"Coalition policy" refers to the decisions, plans, and actions made by a group of different political parties who have formed a partnership or alliance in order to govern together. This approach allows parties with varying ideas and perspectives to work together and develop common policies that can be implemented.
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More disappointing is the failure of the party to make any impact on
coalition policy where it most matters, in economic policy.
Through carefully
made coalition policy, we have managed to ensure there is nothing to stop genuine students applying to study here.
This enabled the Labour leader to move the national economic debate from dry discussions about deficits on to the impact
of coalition policies on ordinary, hard - working families squeezed by rising prices.
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It is not possible to criticise the new
Coalition policy on climate change because it does not exist.
The Lib Dems could, for example, be more critical and obstructive (or even more critical and obstructive, as some Tories would put it) of Conservative plans, and set out their own proposals which they know would not
become coalition policy.
«A referendum on Europe during the midpoint of the next parliament is Conservative party policy, though
not coalition policy.
Nevertheless, the Orange Book liberals have left their mark
with Coalitions policies such as free schools and the pupil premium.
His remarks will be seen as a rebuke to colleagues on the Left of the party — including Business Secretary Vince Cable and president Tim Farron — who have begun to complain publicly
about coalition policies.»
Martin Kettle in last week's Guardian warned the Lib Dem leader that pursuing an elected Lords would be (i) unlikely to succeed, (ii) would make passage of
other Coalition policies more difficult and (iii) would risk the Lib Dems looking like a party remote from the public's bread and butter priorities.
The plans, which come from Iain Duncan Smith's department, are the single most
popular coalition policy with the public, polling suggests.
Senior Tories and Lib Dems are currently drawing up an agreement on
new Coalition policies for the next two years.
The Liberal Democrats are to adopt a new strategy of laying claim to aspects of
coalition policy in an attempt to reverse the impact of government spending cuts on their poll ratings.
The party's influence
over coalition policies is practically invisible, though it is undeniable that it has restrained the Conservatives in areas such as welfare cuts and repatriating powers from Brussels.
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It's
expected Coalition policy will involve significantly lowering the threshold at which the Foreign Investment Review Board needs to assess a bid to buy land, from $ 244 million to just $ 125 million, The Australian Financial Review reports.
Jeremy Davies writes: Emerging details about the Pupil Premium suggest schools could focus on increasing father - involvement as a key response to this
major Coalition policy initiative.
This
flagship coalition policy ensures pensioners always see their hand - out rise by whichever is the greatest each year: average earnings, prices or 2.5 %.
Simon Jenkins: Defeat over Lords reform gives the Lib Dems a chance to
affect coalition policy where it most matters: the economy
The speech
threw coalition policy on immigration into disarray, with one senior Lib Dem branding the speech a return to «dog whistle» politics and government sources struggling to confirm whether reducing immigration to «tens of thousands» was official policy.
«Devolution is moving forward, and this is happening under the Tory stewardship of the Wales Office; but it is
real Coalition policy.
The independent Sustainable Development Commission (SDC)
branded coalition policies on sustainable food as «insubstantial» in the face of the growing crises of obesity, climate change and environmental damage.
Responding to the comments made by Barnardos that schools must do more to tackle the root causes of poor pupil behaviour, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said that
coalition policies undermine good behaviour, rather than promote it.
It is baffling (albeit a relief) to me that David Cameron and George Osborne have not even tried to identify themselves with the Lib Dem -
sponsored Coalition policy of increasing the income tax threshold to benefit the low - paid.
The SLF therefore reiterates its strong support for
Coalition policy towards the Post Office, and calls on Liberal Democrat ministers to carefully bear in mind the impact of reforms to Royal Mail, giving full consideration to increased worker - and public - ownership.
The 2015 timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan was the most popular
coalition policy so far, earning 80 % approval.
Reading between the lines, it appears that you guys think we should run on much the same policies as the Tories — for example, supporting the accelerated pace of deficit reduction (although
current Coalition policy doesn't seem to be reducing the deficit at all!)
Childcare was in outline highlighted in the midterm review as one of the major new vote -
winning coalition policies due to be unveiled shortly.
Giving Lib Dem activists a green light to
criticise coalition policy, Mr Cable said the party had to «maintain our distinctive and progressive tax policies for the future».
Malcolm Bruce
listed coalition policies which he reckoned demonstrated why his party was an «important party of the British political scene» but said people «don't actually know what difference Liberal Democrats have made».
Harris, the former MP for Oxford West, seems to have taken over from Hughes, the deputy leader, as a lightning rod for dissent in the party in recent months, and the two clashed over how much influence the wider party should have over
future coalition policies.
SB 336 is a «prime example» of how CCSA's model legislation can be a tool to guide state policy, according to
coalition Policy Director Brandon Smithwood.
Motions passed at the Lib Dem conference — such as the one setting up a panel to examine decriminalising drugs — become party policy, but they don't
become coalition policy.
He added: «When we return in the autumn to vote on this again, we fully expect the Conservatives to deliver this crucial part of the coalition deal - as we have delivered
other coalition policies.»