Sentences with phrase «coalition relations»

That did not stop David Cameron and Nick Clegg using the announcement to shore up coalition relations damaged by last week's Lords reform rebellion.

If verified in the final vote, that could prove difficult for coalition relations, with Nick Clegg losing one of the big rewards keeping his MPs in line.

Lib Dem leader demands apology after home secretary said his party had put children at risk, amid new low in coalition relations

The London mayor fired one of his strongest salvos yet against the Conservatives» coalition partners on the way down to Hampshire from the capital, in a move only likely to send coalition relations further into the mire.

But amid rising tensions over the EU referendum coalition relations are in a decline which could be accelerated further by the spending review tensions now enveloping Whitehall.

As the confusion over the green levies plan threatened to poison coalition relations, senior Tories were reacting with astonishment at the strength with which Clegg was pursuing his new crusade against free schools.

The former head of think tank Demos knows that this parting shot allows the Liberal Democrats to look tough, without damaging coalition relations at the top of government.

Such a move would only make already - strained coalition relations frostier after the parties blocked each others» bids to legislate for an EU referendum and dilute the impact of the bedroom tax last month.

But Clegg's decision to oppose Theresa May's plans — and especially his decision to announce it on the radio without warning — will worsen already tense coalition relations.

But rather than go on to set out what Lib Dems would do if in Government in the next Parliament, the Deputy Prime Minister got bogged down talking about Coalition relations, UKIP and Europe.

In replacing Lord Strathclyde as leader of the Lords, the cerebral politician enters an upper house full of fraught coalition relations

Coalition relations plummeted on Monday when the Liberal Democrats were accused by Conservatives of double crossing, cynicism, cheating and opportunism as Nick Clegg's peers joined Labour to delay a constituency boundary review that had been likely to give the Tories 20 extra seats.

This isn't critical for coalition relations, writes political editor Gary Gibbon.

The Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, has described a «new low point in coalition relations» after the Conservative Home Secretary, Theresa May, attacked his party for thwarting attempts to introduce new data monitoring powers.