Sentences with phrase «about coalition government»

One imagines some lively long distance S&G / RJW phone calls about the coalition government's plans for remodeling conditional fees.

I understand that Vince Cable's public musings about a coalition government were emphatically not sanctioned in advance by his leader.

Watch a special edition of Newsnight about the coalition government on Monday 26 July 2010 at 10.30 pm on BBC Two.

Mr Brown himself said he would not be talking about a coalition government tonight, insisting that he would focus on «the major issues facing the world» - from nuclear proliferation to the global economy.

The NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, is marking Workers» Memorial Day today (Tuesday) by highlighting the continuing concerns about the Coalition Government's approach to health and safety, in particular its failure to address the hidden killer in our schools - asbestos.

Ms Harman concluded with questions about the coalition government's plans to introduce a married couples» tax allowance.

«When we first did it, the audience's obsession was much more about the coalition government in 2010 and how that was working out, and now it's much more about what's happening in the Labour party.»

Lib Dems and Conservatives are demonstrating a maturity few could have expected given the scare mongering about coalition governments.

Not exact matches

The federal government has secured opposition support to pass one of the most substantial budget packages since the Coalition took office in 2013, making trade - offs on renewable energy funding and welfare payments to pick up about $ 6 billion in savings.

Enea Desideri, analyst at Open Europe, speaks about the new German coalition government and the rise of the far - right in European politics.

Greek TV networks predict that New Democracy will take about 127 seats in the parliament, which when combined with the 32 seats for PASOK, give the coalition more than the 151 seats needed to form a government.

LONDON — Talks about forming a coalition government in Germany collapsed on Sunday, causing political instability in the most powerful country in the European Union.

Following last Friday night's coordinated missile attack by a coalition of U.S., U.K. and French forces against Syrian chemical weapons facilities, there was a high level of consternation about whether the barrage of targeted airstrikes would escalate into a dangerous and wide - ranging military engagement between the Assad - led Syrian government backers (Russia, Iran, Hezbollah) and NATO forces.

Government officials have accused the opposition coalition of using fake news to win votes and warned that any news about the indebted 1MDB state fund that has not been verified by the governmenGovernment officials have accused the opposition coalition of using fake news to win votes and warned that any news about the indebted 1MDB state fund that has not been verified by the governmentgovernment is fake.

It has been said that the Ugandan government was influenced by evangelical Christians from the U.S., and indeed Museveni's argument that gay and lesbian people are «disgusting» has been echoed by Thabiti Anyabwile of the Gospel Coalition, who has spoken positively about similar legislation in Liberia and Russia.

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«Yes, there are anxieties, yes there are concerns about the damage done to our standing in the polls because of what we've done in coalition government,» Clegg added this morning.

I am under no illusions about the significant political risks both parties in the Coalition are now taking by now facing up to these difficult decisions in government.

That's what the Coalition Government is about.»

And in the four months since the Coalition Government was formed, I think we have begun to show that we are serious about a longer term approach to policy and politics.

The emotional ties of the coalition don't extend too far down the party structures — and after Monday the «businesslike relationship» within government itself will be about all that remains.

I think those are mostly debates about the nature of the government and Parliament that we elect - likelihood of single - party majority or coalition government, etc - and the issue of individual candidate selection is a relatively low priority (though I accept some, particularly STV supporters, might give that a higher priority).

Incidentally commentators talk about the maths not stacking up with a Lib / Lab coalition but if Cameron does not secure a government the Conservatives will be in chaos within months...

The Bush presidency saw the conservative coalition and the Republican Party becoming increasingly restless — about federal expansion and big - government, about anti-libertarian policies and sentiments and about the Iraq war and the aggressive style of the Bush administration.

The NASUWT has conducted an annual survey of teacher opinion since 2011 which highlights the growing concerns of the teacher profession about the impact of Coalition Government education policy.

Certainly, the Coalition has not been big on socially liberal reforms (gay marriage being a major exception), but nor has it been especially socially conservative — gone is the sermonising about «Victorian values» and «Back to Basics» which was a pronounced feature of the» 79 - «97 Conservative government.

