Sentences with phrase «difficult decisions of government»

Voters want to see evidence that this third party is committed to taking the difficult decisions of government, rather than simply maintaining the idealistic purity of opposition».

Not exact matches

Distressed governments have always been obliged to protect the health and safety of their citizens and to make difficult decisions regarding the allocation of scarce resources when budgets are tight.

Tony Blair has announced a new layer of government which will help ministers make difficult policy decisions - «people's panels».

«That this House notes that young people today grow up in an increasingly complex financial world requiring them to make difficult decisions for the future, often without the necessary level of financial literacy; believes that financial education will help address the national problem of irresponsible borrowing and personal insolvency and that teaching people about budgeting and personal finance will help equip the workforce with the necessary skills to succeed in business and drive forward economic growth; further believes that the country has a duty to equip its young people properly through education to make informed financial decisions; and calls on the Government to consider the provision of financial education as part of the current curriculum review.»

It is therefore crucial that government provides additional support to people, ideally through a telephone service who can cover all of the relevant schemes, to help them with these difficult decisions and that further improvements are made to the childcare calculator.»

Rather than it getting worse, maybe over time — after very, very difficult decisions on public spending — the wider purpose and vocation of the Government will become more obvious.»

In New York state government news, legislators in Albany are taking a week off ahead of difficult budget decisions, and Republicans in the Senate are calling for the elimination of one of Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's signature economic development programs.

There is no question that while the investigation revealed serious issues with regard to fundraising and the manner in which it was conducted, including the use of public resources, I am confident that Mr. Levy did not personally profit... The decision to allow Mr. Levy to complete his term was carefully considered and involved weighing his conduct, the need for stability in government in these difficult economic times while affording a smooth transition after the 2011 elections.»

«We know that the size of the budget deficit run up by the previous Government means that difficult decisions need to be taken, and Derbyshire police will have to take their share of that pain.

It is the first year of government and we will have to make some difficult decisions.»

«This has been a very difficult decision, I will continue to serve the interests of the Conservative cause in Greater Manchester and nationally to the best of my ability and I wish David Cameron well in returning the Conservative party to government.»

«It's quite easy to criticise some of the difficult decisions that have to be made in local government,» he says.

«That isn't a recipe of success for the long term, and what we're trying to do as a government is, yes, take difficult decisions today for the long term benefit of future generations in years to come.»

The PM says «of course it's a difficult decisions - life is about difficult decisions - government is about difficult decisions.

«With poor initial decisions by Ministers and endless indecision from Downing Street putting the whole scheme in jeopardy, it is increasingly difficult to have any confidence in the Government's handling of welfare.»

This is Lord Oakeshott's decision and is understandable in the circumstances.These have been a difficult few days after a disappointing set of election results.But now is the time to get on with the business of Government and getting our message out about what the Liberal Democrats are delivering in Government to build a stronger economy and a fairer society - cutting income tax, bringing down the deficit, creating jobs and making sure everyone benefits from our economic recovery.

The chairman of the advisory group Peter Lehmann criticised the government for «not being willing to take the difficult decisions needed to make further progress in eradicating fuel poverty».

They were, she said, part of «the difficult decisions that the Government have taken to tackle the deficit have made Britain safer for householders».

Amidst all the talk of «going for growth», Lib Dem «hate taxes on the rich», and difficult decisions for Ministers having to reduce their budgets, there is one large, flabby area of government which has been insufficiently tackled, but which could be cut down to size easily, popularly, and with huge benefits for society: the equalities sector.

In a statement, Gove said it was the most difficult decision of his political life but his experience as a government minister had deepened his «conviction that we need change».

But having barely survived the most harrowing case of their careers and discovering government corruption of the highest level, Walker and Pilgrim are now faced with the most difficult decision they've ever had to make.

He examines Japan's difficult and costly cleanup, the resulting pulse of public fears about radiation there (and elsewhere) and corporate and government decisions that resulted in the construction of such a vulnerable power plant complex in a tsunami zone.

My point in # 116 above had nothing to do with the relative merit of American versus Japanese automakers, but in the fallacy that government can dictate the affairs of the population unless our politicians are willing to make both the difficult decisions necessary to implement good policy, and are also willing to standup and explain why these policies are necessary.

Pai may have a difficult road ahead, as the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the government's position on net neutrality rules in a 2 - to - 1 decision from a three - judge panel just this past year.

There are modern examples of juries arriving at decisions which have helped shape the UK's constitution but were initially difficult to reconcile with the stated position of UK Government at the time of the trial.

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.

Eventually the government cut funding to the library, and difficult decisions had to be made about what was core to the organization as a whole, and one of them was that content aimed at external stakeholders was no longer core to its mandate.

The UK government covers some of the costs of childcare once the child turns three, but with the nursery fees and travel costs, women on low wages often find going back to work to be a difficult and financially draining decision.

I am afraid it is the adequate description of the decision, which is difficult to explain in legal terms and which in my view has much more to do with the psychology of the Court and its individual judges, although other domestic actors, the Supreme Administrative Court and the Government, also played an important role.

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[52] The more difficult part of the process is changing decision - making and service delivery processes to accommodate Indigenous cultural characteristics and aspirations, including through supporting and rebuilding the capacity for Indigenous self - government and autonomy.