Sentences with phrase «calling on government ministers»

The Church in Wales is calling on government ministers to step in and help all those who've lost their jobs in the latest round of redundancies at Tata Steel.

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News also broke on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be giving a speech that Israel's government called a «significant development» related to the Iran nuclear deal.

The BCC's revisions come as U.K. newspaper The Sunday Times reported a fresh legal challenge would be presented to Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday, calling into question whether the government has the requisite authority to leave the single market.

Hammond, who has faced calls from fellow cabinet ministers to scrap the 1 % freeze on public sector pay increases, said that the government must continue the «right balance» between what is fair for workers and taxpayers.

Among the entourage of government officials and prominent business leaders who accompanied Prime Minister Stephen Harper on an early - August trade mission to Brazil was the chief executive officer of a relatively obscure Canadian company called Weatherhaven.

Earlier this month, the U.K.'s minister in charge of exiting the EU, David Davis, testified at a House committee that, to this point, the government has not carried out a full assessment of the implications on the economy were Britain to leave in a so - called hard Brexit.

The only call to action was for governments to do more to encourage economic growth, as finance ministers acknowledged they had fallen behind on their 2014 promise to increase GDP by 2 %.

Rail unions notably called for a rally in Paris» city center to «put pressure on the government» before a key meeting with Prime Minister Edouard Philippe next week.

Kinder Morgan has given the federal government until May 31 for concrete assurance the line will get built, and Notley has called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take action.

Federal Natural Resources Minister James Carr also issued a statement in support of the Trans Mountain expansion project, naming and shaming B.C. Premier John Horgan: «The government of Canada calls on Premier Horgan and the B.C. government to end all threats of delay to the Trans Mountain expansion.

Today, Premier Christy Clark reiterated the approach her cabinet ministers have taken over the past months, calling for the federal government to take action on pill presses.

New Democrats pressed Justice Minister Suzanne Anton in Question Period, calling on her and the B.C. Liberal government to bring in a shuttle bus along the Highway of Tears.

Reporting on Jason Kenney's announcement today that the federal government might challenge Quebec's so - called charter of values in court, the Canadian Press noted that the employment minister, who is also responsible for multiculturalism, was «uncharacteristically terse.»

Former Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page called for this system because it puts spending decisions back in the hands of Parliament; and in fact, Minister Clement has already examined this proposal in response to a recommendation by the House of Commons Committee on Government Operations and Estimates.

And Bartomeu showed his support for Catalonia's institutions after Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced on Saturday that Madrid will move to dismiss Catalonia's separatist government and call fresh elections in the semi-autonomous region.

One, an open letter to the then Prime Minister - in - waiting Gordon Brown and published in The Times (to read it click here) brought together 30 signatories ranging from Women's Aid to Families Need Fathers, and called on the government to ensure good services for separated families.

The Former Deputy Local Government Minister and Rural Development in the Kufuor administration had described as ridiculous the call by the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) on president - elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, to restore teacher trainee allowances within its first 100 days in office.

28 religious leaders have called on schools minister Nick Gibb to reverse the Government's decision to exclude an annex on Humanism from new RS GCSEs and preclude similar systematic study from AS and A levels.

Mahmoud Abbas has been threatening to dismantle the Palestinian Authority over and over since April 2010, saying he would hand over «the keys» for the occupied West Bank to the Israeli government; while in 2011, Greek Prime Minister Papandreou threatened to leave the Eurozone and called a popular referendum on austerity measures, which implicitly questioned membership in the euro zone.

Announcing the results of the police campaign, Home Office minister Vernon Coaker called on parents and retailers to help in the government's plans to reduce under age drinking in the UK.

On the Queen's Speech, the prime minister called it «a One Nation speech from a One Nation government».

The Fixed - term Parliaments Act (FTPA) was introduced by the Conservative - Liberal coalition government in 2011, primarily to prevent David Cameron, the prime minister at the time, from seizing on the first significant poll lead for the Conservatives to call an early election and win a Conservative majority.

The Prime Minister is set to receive an open letter today calling on the British government to fight «extreme» poverty in Africa in 2005.

He will give the US president an update on his meeting with new Iraqi prime minister Nouri al - Maliki on Monday, and at a press conference this evening the two men will call for international support for the new government in Baghdad.

The Osborne plan (and the Coalition Agreement) called on Conservative and Liberal Democrat ministers to achieve a cyclically - adjusted target to reduce government debt as a share of national income between 2014 - 15 and 2015 - 16 and, politically and economically most significant, to do so by achieving a budget balance by the end of the Parliament.