He writes about conservatism and the ideology of the Coalition Government.

Graham's other works include Coalition, a 2015 TV film about David Cameron and Nick Clegg's horse trading in government.

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).

His other works include Coalition, a 2015 TV film about David Cameron and Nick Clegg's horse trading in government.

The expenses upheaval of 2009 means that many dying swans are already dead, so that the Coalition need worry less about unhappy incumbents than previous governments.

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the regressive alliance seeking to undermine the new coalition government at every turn.

At the beginning of this parliament the Labour party lost precious months conducting an overlong leadership campaign that allowed the coalition government to develop its big fat lie about the global recession, while we in Labour examined our collective navel.

-LSB-...] couple of weeks ago I wrote about the regressive alliance seeking to undermine the new coalition government at every turn.

Now I think I am perfectly entitled to spend 50 days arguing why that's good, why a Conservative majority government would be better than coalition, and I think actually if we are talking about people getting a fair choice, my argument is that if you elect a majority government you have got a manifesto, you can hold us to our promises.

Yet questions persist about the premier's control of his government, his sense of purpose and the direction of the coalition.

After Labour had largely remained quiet about the issue in the first two years of the Coalition government, Miliband touted his speech as the first step in a new conversation, and offered extensive apologies about Labour's past policies on immigration in a bid to begin to rehabilitate Labour's public image in this policy area.

I appreciate that established conventions might need to be varied to accommodate a coalition Government, with the coalition partners voting differently in certain circumstances, but it surely can not be right for Ministers, including the Chief Secretary to the Treasury today, to agonise publicly in newspapers about whether they are going to support the Government in the Division Lobby.

More than three quarters of all voters, including a clear majority of those who intend to vote Labour on Thursday, think the last Labour government «must accept a large part of the blame» for Britain's economic problems; Mr Miliband is unlikely to succeed in his campaign to persuade the electorate that this idea is a «big lie» put about by the coalition.

The Autumn 2010 edition of Renewal — a journal of social democracy — sees the Chair of the Social Liberal Forum David Hall - Matthews writing about the formation of the Coalition government from a Lib Dem perspective.

«The clause is the turn of the screw by the coalition into our democratic system of government, which, at its essence, is about the individuality and votes of conscience of MPs, irrespective of the Whips and the patronage system.

57 % of the public expected the coalition to be tougher than the last Labour government in dealing with crime; only 13 % thought it was being tougher; 23 % said it was less tough and 64 % said it was about the same.

As with much of the coalition government's «transforming rehabilitation» programme, the detail about victims» services remains unclear but will need to addressed by any incoming government.

With the coalition keen to promote its agenda for economic growth this month, it should listen to calls by SMEs for a bit more Vince (Cable) and a little less George (Osborne) as we approach the busiest time of the year for retailers — and to ensure the government's messages about the economy are more relevant to Joe Public than Hooray Henry.

Following the submission today of the NASUWT response to the Department for Education consultation on «Proposed Increases to Contributions for Members of the Teachers» Pension Scheme», Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The Coalition Government should tell the public the truth about why it is seeking to raid the pensions of millions of ordinary public service workers and why it is taxing public sector workers who are acting responsibly by trying to save for their retirement.

Some local government coalitions have expressed concerns about the «tax freeze» plan.

Complaints from Liberal Democrats about the tone of the campaign have dominated the Easter weekend and are now threatening the coalition government.

The Lib Dems had begun months before to think seriously about participating in a coalition if the electorate gave no one party an overall majority, and Cameron and Osborne had ruthlessly done a constituency audit and come to the conclusion that it was highly unlikely they could form a single - party government.

«In the next phase of the coalition, both partners will be able to be clearer in their identities, but equally clear about the need to support government and government policy,» he said.

«It is simply staggering that the Coalition Government claims to be serious about introducing a pupil premium when it is yet to say how much money will be provided to schools or where the additional money will come from.