Sentences with phrase «election manifesto of»

Many of the policies of that government were foreshadowed in the election manifesto of only one of the coalition partners, and some policies were in neither.

Reducing the size of Parliament and the cost of politics was also contained in the 2010 General Election manifesto of both of the Coalition parties.

Not exact matches

Macron dedicated a chapter to Europe and its benefits in his election manifesto, and on Brexit, said he would defend the integrity of the single market.

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

The manifesto warns: «The next UK government should recognise that without specific urgent action now there is a very real danger that Christian communities will have ceased to exist in large parts of the Middle East by the time of the next general election in 2022.»

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.

The sermon looked at the time almost like an election manifesto: this, he almost seemed to be saying, ought to be the message of the next Pope.

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.

«The best way to air things is to have your own manifesto, argue them in a general election and you might even get to talk about them in the House of Commons.»

Part of the Honour the Covenant campaign included the recent Royal British Legion manifesto, released ahead of the general election.

Hunting became a particularly high - profile political issue in the late 1990s, with the election of Tony Blair's Labour government, which in its 1997 manifesto promised MPs a free vote on a ban on hunting with hounds.

I actually think the day of the manifesto launch was one of our good days in the election.

The last Labour government was able to plan its 1997 manifesto on the basis of rising departmental spending in the first years after the election.

It will now become part of the party manifesto in next year's 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.

Rather brilliantly, Harold Wilson had pledged in his 1974 election manifesto to renegotiate the terms of Britain's membership and then hold a referendum.

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.

«We are publishing our manifesto ahead of the General Election campaign because it sets out key recommendations that will enable candidates to achieve a better understanding of the countryside and enable those elected to effect real change.»

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.

Broad consensus exists between the unions collectively and Momentum on policy following the success of Labour's 2017 election manifesto, overseen by the underestimated Andrew Fisher.

The Scottish Conservatives have unveiled their manifesto ahead of the forthcoming Scottish parliament election.

This hews consistently with Cameron's political manifesto presented last election: that the Conservative Party would seek to renegotiate Britain's EU membership and hold a referendum by the end of 2017.

And I read the manifestos of all the parties standing in my constituency at every election.

The National Office of Animal Health (NOAH) has released its animal health manifesto ahead of the general election in just a few weeks» time.

The Conservatives have launched a sober - looking general election manifesto with large chunks of...

Speaking at the Launch of an election task - force in the Volta Region, Mr John Asiedu Nketiah aka General Mosquito, dismissed claims that the NDC delayed its manifesto launch to steal ideas from the NPP, adding that the party doesn't steal from losers.

As noted, the party leadership, including George Osborne's office, has been quick to reaffirm that the policy will be in the election manifesto and enacted within the term of a future Conservative government.

The largest opposition party has stated that it is not in a hurry to launch its 2016 manifesto ahead of the December general elections to avoid the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) plagiarising their ideas.

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.

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.

The Guardian quotes David thus: «as chairman of the Lib Dems» election 2015 manifesto group he wanted to see these targets appear in the party's manifesto.

If the Liberal Democrats can ensure that their party structures operate so as to allow a clear voice to come through, they have every chance of putting forward a distinctive manifesto at the next election - one that will, in all likelihood, put it closer to a reformed Labour Party, should the Alternative Vote deliver another hung parliament.

He accepts that Labour has lost its «emotional connection» with millions of people, but believes that the 2015 manifesto was the «best one» he has supported in four general elections.

Discussions that shape the content of the next General Election manifesto will be at the core of the agenda.

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.

The introduction of metro mayors, on the other hand, was part of the Conservative Party manifesto ahead of the 2015 general election, and part of their wider plan to devolve more powers from national government to city regions.

With little more than a week and a half to go to the Scottish Parliament election (albeit with Labour remarkably still to unveil its manifesto) it seems there is nothing that can stand in the way of a second SNP overall majority.

The new year started with the Green party announcing a universal, non-means tested weekly payment of # 72 to every British adult as its flagship economic policy, only to drop it this week from the party election manifesto after the programme's costing failed to withstand rigorous scrutiny.

I pointed out we had written the manifesto in a short space of time because it was a surprise election but that we would look at ways of reducing that debt burden, recognising quite a lot of it is never going to be collected anyway and try and reduce that.»

The National Caravan Council (NCC) has welcomed the recognition of tourism in a number of party election manifestos and has urged the next Government to support and grow this vital industry.

The presentation of manifestos does not play a major role in winning an election because most electorate will not read them, Deputy General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Obiri Boahen has said.

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.

According to the APC, the content of the NPP 2016 election manifesto, which was unveiled Sunday afternoon in Accra, is replete with what is contained in the APC's manifesto.

Although there's always a lot of talk at election time about «who's writing the manifesto», the task is never delegated to one individual.

In 2008 Harriet Harman — surely the most influential militant feminist politician of her generation — introduced a piece of legislation which hadn't been trailed in the Labour party's 2005 election manifesto.

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.

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.

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.