Sentences with phrase «backbench rebellion»

When that was overturned by a backbench rebellion, it was revealed that the funding was taken back by the Treasury.

Genuinely impressed that UKIP, a party with only one MP, has already managed a backbench rebellion.

Europe: How has the largest backbench rebellion of this Parliament affected perceptions of party unity?

Chancellor heads off backbench rebellion as economic secretary says government is «determined» to help struggling households

Earlier this month, Osborne averted a Tory backbench rebellion in the Commons on the issue when the Treasury told key campaigners on the issue, including Robert Halfon, the MP for Harlow, that it was listening to concerns over fuel duty.

The bill was opposed on both sides of the House and Brown was facing a growing backbench rebellion.

Supporters are concerned the government will sidestep gay marriage plans altogether in fear of a Tory backbench rebellion.

Mr Field, leader of the backbench rebellion over the 10p tax band fiasco, made the suggestion as he launched a devastating attack on his party leader.

The government averted a backbench rebellion last month, after Labour brought a motion demanding the rise be postponed, by dropping heavy hints that further rises would be delayed again.

The threat of a major backbench rebellion and defeat in the Lords was enough for David Cameron to kick this well into the long grass.

The government currently faces a backbench rebellion over its attempts to force MPs to accept a 1.9 per cent pay rise, putting them on a par with public sector workers such as police and prison officers.

The launches are an attempt to move on from a Tory backbench rebellion that forced the government to backpedal on Lords reform.

This was the 30th Conservative backbench rebellion on Europe since 2010.

In June, Gordon Brown narrowly beat a backbench rebellion to push the increased detention measures through the House of Commons.

That said, when it comes to backbench rebellion, past behaviour is a usually an excellent predictor of future action, and those individuals currently rebelling will almost certainly go on to be the most troublesome for the whips in the next parliament.

Today, Cameron can't look beyond the next set of Ukip polling figures or the latest backbench rebellion.

But the news that Brown has U-turned on plans to scrap non-means tested tax relief on childcare following a small but significant backbench rebellion indicates he is loathe to upset the middle classes too much ahead of a general election campaign.

The government fought off a backbench rebellion of 69 MPs last night when the Conservatives helped them get through the report stage of the education bill.

The government is braced for another Labour backbench rebellion when MPs vote on the final stages of the controversial education bill today and tomorrow.

May's last - minute addition to the 50 government amendments used up much of the Commons time allocated to the bill, which had been set to see potentially substantial backbench rebellions.

Philip Cowley and Mark Stuart of the University of Nottingham have released a new pamplet - «The Bumper Book of Coalition Rebellions», which documents the 239 backbench rebellions so far in this Parliament, in which 544 votes have been held.

Backbench rebellions dog Miliband's time as leader, while at the same time the Conservatives, now led by the canny Blair, are looking like real challengers.

My usual rule is that it's a bit of a mug's game trying to identify in advance which bill announced in a Queen's Speech will trigger backbench rebellions.

But the past year has seen a repeat of the drama and turmoil of the Major years: a rancorous party split over Europe within months of victory and a slim commons majority making the government vulnerable to defeats by opposition ambushes and even small backbench rebellions.

Even with a big majority, there were times when backbench rebellions meant their plans for England were pushed through Parliament against the wishes of English MPs, and only Scottish votes secured a majority for Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

And that is partly because the Fixed Term Parliament Act means there can be endless backbench rebellions that do not come anywhere near to tipping the government out of office.

Hardly any opposition amendments ever succeed, despite the fuss made by some authors about the greater incidence of backbench rebellions.

Not exact matches

Berrington, H. & Hague, R (1998) «Europe, Thatcherism and traditionalism: Opinion, rebellion and the Maastricht treaty in the backbench conservative party, 1992 — 1994», West European Politics, vol.

The biggest post-war rebellion on Lords reform was 47, when Labour backbenches revolted against a white paper in November 1968

David Cameron has launched another push to change the image of his party after a month of backbench mutterings and open rebellion.

Tory ministers were unable to stave off a rebellion from their backbenches over Lib Dem - supported plans to create an 80 % elected upper House.

We are deeply concerned that this misrepresentation has not only been allowed to continue but that several government ministers appear to have suggested that the proposals will be watered down in order to quell a backbench Tory rebellion.

The Department for Education has stated that when the compulsory academy plan was ditched after a rebellion by backbench Conservative MPs, the Treasury took back most of this extra funding.

Only two years ago, it had been government policy to force all schools to become academies, a plan that had been rapidly sunk by a rebellion by backbench MPs.