Sentences with phrase «buildings over the parliament»

Since 2010, there have been 3,500 academies, 180 free schools, 250,000 fewer pupils in failing schools and # 18bn being spent on school buildings over the parliament.

Not exact matches

Across Scotland private finance initiatives will cost # 1.1 billion over the course of the current parliament, nearly the full total of the capital cost of NHS buildings built by PFI at # 1.28 billion.

Despite the unseasonable time of year, Tuesday saw the BMF amongst the hundreds of riders from all over Europe who converged on the European Parliament building in Brussels to protest at the latest raft of motorcycle related Type Approval Regulations emanating from the European Commission.

The French approach — effectively building a toll road and then putting track on top of it — has merit «otherwise we will run into trouble with parliament over costs», Chapman said.

That ought still to include a promise to force a Commons vote on it and thus challenge the Lib Dems, a promise to enable and require councils to build houses, a promise to restore the Agricultural Wages Board that the Lib Dems have abolished, a promise to reverse the dismantlement of England's NHS by Shirley Williams and other Lib Dems, a promise to reverse any privatisation of the Royal Mail and thus stop it because no buyer would take the risk, and a promise to renationalise the railways for free over the course of a Parliament by simply taking back each franchise as it came up for renewal.

Commenting on the reports in the media that the Secretary of State for Education, Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, is to apologise to Parliament for errors contained in the Government's list of schools to be rebuilt or refurbished under the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: «The Government's decision to scrap over 700 projects to rebuild or refurbish schools was an unnecessary and disastrous development that history will judge to be bad for children, bad for education and bad for local communities and the economy.

«We've got over 250,000 more affordable homes - and here's a statistic he'll like: in the last Parliament we built more council houses than in 13 years of a Labour government,» he said.

Over the next parliament, we'll build on this apprenticeship revolution.

2000 An embarrassing dispute over the costs and design of the Edinburgh parliament building at Hollyrood is triggered by the audit committee.

That's the equivalent of building 50,000 new social homes, or # 2.5 billion, over the course of this parliament.

The pledge card, which mirrors New Labour's initiative in 1997, will promise free party membership for trade unionists, the building of 1m new homes over the course of a parliament, an increase in the minimum wage funded by a cut in employers» national insurance, a cost - of - living test for every policy item and a cabinet minister to «take action for the consumer against rip - off companies».

A new row is already building over what many MPs regard as the next scandal to break, the enhanced register of MPs with second jobs outside parliament due to be published in July.

LONDON — The UK Government has been telling its parliament and the public that because eight large nuclear stations are scheduled to close over the next 10 years, the country needs urgently to build some new ones to keep the nation's lights on.

The Parliament buildings dominate the downtown sector, which itself is a hotpot of eclectic neighbourhoods which grew over time to house many exciting date venues.

Specifically for non specialist teachers and cover supervisors: 3 lessons on parliament built around the text book offering with starters, plenaries, video clips, discussion points and homework (Citizenship Education for Key Stage 3 By Terry Fiehn and Julia Fiehn) The lessons are very and full so could easily work for 3 sessions on a focus day or by allowing extened discussions the activities could be spread over a half term.

It protects over 125 square kilometres of London and over 375,000 properties, historic buildings including the Houses of Parliament, offices, power supplies, tube lines and hospitals to name a few.

The Scottish Parliament Building, a discordant ode to steel, oak and granite, and the streamlined neo-fortress of the Museum of Scotland are both comfortably embedded among precarious medieval buildings that teeter - like grey - stone Jenga towers over Old Town's cobblestone streets.

Seat of the New Zealand Government, take a free guided tour around the halls of power (Parliament Buildings and the Beehive, named for its shape); or perhaps clarify your political thoughts over a drink at the Backbencher bar!

Over the last 18 months in the build up to Artgate, children involved in Art Inspiring Change have pitched their ideas to Thanet District Council in their council chambers, visited the Houses of Parliament, orchestrated a gallery takeover at Turner Contemporary, visited Phyllida Barlow's studio in London, experimented with different artforms, and created their own artworks that will leave a legacy in Margate.

Over 100 MPs have already signed the pledge to Divest Parliament, but more are needed to pressure the pension fund and build support for climate action in pParliament, but more are needed to pressure the pension fund and build support for climate action in parliamentparliament.