Under the proposals, pupils will be tested at the end of their time at primary school to make sure they all know their times tables up to 12 x 12, in line with the Conservatives» general
election manifesto commitment.
The policy seemed to break a 2015 Tory
election manifesto commitment not to raise taxes - including NICs - for at least five years.
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.
At the last
election our manifesto commitment on tax was to take the poorest taxpayers out of paying tax altogether, so that nobody...
Not exact matches
Expect the Conservative
manifesto in any early general
election to be scrutinised for a continued
commitment to a triple lock - and for it to become a huge issue if it is missing.
The
commitments in our 2010
election manifesto and in the Programme for government - to seek consensus and to bring forward proposals - have been fulfilled.
But while the Conservative
manifesto explicitly states the policy would be kept until 2020, increasing talk of an early general
election calls into question whether it will remain a
commitment for as long as many will have expected.
They will be duty bound to push for their
manifesto commitments and although the Liberal Democrats argue that they would help reign in Labour profligacy, it is hard to imagine they would force a second
election because public spending cuts are not deep enough.
Compare the fall out of 45 - pages draft
manifesto commitments with the reaction to Ed Miliband's Mansion Tax proposal during the 2015 general
election.
But sources close to Miliband confirm that they intended to implement the plan after the 2015
election but had been hoping to keep it secret apart from a vague
commitment in the 2015
manifesto to the reform of political funding.
Outlining a raft of concerns, the letter concludes: «The
commitments in our 2010
election manifesto and in the Programme for Government — to seek consensus and to bring forward proposals — have been fulfilled.
Another would be a general
election victory by a party with a clear and trumpeted
manifesto commitment to EU membership.
10 out of 39 Labour MPs surveyed said that their next General
Election manifesto should have a
commitment to hold an EU referendum.
It was, to some degree, and the Liberal Democrats, who had the most pro-reform
manifesto commitment, got 23 % of the vote in the general
election.
«In my
manifesto for the 2016
election, I have made a definite
commitment to end open defecation by...
This
commitment has been made in General
Election manifestos published by both the Liberal Democrats and the Welsh Liberal Democrats.
«In my
manifesto for the 2016
election, I have made a definite
commitment to end open defecation by year 2021.
The political world has recognised that change needs to happen, with all three major parties making
commitments in their general
election manifestos to improve end of life care.
More effective regulation of academies and free schools and better local coordination of education must be at the heart of political parties»
manifesto commitments ahead of the General
Election.
After a general
election we would see unseemly horse trading between parties, with
manifesto promises and campaign
commitments being jettisoned.
The referendum was called after Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron made a
manifesto commitment in the 2015 UK general
election to undertake a renegotiation of the UK's membership to the European Union which would be followed by a in - out referendum.
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.
Promises or
commitments made nearer
election time, or in
manifestos, risk being seen as
election ploys.
Scottish Labour's
manifesto for the 2016 Holyrood
elections contained clear pro-choice
commitments, while Jeremy Corbyn recently supported calls for clinics to have a buffer zone to protect women from persistent anti-abortion protesters.
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.
He said this was necessary «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.»
For the record, winning another referendum would require that process to be an expliciît
manifesto commitment, a. Winning majority in that
election, and a winning vote in the subsequent
election.
Labour's
commitments on education and training in Wales, outlined in around 1,700 words echo the party's
manifesto for the Welsh Assembly
election in 2016.
The new government stood for
election with tourism highlighted in its
manifesto and since Uhuru Kenyatta's inauguration,
commitments have been made to increase the intensity of Kenya's tourism marketing activity, to double the number of tourists to three million a year and to provide incentives to encourage investment in tourist accommodation.
It is envisaged ultimately that a
manifesto commitment on Lords» reform would form part of the Labour Party's
manifesto for the next general
election.
This latter option is consistent with the
manifesto commitment detailed in the Conservative Party's 2005 general
election manifesto «for a substantially elected House of Lords».
It will apparently not take place in this current Parliament, as Straw envisages final House of Lords reform being a fourth term issue — assuming there is to be a Labour fourth term — involving a
manifesto commitment being endorsed at the next general
election.