Sentences with phrase «election commitments on»

Tony Blair today appeared to rule out the possibility of a snap general election by telling the House of Commons that election commitments on tax would be made after the Budget.

OPINION: It is vital for the WA government to stick with its budget repair plans despite breaking an election commitment on pay rises.

Not exact matches

Defending Facebook against charges that its algorithm promoted fake news stories that may have influenced the outcome of the U.S. presidential election, Zuckerberg implied that the company can only go so far without compromising on its commitment to neutrality.

Having been elected on promises that may not take effect until after the next election, the government must show a real commitment to achieving those goals.

But, unfortunately for the NDP, it was Justin Trudeau's Liberals who managed to capitalize in the 2015 election on a commitment to restore science as an economic engine and renew the government's reliance on research and data.

The Revolving Credit Facility provides for a revolving total commitment of $ 20,000 of which $ 15,000 was available immediately and can be increased to $ 20,000 on or after the first anniversary of the effective date upon the Company's election and satisfaction of certain conditions.

«On International Workers» Day this year, lets renew our commitment to push for positive change that will benefit all workers,» says Patrick Colford, President of the New Brunswick Federation of Labour, «With this year being an election year, we need to make sure that our elected representatives are accountable for improving fairness and making sure that economic prosperity benefits everyone.»

At the same time, many of the NDP's expensive election commitments remain unfunded and unannounced (for example, $ 10 / day childcare, $ 400 / month renters» supplement, and so on).

While this significant step should be lauded as follow - through on important election and international commitments, it is another step toward embedding a disconcerting dissonance that still exists within the federal approach to assigning a monetary value to carbon emissions.

After denying any war on coal during the election, now the administration is engaged in one — and this time, unlike the President's war in Afghanistan, with what seems a genuine commitment.

Historically, the presidential candidate who has promised to be tougher on crime domestically and abroad has been favored in elections because of his commitment to preserving America's most treasured and politically correct principle: safety.

Finally, the Government is also fulfilling its election commitment made by the then Leader of the Opposition on the 11th July last year to set up a dedicated website that gives consumers a snapshot of local grocery prices.

Cameron's commitment to spending more on health than the rate of inflation every year of the next election will still leave the NHS under significant cost pressure as it tries to deal with the soaring demands of an elderly society.

And the lawmakers want Cuomo to put some spending commitments on the table as well, especially for election reform, seeking $ 3.1 million for aiding local governments to adopt early voting and ease the transition process.

From Harold Wilson in 1975 opting for a referendum to quell internal disquiet in the Labour Party, to Tony Blair's pledge on the single currency and the constitutional treaty as gambits to close down the European issue for an election but to encourage conflict within the Conservatives, EU referendum commitments have been driven largely by British politics.

Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky is doubling down on his commitment to push legislation addressing ethics reform in Albany if elected to the State Senate during next week's special election.

«The prime minister's view is that it is no bad thing for a spotlight to be shone on his commitment that should he remain the prime minister [after the 2015 general election] he will have an in - out referendum and that will happen following a period of renegotiation,» the prime minister's spokesperson added.

[76] At the conference, Miliband pledged to focus on six national goals for Britain until 2025, including boosting pay, apprenticeships and housing; a mansion tax and levy on tobacco companies to fund # 2.5 billion a year «time to care» fund for the NHS; a commitment to raise the minimum wage to # 8 or more by 2020; and a promise to lower the voting age to 16 ready for elections in 2016.

As in past election cycles, LCV Action Fund supported federal candidates who demonstrated a commitment to leading on climate change, promoting clean energy, and protecting our air, water, land and wildlife.

That problem would become especially pronounced if the 2018 elections again leave the IDC as king - makers; activists like the Working Families Party would question Gov. Cuomo's commitment to the Democratic Party on the eve of his run for President.

The election of a Labour Government in 1997 included a commitment to hold a referendum on the establishment of a Welsh Assembly.

President Akufo - Addo promised during the 2016 election campaign and emphasised it early this year when he visited Ahafo on an official engagement that the decision to create additional regions was a commitment he was determined to bring to fruition.

promising to reverse every Tory cut would mean going into the next election with # billions of commitments, and answering Yes or No on specific cuts would paint us into a corner;

The Chairman of the Commission, Kwasi Gyan Apenteng, disclosed this to journalists on Monday, while announcing the Commission's commitment to ensure that the media does not contribute to election - related violence.

Lansbury, the Labour leader until the 1935 election in November, became notorious for his personal commitment to pacificism but other high - profile figures in the Labour movement didn't share his commitment, hence the very personal attack on him by Ernest Bevin, who was a leading personality in the trade union movement at the time — if you check out his Wikipedia entry.

