Sentences with phrase «coalition policy on»

«It is not possible to criticise the new Coalition policy on climate change because it does not exist,» Mr Turnbull wrote in an opinion column in 2009.

The speech threw coalition policy on immigration into disarray, with one senior Lib Dem branding the speech a return to «dog whistle» politics and government sources struggling to confirm whether reducing immigration to «tens of thousands» was official policy.

Ed's badly received conference speech, considered somewhere between impenetrable and irritating by most observers, angered the business lobby by dividing companies into goodies and baddies, while irritating the left by signing up to coalition policies on welfare.

This enabled the Labour leader to move the national economic debate from dry discussions about deficits on to the impact of coalition policies on ordinary, hard - working families squeezed by rising prices.

Not exact matches

Within the coalition are two factions: those pushing to play hardball on Capitol Hill by threatening to force uncooperative lawmakers from office in November, and those who'd rather see the debate settled at the congressional negotiating table sooner rather than later, even if it means making policy concessions to companies such as Verizon and Comcast.

«The 5 - Star Movement is the real winner of the election,» said SEL leader Nichi Vendola, who said that his coalition would have to deal with Grillo, who mixes fierce attacks on corruption with policies ranging from clean energy to free Internet.

Returning to the same south Texas courthouse where a Texas - led coalition won a sweeping victory against a key immigration policy of the Obama Administration more than three years ago, Texas and some of its former allies moved on Tuesday to scuttle the last remaining part of that policy — the so - called «DACA» program.

TweetThe STEM Education Coalition Policy Forum joined the National Science Teachers Association, American Chemical Society, Afterschool Alliance, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Education Development Center, and the Association for Computing Machinery to host the another round of the Policy Forum's continued education briefing series on informal education.

TweetThe STEM Education Coalition Policy Forum was proud to collaborate with the Afterschool Alliance, the Association of Science — Technology Centers, the Education Development Center, and the National Science Teachers Association to host the first of a series of briefings on informal STEM education.

The STEM Education Coalition Policy Forum joined the National Science Teachers Association, American Chemical Society, Afterschool Alliance, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Education Development Center, and the Association for Computing Machinery to host the another round of the Policy Forum's continued education briefing series on informal education.

TweetOn May 10, the STEM Education Coalition Policy Forum hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill.

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Find an educational feature that provides an overview of the structure and policies of a possible coalition government, focusing on the two accords signed on December 1, 2008 by the Liberal Party of Canada, the New Democratic Party of Canada, and the Bloc Québécois.

Urban voters will not back a Wildrose / PC coalition (assuming it gets off the ground) because they're too progressive to regress on social policy.

Over at Cato, Julian Sanchez has written a post about how the aftermath of healthcare reform could reveal faultlines in existing political coalitions and trigger realignment: There's no intrinsic commonality between, say, «left» positions on taxation, foreign policy, and reproductive....

Although the ACCC said the legal action follows a complaint from the Obesity Policy Coalition on toddler foods which make health claims but are made mostly from fruit juice concentrate, consumer advocacy group CHOICE also reported on one of the Shreadz products produced by Heinz in May 2016.

Responding to latest calls from the Obesity Policy Coalition for calls for a tax on soft drinks, Australian Beverages Council CEO Geoff Parker said;

Tax on soft drinks is a light - weight solution for tackling a bigger issue: Australian Beverages Council hits back at Obesity Policy Coalition

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Media Statement 15 May, 2015 Tax on soft drinks is a light - weight solution for tackling a bigger issue: Australian Beverages Council hits back at Obesity Policy Coalition Responding to latest calls from the Obesity Policy Coalition for calls for a tax on soft drinks, Australian Beverages Council CEO Geoff Parker said; «Fundamentally, you have to -LSB-...]

But Labor at all levels will be blaming the lack of jobs growth on the Coalition's «hardline» policies, arguing that greater financial subsidies to various companies are vital to stop a rise in unemployment.

The responses effectively blurred the lines between the two major parties on the issue of foreign investment, despite repeated statements from Labor ministers supporting foreign investment and ridiculing the Coalition's policy.

This The National Interest on ABC Radio National and indeed listening in to that conversation is Jane Martin, the senior policy adviser with the Obesity Policy Coalition; it's a group of Victorian health organisapolicy adviser with the Obesity Policy Coalition; it's a group of Victorian health organisaPolicy Coalition; it's a group of Victorian health organisations.

Presenters at the public summit included Nate Lewis, Farm Policy Director for the Organic Trade Association, speaking on how to build organic farmer coalitions and encourage farmers to transition to organic; Dr. Jessica Shade, Director of Science Programs for The Organic Center, presenting the latest research on the benefits of organic; and Monique Marez, who gave an update and analysis of global organic trade and imports.

FI joins call for new deal for dads in election manifestos The Fatherhood Institute has joined a coalition of charities and trade unions, to call on the UK's political parties to include policies aimed at promoting involved fatherhood in their election manifestos.

Jeremy Davies writes: Emerging details about the Pupil Premium suggest schools could focus on increasing father - involvement as a key response to this major Coalition policy initiative.

