Sentences with phrase «after the government abandoned»

The plan to introduce new baseline tests comes just two years after the government abandoned its last attempt, which ended in disaster.

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Including Mr. Harper's vow in 2008 that a government led by him would «never» go into deficit, this is the second time in three years that the Conservatives have made a balanced - budget promise during an election campaign only to abandon it after being reelected.

In response to this past weekend's announcement by Kinder Morgan that it is suspending non-essential spending on the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion until May 31, and the possibility the project could be abandoned after that date, Premier Brian Pallister is calling on the government of British Columbia to abandon its opposition to the project and for the Government of Canada to ensure the project proceeds to cgovernment of British Columbia to abandon its opposition to the project and for the Government of Canada to ensure the project proceeds to cGovernment of Canada to ensure the project proceeds to completion.

The British government has abandoned the idea of Trump addressing the joint Houses of Parliament when he comes across the pond for a state visit later this year after objections by MPs led by the Commons Speaker John Bercow.

There are fears GPs could face a funding shortfall after the government's decision to abandon premium rate phone numbers for NHS organisations.

More than 200 UK jobs have been saved after a campaign by the Public and Commercial Services union forced government contractor Hewlett Packard to abandon plans to offshore work to India.

The Labour government attempted to undergo a re-valuation in 2007, but abandoned its plans until after the 2010 election.

Yet, after 13 years of a Labour government, levels of inequality are higher than before it came to office, and there appears to be little recognition that, for reasons of both fairness and sustainability, we need to abandon the idea of pursuing ever greater, unrestrained economic growth.

The proposals are therefore abandoning the principle that a Government have the authority to govern but must be mindful that there is a time after which the electorate should make a judgment on the actions, activities and success of that Government.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced today that plans to reform the House of Lords will be abandoned after the Conservatives had «broken the contract» between the coalition government partners.

He was seen as imperious and intolerant by backbench opponents concerned at the threat to local postal services («he seemed to have lost touch» one commented after a meeting), and the plan was abandoned by the Cabinet as unlikely to pass the House of Commons, as the Major government's majority had dropped to 14 by then.

Soon after the News - Review broke the news of the county's findings in 2009, several government officials, including U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, began to pressure the Navy to abandon its theory that the plume would take care of itself — and to take active steps to clean up the plume.

Hague and Miller spoke out after Gerald Howarth, the defence minister, called on the government to abandon liberal ideas such as legalising gay marriage and reform of the House of Lords.

Gov. Cuomo then dissolved that same Moreland Commission, after swearing he'd leave no stone unturned to root out corruption in Albany, NY Well 20 plus Subpoenas were issued and then Gov. Cuomo decided to abandon his crusade for honest government in NYS.

National Republicans abandoned Grimm after his 20 - count indictment on charges of hiding wages and taxes from a health food store he owned from the federal government and the state of New York.

Observers are interpreting it as an attempt by the weakened prime minister to resort to committee - style government after he was forced to abandon his proposal for a flat daily rate for MPs.

One Labour MP after another calls on their government to abandon it early.

The project it was gathered was award to CCECC on a three year contract term but was abandoned after some month due to the state government inability to meet it own part of the contract agreement.

The journalist alleges that a deal to free 50 of the girls in exchange for 50 prisoners was in place last Monday, only to be abandoned after Western government pressurised Mr Jonathan not to negotiate a swap.

He panicked on taking a clear position on hydrofracking after protesters galvanized; he abandoned his promise to bring real mandate relief to counties and municipalities as part B of the property tax cap; and his legislative agenda got secretive and sloppy to avoid scrutiny, even after he had promised transparent government.

But what is really needed is for the Labour government after this next election to abandon the present cronyism of appointment to the Lords and replace it by an electoral system geographically based on Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the major English regions.

The proposed construction of the Bolgatanga Regional Airport which started in 1995 in Anateem, a suburb of Bolgatanga has been abandoned after several attempts by previous governments to rehabilitate it.

RM: It seems May's government has not abandoned Osborne's northern powerhouse after all.

It is the latest climbdown for the Government after a series of proposals in the Budget, including a pasty tax, were also abandoned.

With NASA's announcement that the 30 - year - old space shuttle program would end after the touchdown of Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center this summer, the iconic agency has, for now, abandoned the concept of government - built manned spacecraft.

The government has offered «support» to groups wanting to set up new VA schools as a compromise after it abandoned plans to scrap the 50 - per - cent cap on faith - based admissions at over-subscribed free schools.

The TES said in an article on 11th July that the government was struggling to meet its pre-election promise, after being forced to abandon plans to scrap universal free school meals for infants.

After the UK general election in May 2010, the Global Warming Policy Foundation began lobbying the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government to stop subsidies for alternatives fuels and encouraged the government to abandon the UK's emissions reductions targets.

The Guardian reported in December, 2016, referring to new documents that had come to light, that the Australian government had signed an agreement to make a $ 640,000 grant to Lomborg's Copenhagen Consensus Center nine months after plans to establish the Center had been abandoned.

Guilt - ridden scientists and world leaders were manipulated into abandoning constitutional limits on government after the sudden death of thousands of innocent citizens on 6 Aug 1945, as documented here:

In 1991, after a vote the preceding year, the original city abandoned its charter to form a unified government with Clarke County, referred to jointly as Athens - Clarke County.