Sentences with phrase «election manifesto for»

Sir Ferdinand wrote the 1983 Tory election manifesto for Margaret Thatcher.

Cameron's response was to reclaim his personal authorship of the party's 2005 general election manifesto for Michael Howard, usually an embarrassment for a leader who wants to stand only for change.

Not exact matches

Tory platform says no Brexit deal better than bad one UK prime minister Theresa May unveiled the Conservative Party manifesto on Thursday, setting the stage for the general election on 8 June.

They want political parties to include plans to boost spending for vulnerable children in their manifestos ahead of the 2015 election.

Mr Alexander said his party would start campaigning for change immediately and if it couldn't convince its Conservative coalition partners it would made a manifesto pledge ahead of the next General Election.

Mr Guterres, who was previously the prime minister of Portugal, spoke as the United Nations Association - UK (UNA - UK) launched its manifesto for the 2017 General Election.

FI joins call for new deal for dads in election manifestos The Fatherhood Institute has joined a coalition of charities and trade unions, to call on the UK's political parties to include policies aimed at promoting involved fatherhood in their election manifestos.

How do the politicians really feel about creativity — and what do their election manifestos promise for the arts, craft and culture?

The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) is battle - ready for this year's general elections, the party's General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has said, adding that the NDC will launch its manifesto in Sunyani in two weeks» time.

Being the first SONA to be delivered by him, there was huge expectation that he would use the occasion to offer a broad overview of his vision and plan for Ghana especially in the light of the extravagant promises he made on the campaign trail in the 2016 elections and as contained in the NPP's manifesto for the same election.

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.

I suppose after the Tories misled voters at the general election with a manifesto that could be filed on the fiction shelf, impersonation is an obvious principle - free option for Conservatives without scruples.

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.

The Labour manifesto for the 2010 general election again reiterated support for the third runway subject to environmental conditions, but added that the party «will not allow additional runways to proceed at any other airport in the next Parliament.»

Diabetes UK has published a manifesto for the 2010 General Election.

The Party of European Socialists has attracted some rather unfavourable comment in the FT and The Economist (and much positive coverage elsewhere) on our manifesto for the 2009 European elections — agreed by all member parties including Labour at our meeting on December 1 in Madrid: check it out at http://www.pes.org/content/view/1457/72.

It contains a number of resources including the manifesto, an overview of the timetables for the 2017 election and a series of questions for CIOB members and non-members to ask prospective parliamentary candidates.

With campaigning kicking off for the London Mayoral Election it would be easy to forget that Labour's manifesto is yet to be written.

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.

On 15 May 2012, Miliband appointed Owen Smith to replace Peter Hain — who retired from frontline politics — as Shadow Welsh Secretary, and also promoted Jon Cruddas to the Shadow Cabinet, putting him in charge of overseeing Labour's ongoing policy review with a view to draft Labour's manifesto for the next election.

Some MPs and Party members fear that David Cameron doesn't really want progress on this front at all, because he's hoping for a joint Coalition front at the next election, and therefore a joint manifesto with the Liberal Democrats.

John McDonnell says voters can expect to see «no increases in income tax for middle or low earners» in Labour's election manifesto.

We're hoping our crowd - sourced discussions can feed into that process and help influence the party manifestos for implementation after May's General Election

Unsurprisingly, constitutional reform does not figure prominently in the party manifestos for the May general election.

The APC on Sunday served notice it will sue the NPP for plagiarising its 2016 election manifesto, which was launched last Thursday in Accra.

The main three political parties included plans for reform in their election manifestos.

Similarly, Tony would link his case for Labour members to control the party's election manifesto with the struggles of the chartists, suffragettes and, sometimes, Jesus Christ.

Who is holding the pen on the Tory manifesto for the next general election?

Ballot papers and candidate manifestos for the crucial 2012 Federal Party Committee elections are in the post.

Harper believes that Miliband, who wrote the Labour manifesto for the last general election which committed the party to House of Lords reform, is playing a duplicitous game, he told the Guardian.

Gordon Brown should propose, in Labour's election manifesto, a referendum to introduce the Alternative Vote for Commons elections, alongside a second chamber which would be 80 per cent elected, by proportional representation.

«There was a strong consensus from the Meeting that it would be better to take some of the heat out of this public debate; this would entail taking forward a calmer internal party review of funding which would be more comprehensive and balanced (including importantly, addressing the Conservative multi-million pound donations at and between elections) and putting that forward as part of Labour's manifesto offer for party funding reforms.»

This has continued since the election as the Liberals have sacrificed many of the manifesto pledges that they used to pose themselves to the left of the Labour Party, such as the scrapping of Trident, proportional representation, an amnesty for illegal immigrants and opposition to nuclear power — the latter on which it will now abstain in any parliamentary votes rather than oppose it as its manifesto had stated.

With a coalition on the cards again for the next government, a capacity to compromise on, and in some cases jettison, manifesto and election pledges will play an important role in any negotiations.

This prompted fears that services the public takes for granted could be hit, [91] and concern that the Conservative Party had not explained the policy clearly in its manifesto before the 2015 election.

The Conservative manifesto for the 2015 general election contained a promise not to raise income tax, VAT, or national insurance for the duration of the parliament.

The SSP launched their manifesto for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election with promises to oppose cuts and tax the rich.

To help with the ambition of the Social Liberal Forum to develop radical, distinctive and progressive policies and manifesto for the next election,...

In an interview ahead of one of the most crucial weeks for the coalition, Harper places himself above the fray as he says that all three parties should support Lords reform on the grounds that it was in each of their general election manifestos.

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.

I think you have confirmed my interpretation that he is saying, in effect, «Labour policy is okay for an election manifesto but not okay for governing».

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The Conservatives are set to woo countryside voters by pledging to introduce «shire deals» for local authorities in their general election manifesto.

I promise today that at the next election, we will present a manifesto that explains how we can help to make the living wage a part of our strategy to make Britain's economy work for working people again.

Prime minister David Cameron backs the home secretary's plans and called for the act to be replaced with a UK bill of rights — a plan which featured prominently in the Conservatives» 2010 election manifesto.

Labour is to fight the election on a manifesto pledging to offer jobs but cut long - term benefits to anyone who has been unemployed for more than two years.

The Welsh Conservatives focused on reform of the EU at the launch of their manifesto for the European elections in Cardiff.

But for now at least, on economic policy, on which the fate of millions and the result of next election will depend, Ed has failed to deliver the change Britain needs from the manifesto policy the electorate rejected.

As such, the slate of candidates he intends running for the European elections and future elections will all be Independents with no manifesto and no policies apart from a belief in «our principles of good governance».