Despite Boris's much - reported commitment at the mayoral election to «bear down on transport costs», from January, fares will go up by an average of 4.2 %.

We'll see if it works out that way, but Gov. Cuomo has turned a blind eye before on his commitments with «Progressives» and when this election is over, he may just tell the WFP to go to hell in a hand basket.

We also want to charge political parties to make a solemn commitment to include sessions of peace on their campaign platforms in order to drive home their commitment for peace before, during and after the elections.

Former President John Mahama has urged political leaders in Kenya to keep on emphasising their commitment to peaceful elections.

Buhari appreciated the commitment of the people of Burkina Faso in ensuring a peaceful election and called on them to continue to give the new leader the maximum support he needs to take Burkina Faso to the country of their dreams.

Appearing on the BBC News channel this morning, John Baron MP - who authored the letter urging David Cameron to place a commitment to hold an EU referendum on the Statute Book before the next general election - expressed his mixed feelings about this morning's article in the Sunday Telegraph from Cameron:

The swearing - in ceremony took place at the Flagstaff House today [Friday] evening, where President Akufo - Addo charged the new ministers to deliver on the commitments the New Patriotic Party made on the campaign trail ahead of its election...

«When the dust settles on the election,» Ms. Giove said, «we will work with legislators who share in our commitment to getting things done on issues impacting New Yorkers.»

Jim Murphy is a bright man, who no doubt has many interesting things to say about the Scottish election result, and no doubt said some of them to the Shadow Cabinet on Monday, but he is no friend of Ed Miliband, and completely lacks Ed Miliband's commitment to change — change that it is now clear the Scottish party needs just as badly as the English.

In his autumn conference speech Brown promised a referendum on AV, but at the last minute excised a commitment to pass a law setting a date for a referendum after the election.

On the commitment of development partners in improving the Nigerian political system and producing a free - and - fair election in 2019, the minister said it was in that regard that the EU was supporting Nigeria.

McLaughlin's evident focus on local employment as a candidate and legislator notwithstanding — a 2014 Times Union story observed that she «has fought for jobs access for those in the city's minority communities» — it remains to be seen if this commitment will translate to votes in the Democratic primary, the city's de facto general election.

At the last election our manifesto commitment on tax was to take the poorest taxpayers out of paying tax altogether, so that nobody...

Arising from the issues outlined above, among others, we request for an urgent meeting with the Leader of the party, and the Party Executive leadership to find lasting solutions to the issues raised so as to prepare the party as a fighting force to deliver more pungently on its manifesto and face the 2019 General Elections with even greater commitment.

At the last election our manifesto commitment on tax was to take the poorest taxpayers out of paying tax altogether, so that nobody would pay income tax on earnings below # 10,000.

I wish to reiterate our commitment to Nigerians that the 2019 General Elections will be a remarkable improvement on the acclaimed success of the last General Elections.

However, in order to be taken as a serious government - in - waiting, politics has to come first and I was somewhat concerned recently to hear the following story about a member of the shadow cabinet: he had apparently already told David Cameron that he didn't want a higher profile post than that which he currently holds in advance of the general election, because he didn't want to give up other interests on account of time commitments or potential conflicts of interest involved in a different post.

The Labour Party campaigned in the 1983 general election on a commitment to withdraw from the EC without a referendum [29] although after a heavy defeat Labour changed its policy.

(CNN)-- The Republican Party nominee in this week's special congressional election in New York endorsed her Democratic opponent Sunday, one day after releasing supporters from their commitment to support her, the Watertown Daily Times reported on its Web site.

Despite Labour's commitment to half the budget deficit within four years (beginning in 2011 rather than 2010), and their admission that this would entail having to make cuts «worse than Thatcher», Labour politicians were rarely pressed on the subject on «The Andrew Marr Show» throughout the months leading up to the general election - unlike their Conservative opposite numbers, who were regularly pressed on the subject.

He said: «In terms of defence and other budgets, we have made some commitments on defence and the defence equipment programme, but greater details obviously will be set out at the next election.»

The Conservative Party manifesto for the 2010 general election included a commitment to introduce the idea of «English votes on English laws» and the party had previously explored this issue through a taskforce led by Kenneth Clarke.

«Time is running out to make good on our very clear commitment and the Report Stage of the Finance Bill presents one of the last opportunities to put this important measure on the statute book before the next election.

Her talent, experience and commitment to the Labour and trade union movement makes me confident she will play a crucial role in building on last year's inspiring general election advance and taking our party forward to victory.

Head of the ECOWAS Election Observation Mission to Liberia and former Ghanaian President, Mr. John Mahama and President of the ECONEC governing board, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made the commitment at a meeting in Monrovia, Liberia's capital on 6th October.