Sentences with phrase «controversial plans»

However the net effect of the HS2 decision is that if the government is faced with a difficult planning decision it will most likely try to circumvent the SEA Directive by putting any controversial plans through parliament in legislation rather than publishing proposed plans for consultation.

Shell's chief executive Ben van Beurden was grilled at the oil company's annual general meeting (AGM) today on its controversial plans to drill in the Arctic.

The controversial plans show heavy reliance on fossil fuels, and would allow Slovenia's biggest energy provider, Termoelektrarna Šoštanj, to continue running coal - fired power plants until 2054.

Along with the list, which advocated various incentives to accelerate the proliferation of clean technologies, Clinton suggested some more controversial plans: he raised the idea of a single state, like Nevada, or an area like Puerto Rico becoming energy independent — he said this could «rock the world.»

Last week, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court agreed to the museum's controversial plans to sell up to 40 works from its collection in order to fund renovations.

Berkshire Museum criticised by Rockwell family over deaccession plans The family of Norman Rockwell has condemned the Berkshire Museum's controversial plans to sell two of the artist's paintings from its collection, reports ArtNews.

Universal infant free school meals are here to stay, the schools minister Nick Gibb has announced today, confirming a U-turn on controversial plans from the Conservative Party's manifesto.

The controversial plans to require all schools to convert to academy status, or have plans to do so, by 2022 were announced in the Budget, but details followed in a white paper.

In the space of one day last week, North Carolina's virtual charter schools saw their controversial plans for overhauling attendance requirements axed, and then, mostly, restored.

Parents might have seen Cheatham as a scapegoat in an ill - conceived «reform» scheme, but a labor negotiator for the Chicago Public Schools said it was Cheatham who helped devise controversial plans for both a longer day and to use student test scores in teacher performance evaluations.

An academy chain established by the schools minister has been forced to drop controversial plans to extend the day for children as young as five after protests from parents and teachers.

However the majority of this funding was to be made up by controversial plans to scrap universal infant free school meals — which have been dropped.

Since Justine Greening was appointed Education Secretary, taking over from her predecessor Nicky Morgan, the government has backed away from its controversial plans to force all schools to convert into an academy — as initially set out in the Educational Excellence Everywhere white paper.

In addition to this, controversial plans to replace free school lunches for infants with free breakfast was not included in the speech.

NIH officials last month quietly abandoned controversial plans to create a doctoral program on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland.

The White House's controversial plans for U.S. space science and exploration could ignite a budgetary battle with Congress

The controversial plans are being debated in the House of Commons next month, and David Cameron could face his biggest parliamentary revolt so far.

A group of New York City politicians penned a scathing critique of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's controversial plans to...

The government is set to go ahead with its controversial plans to sell or privatise the Royal Mail.

George Osborne revived controversial plans to dilute employees» rights by announcing that workers will be offered shares in their companies in return for giving up their legal rights at work.

Some of the candidates were vehemently against the controversial plans to plop the stadium on the site of the Fountain of Industry, a site northwest of the Unisphere, while one was opposed to the idea.

Nearly 113,000 council homes could be sold off across England to help finance the government's controversial plans to extend the right - to - buy scheme, according to analysis from Shelter.

The group hopes they will be able to change the controversial plans to renovate the park, the Brooklyn Paper first reported.

CHELSEA — Controversial plans for a massive expansion to Chelsea Market are pitting Council Speaker Christine Quinn's mayoral ambitions against her duty to constituents, critics fear.

Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Liam Byrne will set out the controversial plans tonight, saying: «Welfare reform is one of the policy areas where Labour needs to win back trust.»

Ahead of a Commons vote tomorrow on the government's controversial plans to increase tuition fees, and following my blog yesterday with photographs of the Tory MP Ben Wallace which appear to show him holding a copy of the NUS pledge on tuition fees, I have been sent this better picture of Ben Wallace holding the pledge which does indeed suggest that he amended it, as he says:

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has defended controversial plans to charge social housing tenants for spare rooms in their homes, or ask them to move into smaller homes saying it will help those on social housing waiting lists, and families living in overcrowded homes.

The government's controversial plans for the NHS are facing a potential legal challenge from Unison, the UK's largest public services union.

The House of Lords is beginning to debate the detail of the Government's controversial plans to introduce control orders for terrorist suspects.

Thousands of union members will take part in a series of protests today against controversial plans to reform public sector pension reforms.

The Home Secretary Charles Clarke has told the House of Commons that he intends to press ahead with controversial plans to introduce control orders for terrorist suspects.

The health secretary has denied the Department of Health (DoH) has axed controversial plans to involve private sector treatment centres in the NHS.

City Comptroller Scott Stringer, a political rival of Mayor Bill de Blasio, is requesting that the administration delay controversial plans for residential development in Brooklyn Bridge Park

The Bloomberg administration has withdrawn its controversial plans to permit developer Bruce Ratner to transform land in the Mill Basin part of Brooklyn into...

Alistair Darling has today scrapped controversial plans to raise business rates by five per cent, opting instead for a smaller two per cent increase.

Nick Clegg has claimed that even the prime minister was not aware of Michael Gove's controversial plans to bring back O levels.

Mateen was born in New York from parents who were from Afghanistan, though Trump still touted his controversial plans for a ban of all non-American Muslims coming into the United States.

United Riverhead Terminal owner John Catsimatidis has officially withdrawn controversial plans to expand the Northville facility's operations.

Earlier Tuesday, key committee leaders released a detailed, 262 - page budget plan that called for rejecting Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's controversial plans to change the education cost - sharing formula and to force towns to share one - third of the cost of teachers» pensions.

Among those benefiting from the controversial plans to raise the tax threshold to # 2million are shadow chancellor George Osborne, foreign secretary William Hague and Mr Cameron.

Southend Hospital might have shelved its controversial plans for the time being — but today's controversy is a warning that the government can not afford to ignore this crisis any longer.

The government's controversial plans for ID cards will be reviewed in the light of the loss of 25 million people's personal data.

The home secretary currently faces a Labour rebellion over controversial plans to extend the time suspects can be held without charge to 42 days.

A key committee vote to determine support for the government's controversial plans on housing benefit takes place today.

Opposition politicians have vowed to fight the government's controversial plans to extend pre-charge detention to 42 days.

In response, the exchange announced a controversial plans to «socialize» its losses among all users.

A Northern California water agency may reverse an earlier decision and grant its full support to Gov. Jerry Brown's controversial plan to build two massive tunnels to remake the state's water system.

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Coke is considering altering the controversial plan amid pressure from Buffett.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — General Mills is scrapping a controversial plan to strip consumers of their right to sue the food company.

THE Property Council's initiative for the reform of central Perth's ad hoc and often controversial planning processes is expected to become a reality in the near future.