Miliband has come out today criticising the government for its outsourcing of police and security services «on a scale and at a speed never before seen», and has hence been under attack from furious government bods, police minister Nick Herbert today calling the Labour leader's remarks «cheap opportunism.»

His reassignment comes at a time when some Ghanaians on social media have called on the government to sack the Interior Minister and the IGP for failing to ensure the protection of the citizenry.

A former Minister of Education and co-convener of Bring Back Our Girls campaign group, Oby Ezekwesili, has called on the Federal government to listen to the voice of the masses crying out their pains.

Nick Clegg and the other Lib Dem negotiators called for a «a commitment not to raise the cap on tuition fees» (a watered - down version of their manifesto pledge to phase out tuition fees over six years), a cut in the number of government ministers, a four year fixed - term parliament and «a commitment to no public subsidy for nuclear power stations».

During First Minister's Questions this afternoon, Kirsty Williams, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, called on the Welsh Labour Government to consider introducing free school meals for all year one and year two primary pupils as has been announced in England by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.

Hague and Miller spoke out after Gerald Howarth, the defence minister, called on the government to abandon liberal ideas such as legalising gay marriage and reform of the House of Lords.

The Shadow Economy Minister, Eluned Parrott and Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs, William Powell, will lead a debate calling on the Welsh Government to implement a three point plant to get the rural economy back on track.

Akash Paun of the Institute for Government (IfG) says government insiders have warned that the so - called «watchdog ministers» are struggling to do their day jobs while simultaneously keeping tabs on the whole dGovernment (IfG) says government insiders have warned that the so - called «watchdog ministers» are struggling to do their day jobs while simultaneously keeping tabs on the whole dgovernment insiders have warned that the so - called «watchdog ministers» are struggling to do their day jobs while simultaneously keeping tabs on the whole department.

Mr Fallon's call on the government «to improve the population count as a matter of urgency» was echoed by shadow immigration minister Damian Green.

The Minority has called on government to withdraw the 2018 budget statement presented to the House by the Finance Minister Ken Ofori - Atta.

He said change must come from within the public services themselves, and called on ministers to back officials in experimenting with new ways of working - however, he rejected suggestions that the government had been using officials as scapegoats.

The Honourable Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has called for greater African and international collaboration on illicit financial flows to drive accelerated revenue growth and improved government efficiency.

Gordon Brown has been called upon to confirm his position on ID cards, amid increasing Westminster speculation he will abandon the government's controversial scheme once prime minister.

The prime minister has promised that the government will respond to police calls for a tougher stance on gun crime.

Addressing senior representatives from the World Bank and IMF, as well as over 150 parliamentarians the Minister called for greater focus on collaboration in illicit financial flows from Africa as a core pillar of the government's strategy to significantly enhance domestic government revenue and deliver sustainable economic growth.

During last week's prime minister's questions, David Cameron was confronted by Caroline Lucas MP on why the government had done nothing to change our rotten extradition laws, despite a clear call from two separate parliamentary committees, a Commons motion in December last year and well - supported public petitions to do just that.

Conservative home affairs spokesman Edward Garnier called for proper leadership on the issue and condemned the government for pushing the problems of the prison system from «minister to minister to minister».

Live on his Call Clegg phone - in on LBC radio this morning, the deputy prime minister declared the snoopers charter was not going to happen while the Liberal Democrats were in government.

The government is receiving strong support from the opposition benches, which scrambled to point out Labour has called on ministers to strengthen rather than weaken the residence test.

Up to two dozen Conservative MPs had said they may support a Labour motion, which called for ministers to «pause and fix» the controversial welfare reform, which the government whipped its MPs to abstain on.

The Hansard Society say the incumbent «caretaker» prime minister has first call on forming an administration: «Only if the incumbent prime minister fails to put together a deal with one or more of the other parties, or, after having chosen to «meet» parliament, he loses a confidence motion, will the leader of the opposition party be invited to form a government.»

The Minister called on all citizens to help protect the public purse as Government commits to bringing «Ghana beyond Aid»

The clash between the Prime Minister and Ms Cooper came as Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn accused Ms May of knowing «full well» of the problems faced by the Windrush generation, and called on the Government to ditch «bogus immigration targets that have driven this hostile culture».

Former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo - Iweala has called on the Federal Government to call Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to order over the Governor's recent efforts to tarnish her reputation by linking her...