Other Coalition policy is clear on the need to include fathers: right at the beginning, this Coalition committed to «supporting shared parenting from the earliest stages of pregnancy» and followed this with the important policy documents SUPPORTING FAMILIES IN THE FOUNDATION YEARS and THE HEALTHY CHILD PROGRAMME.

We also helped develop the Men's Coalition — a partnership launched in November 2007 by a group of agencies (Men's Health Forum, Respect, Fatherhood Institute, Men's Advice Line, Relate, the Research Unit on Men and Masculinities at Bradford University, NCH and the White Ribbon Campaign) to ensure public policies take full account of the specific needs and experiences of men and boys (eg across health, parenting and caring, relationships, education, employment, crime and violence).

FI briefing: Our evidence to the Childhood and Families Taskforce In our evidence to the Coalition Government's Children and Families Taskforce, we demonstrate the relevance of active fatherhood to all these policy issues; and explain how and why the reorienting of children / families policy and practice to include a specific focus on involving fathers is essential if the Coalition is to achieve its aims.

The coalition has been awarded three grants over the past five years: Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease and Pulmonary Disease Grant with the goal of increasing the number of policies and practices that promote and support breastfeeding - friendly environments; Business Case for Breastfeeding Grant to educate employers on how to comply with the Workplace Accommodations for Nursing Mothers Act and a Women Infants and Children (WIC) Local Agency Breastfeeding Special Project Grant.

In our Promoting Strong Couple Relationships paper we considered a range of options for how the Coalition Government might use the promotion of strong couple relationships in its policy development, thus enabling a shift away from public services focused solely or primarily on the mother and child.

Her previous work experience includes the Center for Community Change as a policy analyst on transportation issues and Housing Comes First, Missouri's statewide low - income housing coalition, as director of tenant organizing.

The coalition's «women - friendly» policies on flexible working, parental leave, nursery places and health visitors have meanwhile failed to register, it notes.

LCGB hosts the web page for the UK working group of WBTi (World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative) which is a coalition of organisations involved in infant feeding in the UK who are working together to improve the UK's performance on key breastfeeding policies and programmes.

Coalitions need to be made with German support, in which its government, as all the others in Europe, has to focus on the national political implication of each European policy - shift.

Laws had a rare vantage point at the centre of Coalition government as he attended the Quad, met regularly with Clegg and his policy advisers, served on important Cabinet Committees, frequently brokering deals between the Coalition parties.

In fact Stephen Beer claimed Labour needed to respond to the tough decisions it faced on the economy, outline an economic plan for the future rather than a retrospective attack on Coalition policy and most importantly close the economic credibility gap that was first conceived and then grew during Labour's last years in office.

So, to be true to itself, should the left just warmly embrace conditionality and support the Coalition government's policies on this matter?

That «coalition» approach is underpinned by the 97 - 01 policy agenda of new deal on jobs and windfall tax, minimum wage, devolution and FoI, public services, social chapter and pro-EU, feminisation of the PLP through shortlists, alongside macroecon stability, aversion to tax rises spoke to a party coalition; the post-01 agenda was arguably rather narrower, with new labour seeming to be about a particular method of public service reform.

A coalition of environmental and conservation organizations on Wednesday released a letter thanking Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York for pushing back against Trump administration policies they contend favors polluters.

FPEEG, the All - Party Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency Group, is a coalition of cross party MPs and industry stakeholders committed to maintain awareness in Parliament of fuel poverty issues; to monitor and comment on progress against government's targets to eradicate fuel poverty; to advocate policies that deliver affordable warmth for vulnerable households with emphasis on improved domestic energy efficiency including effective thermal insulation alongside efficient and effective heating systems.

If the Lib Dems had formed a coalition with LAbour, either in 1997 or in 2010, it would have been a predominant Labour policy agenda based on the votes cast.

To avoid a similar fiasco, the SPD has insisted this time on a number of social policies in the 2013 coalition treaty, such as the introduction of a minimum wage, more flexibility in the pension system, an increase in old - age pensions and benefits for the chronically ill as well as an increase in social expenditure on matters like education, health and family benefits.

On the BBC's Sunday Politics programme this week, former Defence Secretary and darling of the Tory Right, Liam Fox, suggested that «it is a game for academics» to discern as to whether a Cameron Government policy (i.e. without Liberal Democrat restraint) would be that different from a Coalition Government policy.

The coalition agreement, which, let us remember, was negotiated and produced within 5 days, appeared to give the Tories most of what they wanted, and especially on the all - important economic policy side of things.

He added: «When we return in the autumn to vote on this again, we fully expect the Conservatives to deliver this crucial part of the coalition deal - as we have delivered other coalition policies.»

They are natural bedfellows, and as I pointed out on my blog, I see very few areas of policy on which a Tory - Lib coalition would work.

Again, the legislative programme here does not bode well for the Coalition Government and its dearth of policies on growth is alarmingly complacent.

Ditto the widely - trailed coalition announcements on the income tax threshold (where Nick Clegg has been desperate to stop the Tories claiming credit for the policy they opposed in 2010) and childcare.

The SNP and Labour may disagree on what that alternative might be, particularly since Labour has, to all intents and purposes, accepted that it will initially inherit the coalition government's policy commitments.