Sentences with phrase «chancellor supports»

D.C. school's chancellor supports teacher - incentive program by Tom Howell Jr Washington Times: January 23, 2012

The shadow chancellor supports major capital infrastructure projects as a way of driving down unemployment while public spending is cut.

he's a terrorist sympathizer, he hates the west, he thinks Venezuela is something to emulate and his chancellor supports murderers.

University of North Carolina chancellor supports InterVarsity chapter James Moeser, chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has ordered the school to allow InterVarsity Christian Fellowship to continue as an officially recognized organization.

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Within months, Adenauer shifted his support from the Ahlen Program to the «Social Market» concept developed and promoted by Ludwig Erhard (who became Adenauer's economics minister and later his successor as chancellor), as well as the «Freiburg School» of economics, most of whose members had direct ties to the Freiburg Circle.

Ahead of the Budget announcement this afternoon, both the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA), Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) and Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) had called for the chancellor to cut duty on alcohol to support the further growth on the industry.

Attendees enjoyed a keynote address from John Bowen, chancellor, Johnson & Wales University, and educational seminars and culinary demonstrations from presenters, such as Mark Eggerding, vice president of product sales support, US Foods, and Nicholas Calias, CEC, executive chef / food and beverage director, The Colonnade Hotel and Brasserie Jo, Boston.

Eagle put the chancellor in an awkward spot by asking if he agreed with the Brexit - supporting Tory minister Priti Patel or with Unite boss Len McCluskey on the need to protect workers» rights.

Bear in mind also that in parliamentary systems, there are more ways to remove the head of government (chancellor / prime minister) than just losing an election, including loss of support from their own party / coalition, or loss of confidence from the legislature.

That said, chancellor is the most powerful position in the day to day running of Germany, because tradition dictates that the president will just represent the country and otherwise support whatever the parliament and the chancellor do.

Advocates for culturally relevant education practices hope the new NYC schools chancellor, Richard Carranza, who once established a mariachi curriculum while teaching in Arizona, will support their efforts.

Explaining his plans for a married couples allowance, shadow chancellor George Osborne told the Times the policy was about «supporting commitment».

Last week, the chancellor pledged to invest # 20m in schemes to support people on the brink of homelessness and end rough - sleeping by 2027.

In a significant victory for the chancellor, he announced that the French and Germans were backing the plan and releasing a joint statement in support of it.

German chancellor Angela Merkel may be forced to rely on opposition support in a crunch vote in the German parliament later.

The chancellor reminded his audience that the Liberals of the 19th century failed to support Conservative attempts to protect chimney sweeps — a barely concealed reference to Mr Cable's description of right - wing Tories as «descendants of those who sent children up chimneys».

Simon Wren - Lewis — one of shadow chancellor John McDonnell's high - powered economic advisory team — argued that Corbyn needed to base his leadership on those areas where his brand of politics has a degree of popularity and consensus — notably on anti-austerity, support for public services and lessening inequality — and he needed to show both popular flair while conducting a charm offensive on his parliamentary colleagues.

After coming out in support of the graduate tax during his leadership campaign, Mr Miliband's favoured policy was instantly destabilised by outspoken comments from his shadow chancellor saying he still supported tuition fees, which he originally helped to bring in while in government.

He would therefore be likely to support EU efforts to tackle these problems, rather than opposing them, as the chancellor has done.

Chris Leslie, the former shadow chancellor who is backing the Soubry amendments, said there was a good chance the government would be defeated as he was «reasonably confident that the shadow cabinet and rest of the parliamentary Labour party» supported staying in the customs union.

His intervention drew huge support from peers, many of whom are lawyers and judges and came in marked contrast to the reaction of Truss, who is also lord chancellor, who did not step in after the tabloid press attacked the High Court judges who heard the case.

An unlikely figure providing support for the chancellor is the Liberal Democrats» Martin Horwood.

His comments echo similar warnings made by chancellor Gordon Brown at the weekend, when he called for supporters of the union between Scotland and England to «speak up» in the face of growing support for independence north of the border.

The chancellor said he planned to commit # 44bn in capital funding, loans and guarantees to support the UK housing market.

