Sentences with phrase «election manifesto made»

In an unusually frank passage, this year's Conservative general election manifesto made clear that House of Lords reform «is not a priority in this parliament».

The PSOE / Conservative Party general election manifestos made no mention to whether the party / government would campaign to leave or stay in NATO / the EU.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

It will be difficult to construct election manifestos or advocate policies if parties can not be sure of delivery, either because of the performance of smaller parties in Scotland, or because, depending on the make - up of English MPs, such policies may be vetoed in the south.

The Labour Party first pledged itself to a Freedom of Information Act in its 1974 election manifesto, but the precarious positions of the Wilson and Callaghan governments made progress impossible.

I'm just saying that saying that the Lib Dems have gone against a lot of their manifesto is both a trivial and meaningless point to make: the Lib Dems didn't win the election, and in other very similar circumstances, the Lib Dems would be getting * absolutely none * of their campaign pledges enacted, as opposed to the limited quantity now.

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.

Here in percentage terms (after factoring in fixed costs and manifesto pledges) are the degree to which the IFS thinks you are in the dark: you don't know 87 per cent of the cuts Labour would have to make if they stuck to their election promises, 82 per cent of the Tory cuts that would come your way, 74 per cent of the cuts the Lib Dems would have to make.

This led to the Labour manifesto for the 2015 general election under Ed Miliband's leadership which promised to «legislate to make three - year tenancies the norm, with a ceiling on excessive rent rises».

Alexander told BBC Radio 4's The World at One: «Nick Clegg has made clear, and I share this view, that Lord Rennard will not have a role in the election campaign or in drawing up the election manifesto.

«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.

Reacting to the report today, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) accused the government of initiating a privatisation agenda when it spoecifically promised not to do so in its election manifesto - a point made also by the Conservatives.

«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.

Liberal Democrats, Labour and the Green Party have all pledged to follow the vInspired lead and will deliver five election promises for young people on Twitter, as part of their manifestos; so groundwork has been made.

«As the Liberal Democrats made clear throughout the election and in negotiations, they had four key priorities which were set out on the front page of the manifesto,» the statement added.

Good answers should refer to both manifestos, be specific to the general election of 2017 and may make reference to historical attitudes of both leaders towards security and terrorism related topics.

He said that with the general election exactly one year away, Macmillan aims to make sure that the political parties prioritise cancer care in their manifestos and that Macmillan has started conversations with all three main parties.

He added: «The best response we can make is to ensure that the democratic process continues and therefore I have decided that we must to go ahead with the launch of the UKIP general election manifesto tomorrow.

Ahead of the 2001 general election, the Liberal Democrats campaigned on a platform of abolishing tuition fees outright, while Labour claimed in its manifesto that it had made the introduction of top - up fees illegal.

He has been an excellent economics spokesman and made valuable and professional contributions to our manifesto and our General Election campaign.

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.

[2] Despite the research carried out by the Jenkins Commission in 1998 suggesting an AV + system for Westminster elections, the 2001 manifesto did not make such a promise.

They remain torn between the demands of a shadow treasury team (which includes Shabana Mahmood, the previous universities spokesperson) who are eager not to be seen to make unaffordable promises and a political opportunity to put a radical offer on tuition fees at the centre of the Labour election manifesto.

«We must examine critically the track records and manifestoes of the contending parties before we make our choices in the election,» he said in a New Year message to Ghanaians.

CPF Members played an important role during the 2015 General Election, providing a number of contributions towards the manifesto we were successfully elected on, and the work of its members out on the ground in our target seats made a real difference to the outcome.

However, senior Labour sources made it clear the party was not in favour of renationalisation, signalling that the leadership was prepared to ignore the motions in its election manifesto.

Promises or commitments made nearer election time, or in manifestos, risk being seen as election ploys.

Now make that three Labour ministers caught doing so just hours after the Labour Party launched its election manifesto telling us all how quickly and decisively the present Labour government had acted to clean up the parliamentary expenses scandal.

Many will remember reading the election manifesto pledge and the Prime Minister made clear the need for a «Sovereignty Bill», the purpose of which is to restrain «unaccountable judges».

Clegg, whose political reputation never recovered from his party's support for a rise in higher education tuition fees in contradiction to a Lib Dem manifesto pledge before the general election, said: «This is a breach that is entirely of their own making.

Play matters In the run up to the general election, the API is urging all political parties to make play a manifesto priority.

Following the General Election in 2015, NFER, in collaboration with Full Fact, reviewed the education promises made in the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat manifestos.

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 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.

From the introduction to the POLICY MAKING MANIFESTO «We have entered what some refer to as a «post-factual» era of democracy — particularly after the Brexit vote and the Trump win in the US election.