Sentences with phrase «climbdown after»
Nicky Morgan, the education secretary, has previously dodged questions over a potential climbdown after Conservative MPs and councillors voiced their discomfort, especially over the potential impact on smaller schools in rural areas.
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The Unite general secretarry also defended the union's handling of the Grangemouth dispute and its subsequent climbdown after Ineos threatened to close the plant if workers did not accept reduced pay and pensions.
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A climbdown from Ms Lagarde's office is even less likely after the Leftist Syriza government crossed the rubicon and became the first developed country in the IMF's 71 - year - history to default on the world's «lender of last resort» this week.
That represents a major climbdown by Mrs May, who had previously insisted that the ECJ's oversight should end after the UK quits the EU.
Lib Dem MPs had already scented a climbdown and a few hours after Ms May's appearance the energy secretary, Chris Huhne, took to the airwaves to reiterate his commitment to their abolition.
In a clear climbdown, Labour's Shadow Chancellor said it was «welcome news» that «at last economic growth is returning» in the UK, adding: «After three years of stagnation, any growth is better than no growth.»
«Ed Miliband is facing the gravest crisis of his leadership after former Home Secretary David Blunkett warned that he was putting the «entire Labour project» at risk... Mr Miliband was last night said to have been forced into a humiliating climbdown in his battle with the union barons because he feared the loss of their vital funds.
MPs have agreed elements of their controversial allowances should be reformed but only after another Government climbdown.
It is the latest climbdown for the Government after a series of proposals in the Budget, including a pasty tax, were also abandoned.
This firestorm of controversy provoked a rare climbdown from Senator Hanson, who apologised live to Channel 7's Sunrise program after saying she'd heard from medical experts that a vaccination test existed.