash this year when he accepted, and then rejected, an offer from Bill de Blasio to serve as New York City's schools chancellor.

Since becoming chancellor, Farina has made no secret of her loyalty to her mentor's notions about reading; she reportedly deployed them to good effect as the principal of P.S. 6, in the heart of Manhattan's affluent Upper East Side.

A spokesman said on Friday that Mr. Silver also opposed making changes to the state's teacher evaluation system that would increase the weight of state tests, and opposed increasing the probationary period for teachers to five years from three, as the chancellor of the State Board of Regents, Merryl H. Tisch, proposed in a recent letter to the governor's office.

The city's schools chancellor, Joel I. Klein, said the «state tests need to get more rigorous, but that doesn't take away from the gains we have made» in improving city performance compared with the state as a whole.

New York Daily News — On Friday, Mayor de Blasio made his first move against charter schools as his chancellor vowed to transfer $ 210 million slated for charter classroom space into pre-K programs.