Sentences with phrase «criticise coalition policy»

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».

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The coalition's economic policies were criticised by the IMF in 2013, with its chief economist warning the UK government that if it cut spending too quickly and too deeply, it would be «playing with fire».

The coalition's efforts to clamp down on immigration have also been criticised for damaging the higher education sector, with figures from the industry saying government policy is robbing the UK of billions in investment.

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

Heseltine criticised the Coalition's policy on Europe, but he did support the tightening of immigration laws.

The fact that David Cameron leads a coalition rather than a Conservative administration has given the group a rare freedom to criticise government policy and suggest alternatives.

He says he was ditched for criticising people - like the Corbyn - backed Stop the War Coalition - who implicate Western foreign policy in terror acts.

On the campaign trail this week, Mr Clegg said he would like to see a Liberal Democrat holding the post of education secretary in a future coalition, but the Conservatives have criticised the party for trying to distance itself from education policies they supported in government.

«It is not possible to criticise the new Coalition policy on climate change because it does not exist,» Mr Turnbull wrote in an opinion column in 2009.