Sentences with phrase «big a reform agenda»

It will of course depend on how big a reform agenda Labor wants to develop and which of the competing vested interests it will need or want to take on to really address structural barriers — doctors, hospitals, states, the pharmaceutical industry, the private health sector — and whether it's up to a fight against the food and alcohol industries and «nanny state» critics on prevention.

Not exact matches

None of the Big Four countries will be in a position to push forward a pan-European growth and reform agenda over the coming 15 months.

Given the big squeeze on spending that is to come, can Labour just drift into the next election without a serious agenda on public service reform?

A reform of capitalism agenda would also include changes to CEO pay, more prudent mortgage tests, a real end of too - big - to - fail, counter-cyclical monetary policy, more dynamic patenting laws, a rethink of trade agreements and the introduction of a wholly new set of social and economic indicators (to capture phenomena like differential inflation rates and the uneven benefits of GDP growth).

The big agenda should be the reform of capitalism or it won't be long before some kind of tables - upender like Trump or Corbyn does hold some political power.

Cuomo clearly enjoyed reliving his big gay marriage victory of two years ago — especially on the heels of a not - so - successful (despite his vehement claims to the contrary) end of session, in which he sustained losses on a number of key agenda items, including the Women's Equality Act, and campaign finance and ethics reform.

«This race will be a choice between a community advocate who stands for ethics reform in government, supporting small businesses and middle class workers, and equality for all people, or a out of touch 1 % er who represents big business, back door politics as usual, and the conservative agenda,» Small said.

«He has laid out a bold agenda to reform and I am proud to stand with him and this diverse group of leaders to bring New Yorkers together — regardless of their party affiliation — under this big tent and behind this agenda for reform.»

The New York State legislative session is ending this week without major progress on big - ticket issues such as campaign finance reform, minimum wage, and the women's equality agenda.

The Daily Gazette: New York's 2014 Legislative Session a Failure The New York State legislative session is ending this week without major progress on big - ticket issues such as campaign finance reform, minimum wage, and the women's equality agenda.

If it can be shown that they are the biggest obstacles to meaningful campaign finance reform — will Cantor finally criticize Klein, Savino, Smith and their alliance with Dean Skelos, arguably the biggest opponent to the WFP agenda on the State level?

The administration's biggest obstacle for extending mayoral control is the Senate GOP — whose members have asked de Blasio to present his education reform agenda before they consider the issue.

The irony is acute: support for the reform agenda is driven by data gleaned from testing, even as testing has become the biggest threat to that agenda.

The proposed spending plan for the year that begins Oct. 1 would allot the department a total of $ 31.7 billion, including big increases for the Administration's reform agenda and for Chapter 1.

Either of them, or countless others, would bring some diversity and — big bonus — wouldn't continue your stupid, damaging, ill - conceived pro-corporate reform education agenda.

It's taken a while, but Gov. Chris Christie's aggressive school reform agenda and the Democrats» counter to it could be emerging as a big issue in the 2013 gubernatorial election.

«If Tony Bennett can push this kind of aggressive reform agenda and win, it will give a big lift to other politicians eager to enact similar reforms.»

In addition to «The Big Six,» other organizations that are presently lobbying Connecticut legislators in favor of the charter school and «education reform» agenda include the Bronx Charter School for Excellence, the North East Charter Schools Network, Achievement First, Inc., the large charter school chain with schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island, and Families for Excellent Schools, the New York - based lobbing and political entity that bused in charter school students and parents from as far away as New York City and Boston last year to rally in support of Malloy's efforts to hand charter schools even more public funds.

Political rhetoric helps to add momentum to various agendas of reforms but such research can inject impetus to specific areas which can snowball into a big, positive effect.»

His summary of the mental health session was both poignant and a warning on the big gap between intent and political reality, saying mental health advocates had come to the summit with an agreed agenda, «no jockeying», but still waiting for action on a reform process that had taken years.