Sentences with phrase «by coalition governments»

Additional Parental Leave was introduced by the coalition government in 2011, in which extra leave was given to employed fathers if the mother returned to work and was not claiming statutory maternity pay.

The decision by the coalition government to raise the cap on tuition fees to # 9,000 per annum is a step in the right direction, but to be truly competitive in the global economy British higher education needs leaps, not mere steps.

He told politics.co.uk his policy committee functioned as an «early warning system» against steps taken by the coalition government which «could cause significant problems for a significant number of Liberal Democrat MPs».

Members of the public could block council tax increases under proposals unveiled by the coalition government.

The biggest rebellion suffered by the coalition government so far against the whip was 82 (81 Tory, one Liberal Democrat) in October 2011's EU referendum vote

The independentMcKay Commission, which was appointed by the Coalition government and reported in March 2013, suggested that there was now a clear imperative for England's voices to be heard within the post-devolution constitutional settlement.

It is being seen as a day of action to defend health and safety from the unprecedented attack currently being mounted against workplace safety by the Coalition Government.

Byrne's note was discovered by David Laws, the Liberal Democrat MP who was appointed by the coalition government to succeed Byrne as No 2 at the Treasury.

What will happen at Glasgow is a series of votes where Ministers will tell Conference representatives that it would be politically damaging for the party to fight the 2015 election on positions different to those taken by the Coalition Government.

This electrification programme, except for the Cardiff to Swansea section of the Great Western, is also being taken forward by the coalition government.

The independent McKay Commission, which was appointed by the Coalition government and reported in March 2013, suggested that there was now a clear imperative for England's voices to be heard within the post-devolution constitutional settlement.

By focusing on these well - meaning policy areas, the Liberal Democrats are trying to distance themselves from the record of the most toxic policies implemented by the coalition government.

All can reel off a list of achievements by a coalition government that was dealt, by anyone's standards, an awful hand in May 2010.

And secondly, by Coalition government.

Beginning the long campaign against the government's # 81 billion spending cuts, the shadow chancellor said his party would not have implemented the «slash - and - burn» approach taken by the coalition government.

Representatives at the NASUWT Annual Conference in Birmingham have condemned the war being waged by the Coalition Government against local authorities.

The Government's proposed changes under the Welfare Reform Act represent one of the most significant changes undertaken by the Coalition Government.

«Parents should be deeply concerned by the Coalition Government's refusal to date to introduce any safeguards that would ensure that any additional funding arising from a pupil premium benefits the pupils for whom it was intended.»

Examples are drawn from recent history, from the Poll Tax down to a raft of decisions by the coalition government.

«There is mounting evidence that the public expenditure cuts by the Coalition Government are now translating into fewer university places, and fewer apprenticeships and job opportunities throughout the public and private sectors.

«However the looming cuts to children's services, proposed by the coalition government, will drastically affect the ability of children with SEN to receive the support they are entitled to.

Labour is committed to reintroducing the higher charge on those earning over # 150,000 that was ditched by the coalition Government.

The Tory plans drastically depart from the course set out by the coalition government.

The Localism Act was passed in 2011 by the Coalition Government, allowing communities to designate Assets of Community Value in order to protect their status.

«Claims that the education budget has been protected are ringing increasingly hollow as more and more problems arise as a result of underfunding by the Coalition Government and a failure to use taxpayers» money most effectively.

«Regrettably, all the excellent support, guidance and information that was previously available to schools was discarded by the Coalition Government when it came to office and replaced with a few inadequate paragraphs of advice which amount to little more than telling schools that «bullying is bad and you shouldn't tolerate it».

The pro-nuclear energy policy of the last Labour government has been picked up by the coalition government.

«This report demonstrates that the obsessive obliteration of vital information and guidance by the Coalition Government is leaving children and young people highly vulnerable and is placing additional burdens on schools as they have to use their own time and resources to plug the gap.»

«What is abundantly clear, however, is the catalogue of failures by the Coalition Government to put in place effective checks, balances and controls in the current system to ensure that the public interest was safeguarded.»

«At a time when there are over 3.7 million children in the UK living in poverty, and families already hit hard by the Coalition Government's economic and social policies, it is scandalous that parents now face an additional, unacceptable tax on their children's learning.»

It will take Labour years to sort out the economic mess created by the coalition government, Ed Balls warned today.

Only one of the three routes being considered by the coalition government is covered by the scheme, which places the burden of proof on the seller.

The savage cuts to local authority spending and the decision by the Coalition Government to end ring - fenced funding for the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant is having a major adverse impact on the help schools can give to ethnic minority pupils, the research has shown.

«In the last five years important regulations and legislative provisions have been trivialised by the Coalition Government, giving some employers licence to disregard the safety of their employees.

Commenting on the Local Government Association's claim that more than # 160 million has been spent by councils on Building Schools for the Future (BSF) projects axed by the Coalition Government, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said:

At present schools can receive # 488 for each pupil who is eligible for free school meals, under a measure introduced by the coalition government last year.

«Much of the speculation ahead of the publication of this year's A-level results has focused on a predicted fall in the number of top grades being awarded, amid claims that this is the result of a «toughing up» on exams by the Coalition Government.

«This is the first indication of the true scale of the cuts being imposed upon departments by this coalition Government, and it paints a devastating picture,» PCS union general secretary Mark Serwotka said.

«We have been delighted by the coalition government's commitment to reclaiming our civil liberties,» they told the PM.

While the Corbyn surge and the tripling of numbers entitled to vote flowed from changes made in the procedure, the thinking behind the leadership selection has lapsed behind the constitutional changes made and being made by the coalition government and its Tory successor, most importantly the Fixed - term Parliaments Act.

Cardiff Central MP Jenny Willott also accused Ed Miliband of talking down a Cardiff City Deal, after talks were initiated by the Coalition Government following months of inaction by the Labour - run Cardiff Council.

This requirement was removed by the coalition government in 2011.

The spare room subsidy, also known as the «bedroom tax», is a housing benefit policy brought in by the coalition government.

A decision by the coalition government to legislate against the unions would win support from Conservative backbenchers keen to suppress unrest among public sector workers about their employment conditions.

After all, Labour have spent the past five years criticising a whole series of cuts by the coalition government at both a national and local level.

Stephanie Bottrill, who lived in Solihull, threw herself in front of a lorry on the M6 motorway after realising she could not cope with the extra # 80 a month caused by the coalition government's changes.

He said the decision in March 2012 by the Coalition Government to set a minimum price of 40p on a unit of alcohol to reduce consumption was a reverse of the principle behind traditional price fixing, which had been to protect consumers from sharp rises and guarantee the availability of necessities like beer.

Labour's shadow business secretary did not comment on the proposed banking split now being considered by a coalition government - initiated review, instead focusing on what he suggested were more practical concerns.

Europe has until now been an issue kept deliberately at arm's length by the coalition government given the two party's wildly divergent views.

The Liberal democrats are to call for the decriminalisation of all drugs, including heroin and cocaine, to be considered urgently by the Coalition Government in an effort to cut levels of addiction.