Sentences with phrase «democrat backbenchers»

But the main political story this morning is the attack by Liberal Democrat backbenchers on Sir Philip Green, appointed last week by David Cameron to help find efficiency savings.

David Cameron is reported to be considering not proceeding with the boundary review at all, rather than see it voted down by Liberal Democrat backbenchers and Ministers who - in the latter case - he would have to dismiss.

But - startlingly - 60 % of Liberal Democrat backbenchers have done so too.

«Now it is time for Liberal Democrat backbenchers to say that we won't compromise on our belief that a huge fee hike is not an acceptable way to raise money for universities.»

It's a sop to Liberal Democrat backbenchers who at long last may be showing signs of rebelling as one totemic Liberal Democrat education policy after another is sacrificed to Tory ideology.»

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg came under pressure from Liberal Democrat backbenchers concerned that the legislation continues to place undue emphasis on competition in the health service.

Liberal Democrat backbenchers could try to marginalise «extreme» Tory eurosceptics by reaching out to Conservative «moderates», politics.co.uk understands.

If Labour goes ahead with its plan to argue for more time and oppose the government motion, and if three dozen Tory and Liberal Democrat backbenchers join forces, then, with the support of at least some of the minor parties, a government defeat or a pyrrhic win is far from impossible.

Twenty - five Liberal Democrat backbenchers have endorsed a submission to Pay Review bodies and the...

Rebellions by Liberal Democrat backbenchers have been sufficiently problematic for the current government that some reasonably argue that the Tories could only rely on Lib Dem ministers in a second coalition.

Conservative and Liberal Democrat backbenchers cut the coalition's majority to 27 but never seriously threatened a defeat in the clash over rules controlling home extensions.

«I and my colleagues had to work very hard to pressurise the Home Office to do the right thing and provide sanctuary to some of the most desperately needy in the world,» said Liberal Democrat backbencher Julian Huppert, who asked the question.

Coalition proposals to increase court fees are «pricing people out of justice», a Liberal Democrat backbencher has warned.

Liberal Democrat backbencher Bob Russell has increased the pressure on Conservative Party co-chairman Baroness Warsi.

They said that Huhne could be paired with a rebel Liberal Democrat backbencher.

He was accused by Liberal Democrat backbencher Bob Russell of having handled the situation insensitively, however.

Katia Zatuliveter, the 25 - year - old former researcher for Liberal Democrat backbencher Mike Hancock, had her bail conditions relaxed at a hearing on Friday.

Experts say it pervades the legislation, however, prompting Liberal Democrat backbencher John Pugh to describe it as a «Jekyll and Hyde» bill.

Not exact matches

While the New Democrats continue to try to shame Conservative backbenchers — see Olivia Chow's statement on Monday and Niki Ashton's statement on Tuesday — the Conservatives have responded by finding new ways to lament for the prospect of a cap - and - trade system.

Durham's Labour backbencher Roberta Blackman - Woods faces a real threat to her 3,274 majority from the Liberal Democrats.

Holding his backbenchers in check on Europe has been ever more difficult to achieve, however, given the disproportionate number of hard - line Eurosceptics among the 2010 intake of Conservative MPs and the increasing discontent on the Conservative backbenches with the constraints of being in a coalition with the Liberal Democrats.

But the resistance of backbenchers to development on their patches, the ambiguity of the Liberal Democrats (some of whom are pushing More Garden Cities Now), the lateness of part of the Treasury push and the long timetable for building houses conspire against the Chancellor getting big housing growth in the little - more - than - two - year - period between now and the general election.

The government is struggling to craft a motion that satisfies Liberal Democrat MPs — who in many cases owe their seats to anti-Iraq-war defections from Labour in 2005 — as well as little England Tory backbenchers who, nudged by Ukip's anti-intervention stance yesterday, fear that Nigel Farage speaks for their voters better than Cameron does.

But today it applies most to Liberal Democrats, who must now sit and wait patiently to see if Cameron can persuade his backbenchers to back Lords reform.

The Lib Dems are eminently placable opponents of an in / out referendum on the EU: they know Cameron's backbenchers won't accept it being dropped, and besides, ruling out the public having a say on Europe isn't such a good look for a party with the word «Democrat» in their name.

