Sentences with phrase «against government austerity»

It's not just Iain Duncan Smith who is opposing George Osborne - the tide of public opinion seems to be turning against government austerity.

Already, though, public opinion has turned against government austerity.

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Either it means that other members of his party — the finance minister, who is against the referendum — will come in and not hold a referendum at all, and try to keep Greece on the austerity plan, or there will be a fall in the government, a no - confidence vote, and people will presumably vote for the Conservative Party, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United States.

Labour is struggling to claw back the perception of «economic competence» it needs to persuade voters to give it another chance, even as public opinion has turned against further government austerity.

The prime minister faces a building consensus against the government's austerity programme, ahead of a crucial World Economic Forum meeting next week.

Commenting ahead of tomorrow's TUC march in London against the Government's cuts and austerity programme, Christine Blower General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «This march will send a clear message to Government that their programme of austerity measures is not working.

Ms Burrow also warned against the dangers of austerity: «Given a choice of economic policies, two - thirds of people support government action to invest in job creation to allow economies to grow and pay off debts compared with less than one in four who want debts paid off now by cutting back on government spending.»

Sir Paul Stephenson told the Today programme he was extremely concerned by budget cuts set against the backdrop of a surge in demand on policing caused by unrest over the coalition government's austerity agenda.

They will want gains on their 2008 status, especially against an unpopular government implementing an austerity package.

Labour Assembly Against Austerity, September 24 2016 Commenting on Jeremy Corbyn's victory in the Labour Leadership election today, Lucy Anderson MEP, Vice-Chair of the Labour Assembly Against Austerity said: «The Labour Assembly Against Austerity welcomes Jeremy Corbyn's re-election as Labour leader, staking out how a Labour government would deliver a # 500bn public investment programme to -LSB-...]

The coalition government faces the first industrial uprising against its austerity measures today as up to 750,000 public servants strike over planned changes to their pensions.

But the statistics produced by Save the Children were ridiculed by experts and Forsyth was criticised for using the charity, funded by donors of all political persuasions, to pursue a crude political campaign against the Tory government's austerity programme.

At times, it was difficult to see any difference between what they were saying, as they were both very much against austerity and very much in favour of government investment.

We now need a Labour government but, just as important, we need a groundswell of opinion and activity against Austerity.

They were convinced they would get a majority against a deeply unpopular government that would only be offering more cuts and more austerity which the public would reject.

Even though United Nations (UN) independent expert on foreign debt and human rights, Cephas Lumina had warned that the introduction of a second austerity package could constitute a serious violation against the Greeks» human rights, this did not stop the government from going forward (OHCHR, 2011) A massive wave of protests and riots full of anger and desperation erupted within the country condemning Papandreou's policies and the austerity measures.

The Greek government, elected early this year on a platform of ending years of austerity imposed by Germany and other lenders, is pushing back against further pension cuts and higher taxes, saying they would further weaken an already crippled economy.

Tobias Zielony, Jasmina Metwaly, Philip Rizk, Hito Steyerl, and Olaf Nicolai — the artists exhibited in the Venice Biennale's German pavilion this year — have taken a strong stance in protest against the German government's decision to impose austerity measures on Greece, according to Artnet's Brian Boucher.

Moreover, if you look at recent events such as the violent protests through much of the UK and Europe against government cutbacks and austerity, it would appear that the Left are somewhat more inclined to resort to violence in order to advance their political goals.

Chairman of the Bar, Chantal - Aimée Doerries QC says: «Today's Queen's Speech, delivered against the backdrop of continued economic austerity, highlighted the government's drive to cut public expenditure further and to reform public services.