Sentences with phrase «coalition government introduced»

That year, the coalition government introduced universal free school meals for all children in reception, Year 1 and Year 2.

The Coalition Government introduced the Academy Bill in 2010.

Consequently, the new Coalition government introduced the English Baccalaureate as a «performance measure» in the 2010 performance tables published in January 2011.

When the current coalition government introduced the Fixed - term Parliaments Act in 2011, the case appeared compelling: The Government believes that fixed - term Parliaments will have a positive impact on our country's political system; providing stability, discouraging short - termism, and preventing the manipulation of election dates for political advantage.

Not exact matches

Coalition to oppose telco reforms The coalition will oppose the federal government's telecommunications reforms, introduced as part of its plan to build the $ 43 billion national broadbandCoalition to oppose telco reforms The coalition will oppose the federal government's telecommunications reforms, introduced as part of its plan to build the $ 43 billion national broadbandcoalition will oppose the federal government's telecommunications reforms, introduced as part of its plan to build the $ 43 billion national broadband network.

The new coalition government has already suggested reversing several reforms introduced by the previous administration, which in itself is a dangerous proposition for the country, but the implication for the Continent could be greater and graver.

Since the election in 2010 the coalition government has placed a cap on the amount of benefits people can receive and introduced the Spare Room Subsidy that means people on housing benefit with more bedrooms than they needed had their benefits cut.

UK: Government drops minimum unit pricing The UK Coalition Government has officially abandoned plans to introduce minimum unit pricing for alcohol in England and Wales.

Just as the new mayor of Turin launches a drive to make the city meat free, so a new Communist - led coalition government in the Indian state of Kerala is attempting to make its dietary mark — this time by introducing a fat tax.

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.

Appointed parliamentary secretary for pensions by Winston Churchill, in the coalition government of 1940, she went on to become minister for Education in the landmark Attlee government of 1945, introducing free milk for schoolchildren and raising the school leaving age.

Local government formed one of the devolved powers and the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 was introduced by a coalition Scottish Executive formed between the Labour party and the Liberal democrats.

They rocketed under the coalition and peaked at around 90,000 in October 2013, as the government introduced sanctions of up to three years in the supposedly most extreme cases.

When the Act was introduced in 2011, the coalition government justified it by arguing that «fixed - term parliaments will have a positive impact on our country's political system; providing stability, discouraging short - termism, and preventing the manipulation of election dates for political advantage.»

«The NASUWT will be considering the implications of today's announcement very carefully once the detail has been shared and as there has been no consultation prior to these provisions being introduced will seek to engage with the Coalition Government to identify what support teachers, school leaders and schools will require to enable them to protect fully the children and young people in their care.»

The cost of going to university could double under the coalition government's plans to introduce a graduate «contribution», a union has warned.

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.

According to companies that are being pulled in for a chat surrounding the government plans, roughly a year after the Foreign Secretary William Hague's Cyber Crime summit in London, the coalition could introduce a system of insurance that would require the owners of PC's to take out cover against data loss and the costs of investigation to identify the culprits.

Tony Blair's manifesto commitment to a referendum on electoral reform gives him an option for hanging onto government office, in coalition with the Liberal Democrats, by introducing PR when Gordon Brown and Frank Field's policies produce the inevitable dénouement with the electorate.

Although the coalition has made much of its action to levy # 2 billion from the banks, the one - off «bonus tax» introduced under the last government was cancelled.

«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.»

The present Coalition government has pledged not to introduce road pricing for the duration of this Parliament.

Ms Harman concluded with questions about the coalition government's plans to introduce a married couples» tax allowance.

«It is simply staggering that the Coalition Government claims to be serious about introducing a pupil premium when it is yet to say how much money will be provided to schools or where the additional money will come from.

The coalition said it noticed with keen interest how the Special Prosecutor bill was passed with urgency in accordance with the wish and preference of the Executive arm of government, and expects that same is done to the RTI bill which has not been passed for nearly ten years after it was first introduced in parliament.

Plaid also promises to introduce a 50p minimum price per unit for alcohol, which the coalition Government retreated from enacting.

The more seats a party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.

On St David's Day the Coalition Government announced that it would introduce a minimum funding «floor» for Wales.

«The demand to introduce an EU tax contravenes the position underlined by the (German) government in its coalition agreement,» the Reuters news agency quoted a finance minister spokesman as saying.

In a parliamentary answer recently, equalities minister Lynne Featherstone said the coalition government might introduce the religious elements into the ceremonies.

This Coalition Government is dedicated to revolutionising the way we work: · Introducing shared parental leave.

It comes just 24 hours after peers handed another defeat to the government, this time on plans to introduce five - year fixed - term parliaments, and is likely to ruffle feathers further about the coalition.

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.

Mr Cameron was PM of a coalition of Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs at the time of The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, though neither the Conservative 2010 manifesto nor the Coalition Agreement mandated the government to intrcoalition of Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs at the time of The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, though neither the Conservative 2010 manifesto nor the Coalition Agreement mandated the government to intrCoalition Agreement mandated the government to introduce it.

The Coalition government's proposed reforms to tuition fees announced in November 2010 provoked huge controversy, not least because many Liberal Democrats, including Nick Clegg, Vince Cable and Sir Menzies Campbell, had signed the NUS «Vote for Students» pledge «to vote against any increase in fees in the next Parliament and to pressure the government to introduce a fairer alternative».

The Coalition agreement committed the government to introduce a House Business Committee by the third year of the current Parliament.

Nat le Roux argues that a one - off electoral reform pact between Labour and some or all of the minor parties in 2020, with a common manifesto commitment to introduce a new voting system, would likely result in a broad - left coalition government.

Top of the list, though, is the possibility that the government might actually introduce a measure it had originally pledged to implement in the coalition agreement: a House business committee giving backbenchers a say in what the Commons debates.

«The Coalition Agreement commits the Government to bring forward «budget resolutions to introduce transferable tax allowances for married couples,» while allowing the Liberal Democrats to abstain on them.

The centre - left Social Democrats led a string of coalition governments for most of the second half of the 20th century, introducing the Nordic welfare model.

The story referred to a Bill introduced into the Commons by Lib Dem MP Andrew George to water down government legislation (known in Whitehall as the under - occupancy penalty) which had represented a collective decision of the coalition government.

The coalition government pledges to keep free museum entry, a policy introduced in 2000 by the then Culture Secretary Chris Smith.

The coalition government has pledged to keep free museum entry, a policy in introduced in 2000 by the then Culture Secretary Chris Smith which led to more people passing through the turnstiles.

The speech, which sets out the Government's legislative programme as part of the State Opening, has taken place in early May since the Coalition introduced fixed - term Parliaments in 2010.

The coalition government attempted to bridge the gap between the lowest and highest funded authorities by introducing a further # 390 million into the system towards the end of the last parliament.

Universal infant free school meals, introduced by the coalition government in 2014, already costs the taxpayer more than # 600 million a year, but Labour claims it can raise # 1.5 billion by charging VAT on tuition fees charged by independent schools.

The pupil premium was introduced by the Coalition government in April 2011 to provide additional funding for disadvantaged pupils.

The additional funding will mostly be drawn from scrapping free hot lunches for all infant pupils, a policy introduced by the coalition government as a way of improving health, and used by about two million children.

The Coalition Government continued and borrowed the 50 % policy when it introduced its free schools programme in 2010 (free schools are a type of academy school).

George Osborne MP, Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer in the United Kingdom's new coalition government, will unveil on Tuesday 22nd June an emergency budget designed to introduce # 30 billion worth of austerity savings and tax hikes for economic stimulus.