Sentences with phrase «coalition proposals for»

And that, at least in part, is why Danny Alexander, the Lib Dem chief secretary to the treasury, has decided to leak old coalition proposals for cutting benefits a week before the election.

«It is clear that the coalition proposals for the highest public university fees in the world have not gained public support,» shadow business secretary John Denham commented.

Coalition proposals for the civil justice system threaten the foundations of the British legal system, the former director of public prosecutions warned today.

Not exact matches

For example, the Coalition for Derivatives End Users, which includes Cargill and Shell among many others, lobbied alongside banks as Dodd - Frank was being written and in its aftermath to ease some derivatives reform proposals like higher margin requiremenFor example, the Coalition for Derivatives End Users, which includes Cargill and Shell among many others, lobbied alongside banks as Dodd - Frank was being written and in its aftermath to ease some derivatives reform proposals like higher margin requiremenfor Derivatives End Users, which includes Cargill and Shell among many others, lobbied alongside banks as Dodd - Frank was being written and in its aftermath to ease some derivatives reform proposals like higher margin requirements.

A coalition of at least 74 investors have filed proposals at 50 companies asking for lobbying reports that include federal and state lobbying payments, payments to trade associations used for lobbying, and payments to any tax - exempt organization that writes and endorses model legislation.

The Financial Planning Coalition — which includes the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, the Financial Planning Association and the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors — said in a statement that the White House's support of DOL's proposal «is a strong sign that investor protection is a priority for this Administration.»

Wilson hopes that such race - neutral proposals might become the basis for a new political coalition of groups pressing for economic and social reform.

Raise Your Hand's director Wendy Katten, who assembled the coalition of 16 parent and community groups to oppose Emanuel's initial 7 1/2 hour school day proposal, said that while the mayor shortened his proposal to 7 hours the group plans to keep pressing for more arts, music and foreign language programs...

I have no doubt that the founders and supporters of the Coalition for Divorce Reform, which promotes the Parental Divorce Reduction Act, and the Institute for American Values, which endorses the Second Chances proposal, are sincerely concerned about the number of young children being disrupted by divorce every year.

The coalition's interest in a Labour backbencher's proposals on early intervention faces the acid test - with a demand for # 10 million.

«Under our proposals no student will have to pay upfront for tuition and both parties in the coalition have worked hard to develop a much fairer and progressive graduate contribution scheme,» the business secretary pointed out.

Last month he masterminded a letter of his own on the EU referendum, getting nearly 100 Tories to sign up to his proposal for the coalition to legislation on giving the British public a vote at some time in the next parliament.

Conservative plans to increase childcare ratios are conspicuously absent from today's final proposals from the Department for Education, handing Nick Clegg a sizeable coalition victory over Michael Gove.

You could feasibly write about how the coalition government looks unlikely to tackle it (ie, Tories dropped their IHT threshold raise and raised CGT, but it seems very unlikely that they'll go further on either position; tax reform overall remains to be seen, but I don't hold out much hope while it consists of «crackdowns» rather than actual proposals for changing the law).

Current proposals will prove unworkable if the coalition presses ahead with them, she claimed, warning that the extent of future defaults has been underestimated and suggesting taxpayers will pay far more than the savings achieved «for many years to come».

It is an interesting proposal — though it would achieve nothing now that the coalition deal has scuppered widespread left - leaning support for reform.

By SLF Co-Chair Gareth Epps It's not just social Liberals and those Liberal Democrats least comfortable with the coalition that have expressed dismay at the proposal that has become known as «shares for rights».

«That's the basic, relatively modest proposals that were in the coalition agreement, and there's no obvious excuse or good reason for David Cameron to block that bill now.

When Mr Clegg announced the end of the proposals last month, he claimed the Tories had broken the coalition «contract» and that, as a result, his Liberal Democrat MPs could no longer support changes to constituency boundaries for the 2015 general election.

«I'd like to thank Governor Cuomo for adding this funding to his budget proposal and recognize all of my colleagues in the legislature and the advocates, especially the Let New York Vote Coalition, who have worked tirelessly to make early voting a reality in New York.

Bringing forward proposals for Lords reform was unavoidable because of the coalition agreement, but there is no case for spending any more time on them in this parliament.

Liberal Democrats, who have already rejected such proposals, have limited tolerance for Conservatives who are increasingly ignoring the Coalition Agreement they signed up to.

The coalition had pledged to bring forward proposals for a wholly or mainly elected upper House by December 2010, but has still not done so.

So if Labour offered the Lib Dems a convention followed by a referendum on the convebtion's proposal I'd be happy with that - I wouldn't then see Labour as responsible for failing to effect a coalition.

