Sentences with phrase «coalition ministers»

But our leaders and Coalition ministers want to have their cake and eat it — and, at the very least, they don't want to have to eat humble pie.

The issue is likely to be resolved at a meeting of the quad, the most senior coalition ministers, possibly later this week.

The mutual contempt between coalition ministers and their senior civil servants is now so bad it is putting the effectiveness of government at risk, a think - tank has warned.

We know what the Today programme does to coalition ministers when they come on the Today programme.

There is some comfort for our two coalition ministers on this score.

The review of professional standards was launched by the Department for Education (DfE) last October, led by former coalition minister David Laws, a Lib Dem who lost his seat in May's general election.

As a consequence, Labour's plans to borrow an additional # 50bn over the course of the parliament were derided by coalition ministers as irresponsible and potentially ruinous to our economic health.

The costs incurred under the previous government's watch surfaced on the same day that the cabinet secretary, Sir Gus O'Donnell, pointed to the refusal of coalition ministers to sacrifice expensive press cuttings services as Whitehall jobs are being slashed.

Only around 120 Tory MPs are expected to vote with coalition ministers in tomorrow's second reading bill, with around 60 set to abstain.

To talk of tackling social mobility, as coalition ministers do, without addressing the ever - widening gap between rich and poor, is disingenuous.

Later today, government departments are expected to publish the overseas travel costs incurred by coalition ministers in the first three months since forming government last May.

Former coalition minister Jo Swinson's made the brave decision to fight for her old seat for the Lib Dems at the earliest opportunity.

Lib Dem Coalition ministers do have a number of possible & real allies on equality measures even amongst senior Conservatives (e.g. May & occasionally also Cameron); amicable discussion should be retained in this dimension.

Conservative backbencher Harriett Baldwin, who was instrumental in persuading coalition ministers that a commission was needed on the issue, told politics.co.uk the commission found a «strong public attitude» on the issue.

Our research revealed for the first time that more than 300 such tsars have been appointed since 1997, more than 100 of them by Coalition ministers alone.

Frustrated coalition ministers are escalating their war with civil service mandarins today, with an unusually honest report admitting its failures over the last 12 months.

There is much greater consensus among coalition ministers over the proposal to reduce the current limit of 28 days detention without charge to 14 days — which the home secretary herself has already said she favours.

Ed Miliband is warning Britons to be braced for the pain of deep spending cuts — and accuses Coalition ministers of being callous in how they wield the axe.

He faces a possible challenge for the top job from fellow former coalition ministers Sir Ed Davey and Norman Lamb.

Coalition ministers traded blows over pensioners» benefits today after Iain Duncan Smith urged the wealthy to hand the money back.

Coalition ministers prioritise reducing emissions from agriculture and municipal solid waste at COP23 Bonn 15 November, 2017

The failure of the coalition to restrict or regulate bankers» pay could provide endless opportunities for Miliband and his gaffe - prone shadow chancellor, Alan Johnson, to ridicule and castigate senior coalition ministers.

Among those tipped for a possible run at the leadership tonight were former Coalition ministers Jo Swinson, Ed Davey and Vince Cable, all of whom were ousted as MPs in 2015 but won their seats back last week.

The bill was included in the Queen's Speech after years of delays and wrangling between coalition ministers.

The latest one to gather steam involves a recent Facebook post about same - sex marriage, written by Lynne Featherstone, the Liberal Democrat politician and former Coalition minister.

The infamous London prison is in chaos: a testament to catastrophic mismanagement of the prison estate by coalition ministers

Reading the diaries you get a Laws views of the Coalition minister, warts and all.

David Laws was a senior Lib Dem policy adviser, MP and Coalition minister.

Coalition ministers are struggling to secure a much - needed victory on Lords reform, as Nick Clegg's legislation approaches its first major test in the Commons.

Coalition ministers are expected to propose the move in the lobbying bill, which will be published today, but Labour is promising to table amendments pushing the changes through if they do not appear in the government package.

Coalition ministers have now decided to cut it from next month.

Coalition ministers have constructed a myth that theirs is a government of consensus and action.

Coalition ministers have repeatedly criticised the opposition for not having any distinctive alternatives to their policies in the first half of this parliament.

Coalition ministers must be on the front foot, repeating ad nauseam that they are putting out the fires started by the Labour arsonists:

Coalition ministers must be on the front foot, repeating ad nauseam that they are putting out the fires started by the Labour arsonists: Last week's apologising from Michael Gove was, on reflection, a little too effusive.

Coalition ministers are refusing to back down despite attacks from trade unions on a number of fronts.

Coalition ministers have repeatedly blamed Labour for cutting services despite the massive public spending cuts imposed on local government as a result of last year's comprehensive spending review.

The sentiment was echoed by Labour backbencher Robert Flello, who argued that the coalition ministers were «more interested in promoting elitism» than getting a better deal for students.

Labour support for the # 43 billion project is now judged critical to its success by coalition ministers, after David Cameron made clear at last week's Europe summit that it could not go ahead without opposition support.

Coalition ministers are refusing to back down today despite attacks from trade unions on a number of fronts.

But then Vince Cable has always had more freedom than most, if not any, coalition minister to say what he's thinking.

29 female ministers refers to all Coalition ministers.

With a coalition minister so silent on the problem that even a staunch politico might struggle to name Mark Prisk, the coalition government has lost its momentum since Grant Shapps — a man more fond of announcement than action — was reshuffled away to prevent him making another promise he couldn't keep.

Sir Alan Duncan, a former Coalition minister, is publishing legislation calling for a repeal of the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, which means elections can only be held every five years.

However in July 2010, as the Coalition Minister for Works and Pensions, Webb announced plans to link private sector pension payments to the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) instead of the Retail Prices Index (RPI), which would reduce the value of fully accrued index - linked pensions.

The emails he exchanged with special advisers to Jeremy Hunt and Vince Cable — the two coalition ministers with responsibility for the BSkyB bid — reveal a friendly man with the persistence of a charity mugger who will not take no for an answer.

It is hard to imagine any coalition minister wanting to play his part in an Afghan re-run of that fiasco.

Davey, who was energy and climate change secretary in the coalition government of 2010 - 15, said there was frustration that the party had failed to make progress in the polls since last year's general election under its new leader, Vince Cable, another former coalition minister.

Coalition ministers have traded blows over pensioners» benefits after Iain Duncan Smith urged the wealthy to hand the money back.

When Coalition ministers are asked to name an economist who believes their Direct Action plan to be better than a carbon price, the only one they can come up with is «Danny Price».