Sentences with phrase «chancellor over»

Head teachers representing more than 5,000 schools across England are supporting a protest letter to the chancellor over «inadequate» funding.

He was forced to deny he'd clashed with his chancellor over how to tackle the deficit.

He has fought a losing battle with the chancellor over defence cuts - with the comprehensive spending review overshadowing all other government plans.

We experience a rare moment of generosity for the British chancellor over his assessment of proposed Labour spending.

Pumping up the housing market has been the escape route of choice for economically besieged Tory chancellors over decades, a habit that left Britain with chronic housing shortages and an economy deeply unbalanced.

Not exact matches

The Autumn Statement is a mini-budget in which the chancellor updates the country on the government's taxation and spending plans, and it will be the new cabinet's first major economic announcement since May took over as prime minister.

Last year the movement inspired college students to take up the mantel, with some successes (the system president and chancellor of the University of Missouri resigned over outcry they failed to address campus racism).

George Osborne, Britain's chancellor of the exchequer, has responded to the furore over Starbucks, Google and Amazon by promising to use the country's imminent chairmanship of the G8 club of rich countries to wage war on tax havens.

Over here, he chatted quietly with Angela Merkel, the chancellor of Germany and a main ally.

At last November's Budget, the chancellor announced that the National Living Wage would increase 4.4 % for those aged 25 or over.

We spend time optimising what is held in SIPPs, ISAs and outside tax shelters, make sure we use our CGT allowances (and try not to go over), then along comes inheritance tax, or a chancellor moves the goalposts.

The state university system will no longer award bonuses to the system chancellor or campus presidents, a policy change announced Thursday following criticism of a $ 75,000 bonus awarded this year to Chancellor Robert Caret.Caret, who took over...

Over at the Sky News» Ask the Chancellors event, held at Facebook, the freebies were much more enticing.

As a poll released this lunchtime shows, he has lost his lead over Osborne in being seen as the most capable chancellor.

That means a growth in the funding gap the chancellor needs to fill from # 4 billion next year to over # 20 billion in 2022/23.

The Conservative leader said Mr Brown has presided over declining affordability, a doubling of the council tax and a fall in home ownership while chancellor.

The tension and speculation over who is to blame over the rate - rigging scandal heated up today as the chancellor claimed his predecessors were «clearly involved».

«I'm surprised the shadow chancellor is shouting again this week because we learned last week like bullies all over the world» — instant uproar from Tory MPs — «he can dish it out but HE CA N'T TAKE IT!»

Chris Grayling was facing questions over his record as lord chancellor today, after sources told Politics.co.uk he appeared to personally intervene in a prison sex inquiry.

So, just as an airline pilot would not normally observe to nervy passengers that «it may prove hard to avoid that jet over there», or a womanising MP does not tell his wife that «it may prove hard to avoid cheating on you» at an upcoming conference, the chancellor does not usually tell the country that avoiding a recession «may prove hard».

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls, appearing on the same programme, said people would view the potentially # 17 million payout for the former Barclays chief executive, who resigned last Tuesday over the Libor scandal, as «totally outrageous».

The row began over the weekend when shadow chancellor Ed Balls said a future Labour government would retain the coalition's pay squeeze on public sector workers.

Carranza, who has been superintendent of the Houston Independent School District for the past 18 months, will take over as New York City schools chancellor on Monday, April 2.

Labour said the funding announced today by the chancellor was a «tiny proportion» of over # 2 billion of spending cuts to HMRC imposed by the coalition, however.

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls said the long - term interests of the taxpayer needed to be prioritised over the short - term need for «headlines».

In little over a year the former shadow chancellor Ed Balls leaps from being a defeated candidate...

The shadow chancellor said delegates decide the agenda at the party's conference, as Jeremy Corbyn avoided a potential clash over Brexit.

In the space of three years he went from being lauded as the UK's most successful chancellor of the exchequer who had declared the «end of boom and bust» and «the beginning of a new Golden Age» to presiding over a country in a debilitating credit crunch amid Labour in - fighting, a breakdown in relations with many colleagues including his chancellor, and ultimately a failure to dissuade the electorate against the Tory / Lib Dem mantra that Labour allowed it all to go wrong.

Chris Grayling facing questions over his record as lord chancellor, after sources tell Politics.co.uk he appeared to personally intervene in a prison sex inquiry

Kristina Johnson formally takes over as SUNY chancellor tomorrow.

A Labour source told The Daily Telegraph in April that the shadow chancellor «wants to take over from Jeremy before 2020 and he's just watching the leadership crumble».

Shadow chancellor George Osborne backed the economic recovery policies of France and Germany over those of Alistair Darling today as a rift emerged between the chancellor and the prime minister.

Gordon Brown's chancellor has backed France's Christine Lagarde to take over at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Prime minister Gordon Brown has faced opposition from his own party over the plans resulting in chancellor Alistair Darling telling the House of Commons that a proposal to assist pensioners under 65 and workers with no children was under consideration.

In one of his first official decisions as the city's new schools chancellor, Richard Carranza sided with the status quo, putting adults» interests over kids» education.

Mr Blair appeared no more confident when asked about Gordon Brown taking over at No 10, after he praised the chancellor for his adept management of the economy.

«What the chancellor said yesterday doesn't necessarily mean further public spending reductions over and above what we've already announced,» he added.

Mr Blair responded by taunting Mr Cameron over his plan for a British bill of rights to replace the Human Rights Act, which was criticised by former Conservative chancellor Ken Clarke.

After a dispute over «the facts» of other countries» growth figures and a remark about chancellor George Osborne having «lashed himself to the mast» - which triggered extensive laughter from the opposition benches - Mr Miliband once again returned to the unemployment record.

«If the chancellor is doing such a good job, why won't he let him take over,» Mr Cameron asked, to which Mr Blair snapped back:» [The Tory leader] may want to forget this but we had a general election a year ago - we won, he lost.»

We are ready to hand over the political power Chancellors have enjoyed for centuries to make, and sometimes manipulate, budget forecasts to a new independent Office for Budget Responsibility

The shadow chancellor was investigated over his second home allowance by the parliamentary standards watchdog.

Ed Miliband killed off speculation about his elder brother taking over as shadow chancellor today, after he said Ed Balls would «absolutely» still be in his job when the country goes to the polls in 2015.

Many tabloids criticised the chancellor's decision to tax «hot grub» during last week's Budget as a further sign that lower income families were being hurt while those earning over # 150,000 won a substantial tax cut.

Tensions over the Christmas round of bank bonuses were to be the subject of today's planned talks between the chancellor, business secretary and the heads of Britain's biggest banks.

«This brings welcome relief to families on tight budgets and the Bank of England expects inflation to continue to fall further over the next year or so,» the chancellor said.

When asked whether the state or the mayor would have control over the schools, Heastie said: «The mayor and the chancellor put together a turnaround program, and we wanted to make sure, particularly in the Assembly, that they have that opportunity.»

One point eight million television views tune in to watch the three men vying to be chancellor after the next election clash over the public deficit, taxation policy and spending cuts.

It all has the unmistakeable feel of a choreography building up to even more devolutionary measures over spending being announced in the chancellor's Autumn Statement.

As Richard Carranza takes over as chancellor of New York City's public schools, here are seven of the biggest issues he will face.