Now that those plans have been scuppered by Coalition disarray, Cheryl Gillan should waste no time in dropping her own proposals, for which she has no mandate.

ALBANY — After days of deliberations, the State Senate's governing coalition released a 55 - page resolution outlining their budget priorities, with proposals to halt rising property taxes, and modify Governor Andrew Cuomo's plans for estate taxes and renter credits.

The main report by the joint committee of peers and MPs published on Monday broadly welcomes the coalition's proposals, but calls for a post-legislative referendum and says «a concordat» will have to be agreed between the two elected houses on their respective powers.

However, on occasion, turkeys do vote for Christmas, and I should like to welcome the coalition's proposals to abolish police authorities and replace us with directly elected individuals.

Senior coalition figures say backbench proposal will destroy European single market, while William Hague calls for realism

«These vital talks have denied me the chance to support the coalition government's progressive proposals to give financial security to our world class universities sector and make the repayment system for students fairer.»

He examines the wide - ranging proposals for constitutional reform, which were in the coalition agreement.

Following of week of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and surrogates pushing for a statewide universal pre-Kindergarten plan funded out of the budget, the coalition backing universal pre-K in the city is distributing a flyer this Caucus Weekend pushing Albany officials on the proposal backed by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Police reform proposals reflect a bad habit of the coalition: why are ministers constantly making trouble for themselves?

New Yorkers for Economic Growth, a coalition of small businesses, grape growers, liquor store owners, wineries, consumers, and grocers, unveiled a new 30 - second TV ad that urges New Yorkers to pressure lawmakers to support legalizing the sale of wine in grocery stores — a proposal that so far has failed to catch fire in Albany.

«We look forward to the coalition doing the right thing and bringing forward concrete proposals to ensure an end to these unethical practices once and for all.»

The proposal to give tax relief worth about # 2,000 for each child aged under five was one of the biggest ideas to emerge from the coalition's midterm review earlier this week.

Singer Miley Cyrus has written a letter to Cuomo and legislative leaders backing a proposal by state Sen. Brad Hoylman, Coalition for Homeless Youth and Empire State Pride Agenda to include $ 4.75 million for homeless youth in the 2015 - 16 budget.

A comprehensive proposal for a new «Post Bank» to run as part of the Post Office Network is launched today (Tuesday 17 March) by a new coalition of trade unions, a business organisation, pensioner and pressure groups and charities.

Writing in an article for the Times newspaper, David Cameron addresses criticisms of the coalition's NHS reform proposals:

Peers voted for an amendment rejecting the coalition's proposal to replace antisocial behaviour orders (Asbos) with injunctions to prevent nuisance or annoyance (Ipnas), which would be much easier to impose and would affect many more people.

Labour and the Liberal Democrats put forward their proposals for press regulation today, in a sign of warming relations between the two parties which could herald a Lib - Lab coalition in 2015.

May 20th 2010 - After Britain's general election, the Conservative - Liberal Democrat coalition's programme for government states: «We will implement the proposals of the Calman Commission.»

The governor's proposal also comes a day after the seven - member Independent Democratic Conference decided it would once again form a coalition with the Senate Republicans, much to the chagrin of larger Democratic caucus, which has been out of power in the body for the last six years.

Its response to the coalition's consultation on proposals to allow same - sex couples to marry in the same way as heterosexual couples attacks ministers for pursuing the reform «for essentially ideological reasons» and concludes doing so would be «deeply unwise».

The mayor largely lost this round on policy substance, but his lieutenants believe de Blasio will get credit — especially with city voters — for having done the responsible thing by presenting fleshed - out proposals and assembling broad coalitions to lobby in their favor.

The IDC's proposal is a major step to providing support for working families so that they can be fully present at work knowing their children are in safe, quality care,» said Deborah King, Chair of the New York Union Child Care Coalition.

Katwala said of proposals for an elected House of Lords:» [The coalition] have got to have some baubles on the Lib Dem tree.

A spokesperson for Labour leader Ed Miliband said the central concern the opposition has about the coalition's proposals, which will be published in full tomorrow morning, is that ministers are refusing to allow the public a say on the change.

Doing so could have prevented proposals like environment secretary Caroline Spelman's forestry U-turn or the ongoing NHS reform crisis escalating to levels embarrassing for the coalition, they argue.

Responding to the report published today by Policy Exchange arguing for reform of the public sector pay and pensions frameworks, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: «This report appears to be another example of supporters of the Coalition Government seeking to rally support for localised pay in the face of a dearth of evidence to back up the Coalition's proposals for the abolition of national pay frameworks for public services.