«Somebody with intimate knowledge of the system is going to be essential to at least support a new chancellor.»

They will cite support for the move from Kenneth Clarke, the former Conservative chancellor.

Hoon had a difficult time as chief whip, partly because Nick Brown, his deputy who went on to replace him, was close to the prime minister and the acolytes that supported Brown for years as chancellor.

Instead, spending levels will approximate Britain circa 2000, the last year, in the chancellor's historical account, in which Britain still had control of its spending (he supported Labour spending plans long after that, but that's been written out of the official record).

Third, the CDU is known for supporting its party leaders (and chancellors) for a long time (Konrad Adenauer, Helmut Kohl, Angela Merkel all served much longer than 10 years).

It is against this backdrop of new evidence and growing cross-party support for a re-think on APD that today we urge the chancellor to take action and rethink his planned rise in APD (another one is planned to come into force from 1 April).

Michael Meacher and John McDonnell both intend to challenge the chancellor for the leadership but it has been questioned whether they will have the support of 44 MPs necessary to appear on the ballot paper.

Initially, at least, the Labour backbenchers were offering fervent support to their chancellor as he wound up the electoral pressure.

After the Budget, shadow chancellor Chris Leslie seemed to support almost all the measures in the announcement, but voiced concern about changes to tax credits as a potential «work penalty».

The chancellor announced in the June 2010 budget that DLA mobility support for disabled people living in care homes would be cut.

Today's meeting between David Cameron and German chancellor Angela Merkel offers an excellent opportunity to «reset» recently strained Anglo - German relations, as well as a chance for Cameron to set out clearly how and why both countries can support one another as their roles in Europe change to reflect the new reality of closer eurozone integration.

@Tlen Moreover, there have been hundreds of articles at that time praising Solidarnosc, chancellor Schmidt shortly before supported the NATO Double - track decision, and his quote is a remorse that only the law of war could prevent the Sovjets from marching in.

Reeves suggested that Osborne's support for public - private partnerships, a type of project eligible for funding under the infrastructure scheme, represents another U-turn from the chancellor, as he did not support a similar Labour programme previously.

The chancellor, without any great parliamentary support never mind public popularity, isn't in the strongest position to resist and Cameron's remaining time is limited anyway, reducing the need for Osborne to risk forcing events.

Weekend responses from the Treasury suggested he chancellor had read John Vickers» report and was happy to support it.

McGovern also insists that the Labour leader does not support the stance taken by the shadow chancellor.

«After 60 per cent votes for sure fire election losers, IRA - supporting Shadow Chancellors and Scottish Labour unnecessarily splitting the party on issues over which it has no responsibility, we have a Shadow Minister telling «Stop the War» — a madcap coalition of trots, Islamists and anti-west fury chimps — that Labour will consult them on how it will vote on Syria.

«We're looking for extra support for these students, particularly technology assistance, but in terms of access to parents, I don't think there's ever been a chancellor or has done more.»

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell suggested that support for Labour would pick up as the general election gets closer and Corbyn gets more TV airtime.

Whitehall officials have said that all three cabinet ministers have made their doubts over hard Brexit known in Cabinet meetings and offered their support to the chancellor.

Brown replies: «The one person he didn't mention who supported the VAT rise is the shadow chancellor.»

The government has a «duty» to support all types of families and should not allow policies to be based on «ideological judgements», the chancellor Gordon Brown argued today.

The chancellor also pledged to continue supporting manufacturing apprenticeships, which have grown from 20,000 in 1997 to 70,000 today.

The poll of former Labour MPs and prospective parliamentary candidates by Channel 4 News found overwhelming support for David Miliband, with former chancellor Ed Balls just pipping Mr Miliband's younger brother Ed Miliband for second place.

The shadow chancellor says for the first time that he could work with the Lib Dem leader, supports airport expansion and says history will «paint a different picture» of Gordon Brown.

Labour MP Chris Leslie tells Radio 4's Today programme that shadow chancellor John McDonnell must explain his U-turn on Labour's support for government plans to force future governments to keep a budget surplus