Sentences with phrase «conservative general election manifesto»

Oliver Letwin Mr Letwin, who is in charge of drawing up the Conservative general election manifesto, claimed more than # 2,000 to replace a leaking pipe under his tennis court.

Theresa May will reportedly abandon her Conservative general election manifesto pledge to give MPs a free vote on whether to overturn the foxhunting ban.

In an unusually frank passage, this year's Conservative general election manifesto made clear that House of Lords reform «is not a priority in this parliament».

Michael Gove is facing demands from Labour to explain whether the government has abandoned a Conservative general election manifesto pledge to give MPs a free vote on whether to overturn the foxhunting ban.

Not exact matches

Tory platform says no Brexit deal better than bad one UK prime minister Theresa May unveiled the Conservative Party manifesto on Thursday, setting the stage for the general election on 8 June.

Mr Alexander said his party would start campaigning for change immediately and if it couldn't convince its Conservative coalition partners it would made a manifesto pledge ahead of the next General Election.

He noted that neither Labour nor the Conservatives had mentioned the «M» word in their respective manifestos at the last general election.

The PSOE / Conservative Party general election manifestos made no mention to whether the party / government would campaign to leave or stay in NATO / the EU.

Expect the Conservative manifesto in any early general election to be scrutinised for a continued commitment to a triple lock - and for it to become a huge issue if it is missing.

I suppose after the Tories misled voters at the general election with a manifesto that could be filed on the fiction shelf, impersonation is an obvious principle - free option for Conservatives without scruples.

But while the Conservative manifesto explicitly states the policy would be kept until 2020, increasing talk of an early general election calls into question whether it will remain a commitment for as long as many will have expected.

The Conservatives have launched a sober - looking general election manifesto with large chunks of...

The introduction of metro mayors, on the other hand, was part of the Conservative Party manifesto ahead of the 2015 general election, and part of their wider plan to devolve more powers from national government to city regions.

This bill was a key Conservative manifesto pledge in the run - up to the general election.

The Conservative manifesto for the 2015 general election contained a promise not to raise income tax, VAT, or national insurance for the duration of the parliament.

In the title of its May 2010 General Election manifesto, the Conservative Party extended an Invitation to Join The Government of Britain.

The Conservatives are set to woo countryside voters by pledging to introduce «shire deals» for local authorities in their general election manifesto.

If you were to go by the Labour and Conservative manifestos, in this general election over 80 % of the population supported a hard Brexit.

Commenting on the Conservative Party's general election manifesto, which was published today, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» uniongeneral election manifesto, which was published today, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» unionGeneral Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said:

The former minister's proposal is likely to be rejected outright by Conservative ministers, after the party pledged to protect payments to older people in their 2010 general election manifesto.

As part of their manifesto at the 2015 general election, the Conservative Party promised to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 and replace it with a «British Bill of Rights».

With the General Election now less than three weeks away, the very different tactics of Labour and the Conservatives will be on display today as both parties launch their Welsh manifestos.

The referendum was called after Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron made a manifesto commitment in the 2015 UK general election to undertake a renegotiation of the UK's membership to the European Union which would be followed by a in - out referendum.

Now that the dust has settled, I thought I'd write about the Conservative Party's recently published chapter on crime for their manifesto for the forthcoming general election from Big Brother Watch's perspective.

The Conservatives had pledged to restore weekly bin collections in their manifesto before the 2010 general election.

The Lib Dem vote collapsed in the 2015 general election, after the party joined the Conservatives in coalition and broke a manifesto pledge not to increase tuition fees.

The chancellor has been under pressure to soften cuts pencilled in by Osborne after last year's general election, as he sought to meet the Conservatives» manifesto pledge to slice # 12bn from the cost of the welfare state.

The Conservative Party manifesto for the 2010 general election included a commitment to introduce the idea of «English votes on English laws» and the party had previously explored this issue through a taskforce led by Kenneth Clarke.

The left's further insistence upon the right of the Lords to block changes to tax credits as these were not included in the Conservative Party manifesto demonstrates little appreciation for the role of manifestos in general elections.

Although absent from the Conservative manifesto, the policy is the stated aim of a majority government recently elected at a general election (albeit on just 37 % of the vote) and on which the Commons has voted (twice) in favour.

But four years later, Theresa May announced a price cap would form part of the Conservatives» 2017 general election manifesto.

It is current UK government policy to pass a law removing the 15 - year limit on expatriate Britons voting before the next general election takes place, as mentioned in the 2017 Conservative Party manifesto, which stated (page 42) «We will legislate for votes for life for British overseas electors».

Following the General Election in 2015, NFER, in collaboration with Full Fact, reviewed the education promises made in the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat manifestos.

Proposals for times - tables tests were first announced by Nick Gibb in 2015, and subsequently confirmed in the Conservatives» general election manifesto later that year.

Scrapping the ban on opening new selective schools was a key pledge in the Conservative manifesto for this month's general election, but after failing to secure a working majority the party's pledge looks set to be dropped.

The policy was first announced as part of the Conservatives» general election manifesto in 2015 but focused on year 6 pupils, rather than year 4.

Under the proposals, pupils will be tested at the end of their time at primary school to make sure they all know their times tables up to 12 x 12, in line with the Conservatives» general election manifesto commitment.

Firstly, why is the Conservative party intending to discourage future on - shore wind farms as part of the proposed 2015 General Election manifesto?

I was also surprised to hear that the Conservative party are intending to discourage future on - shore wind farms and solar farms as part of the proposed 2015 General Election manifesto.

This latter option is consistent with the manifesto commitment detailed in the Conservative Party's 2005 general election manifesto «for a substantially elected House of Lords».