The Conservatives are introducing a Commons amendment on Wednesday calling for a referendum and are hoping to pick up support from Liberal Democrat MPs and some Labour backbenchers.

Options under consideration include Liberal Democrat Cabinet minister Chris Huhne's Eastleigh, the SNP's Western Isles constituency and Conservative backbencher Louise Mensch's Corby seat.

A quarter of all knighthoods in the New Year honours list have gone to politicians, including the Tory kingmaker Graham Brady, who has Theresa May's political future in his hands as chair of the 1922 Committee of backbenchers, and former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg.

Despite the terse statement in the coalition agreement that «arrangements will be made to enable Liberal Democrat MPs to abstain in any vote» on proposals from Browne with which they disagree, numerous backbenchers - including the former leader Menzies Campbell - have let it be known that they plan to rebel if the party performs a U-turn in government on fees.

That is certainly true but it is Tory backbenchers who attack the Liberal Democrats while it is Liberal Democrat frontbenchers who attack the Tories.

However, both the Conservative party and Liberal Democrats are opposed to the plans, with speculation mounting last night any decision could be now delayed following prime minister Gordon Brown's decision to meet Labour backbenchers opposed to the scheme.

To do so he will need to show that career advancement is possible for his young backbenchers and limit the influence of the Liberal Democrats, who have become hate figures to many in the Tory party.

The new Conservative backbencher made a splash when he sent an email encouraging the Tories to recapture the debate on health reforms by insisting «red lines» must not be crossed by Liberal Democrats.

Conservatives stand ready to «foil» the Liberal Democrats over the EU referendum bill, the backbencher championing the legislation has said.

Conservative backbenchers and party members alike want to see it retain its own distinct identity, and a sense that Liberal Democrat concerns are more important to Downing Street than their own helps to explain, at least in part, recent rebellions and discontent, and hence the Government working less effectively than it might.

George Osborne and Eric Pickles are said to be sympathetic to a permanent extension of opening hours but opposition from the Liberal Democrats and from some Tory backbenchers is likely to scupper any change.

The amendment tabled by the rebel Tory backbencher Dominc Raab was defeated 241 to 97 votes after Labour and the Liberal Democrats voted against the measure.

While the government's front benchers sat together in the House of Commons and the two parties acted as a bloc during PMQ, [11] the Liberal Democrat and Conservative backbenchers sat apart and each had their own whips, [11] and the two parties competed in by - elections.

I apologise in advance if the comparison is in any way offensive, but this is roughly what Nick Clegg seemed to say yesterday when he declared that since some Conservative backbenchers didn't support Lords reform he will now require all Liberal Democrat frontbenchers to oppose the boundary review.

«There will be continuing voices who are basically anti-coalition,» he goes on, mentioning a Tory backbencher called Peter Bone, who was recently heard making the case for a minority Tory government, issuing a tantalising rallying call to Tory activists: «Without being shackled to the Liberal Democrats we could introduce real Conservative policies relevant to the nation.»

Andrew George, the Liberal Democrat MP for St Ives, is a rebellious, Coalition - unfriendly backbencher with a particular animosity toward the government on NHS matters.

Although the three main parties are in favour of keeping some form of nuclear deterrent, many Labour backbenchers are against it, and the Liberal Democrats believe the government should delay a decision for several years.

He also finally confirmed the introduction of the married couples» tax allowance — a move vociferously opposed by the Liberal Democrats and moderate conservatives but loved by Tory backbenchers.

George Osborne is planning to freeze the planned fuel duty rise in his autumn statement, after coming under pressure from his backbenchers and receiving support from key Liberal Democrat colleagues.

A senior Liberal Democrat peer has warned Conservatives that they must back coalition plans to reform the House of Lords - despite a threatened revolt by Tory backbenchers.

There are also complaints about Conservative backbenchers voting against the Lords Reform Bill and Liberal Democrat ones voting, in due course, against the boundary review.

The letter, co-ordinated by Labour backbencher David Lammy, was signed by MPs from Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the SNP, Plaid Cymru and the Greens as well as one Conservative, Anne - Marie Morris.

Conservative sources were briefing over the past 24 hours that plans for Lords reform had been dropped after the prime minister concluded there was no way of getting an elected second chamber past his backbenchers in a form acceptable to his Liberal Democrat colleagues.