Sentences with phrase «flagship policies»

Ross R. McKitrick and Kenneth P. Green — Toronto Sun — April 27, 2013 Earlier this month the Fraser Institute published a report sharply critical of one of the flagship policies of the Ontario government, the Green Energy Act (GEA).

Sir Alasdair advises the Welsh government on its flagship policies aimed at raising the attainment of poorer pupils.

By opting for academy status, one of Michael Gove's flagship policies, schools at the centre of these allegations have broadly removed themselves from council control.

As well as acting too hastily in pushing through new free schools, Gove wasn't averse to robbing other education funding to pay for his pet flagship policies.

Now you might expect there to be widespread worry across Westminster at the NAO's devastating analysis of one of the government's flagship policies.

As the start of the Free Senior High School policy beckons, President Nana Akufo - Addo has appealed to critics to avoid pessimism borne out of partisanship, and consider the long - term benefits of the government's flagship policies.

Nonetheless, the burden of compromise fell heaviest on the Liberal Democrats; and within the Programme for Government coalition agreement a significant number of their flagship policies were diluted (e.g. electoral reform), forestalled (e.g. House of Lords reform) or disregarded entirely (e.g. UK - wide federalism).

His tough language will please internal critics who are annoyed that the leadership is not selling flagship policies.

He has backed off flagship policies like tax credit cuts.

Touted under the banner «it's time», flagship policies include a commitment to abolish council tax and instead fund local services through a three pence income tax rise - the maximum allowed by the devolved government.

How do you distract the public from a brutal no - confidence vote and a full spectrum attack on one of your flagship policies?

If Labour can avoid an inevitable Tory backlash over the tax, it could be one of the flagship policies for the One Nation manifesto.

One of the flagship policies of the last few months of the coalition government was the introduction of an additional compulsory one year supervision by the private companies for anyone sentenced to prison for a short period.

[139] While the party acknowledges that it would not be democratically reasonable to campaign for the June referendum to be rerun, campaigning for a second referendum regarding the exact goals of Brexit negotiation is currently one of the party's flagship policies.

A former minister for welfare reform has criticised one of Gordon Brown's flagship policies on unemployment.

Empowering local people to help out in their communities is one of the flagship policies of the coalition government's «Big Society».

The report claims the emissions cap included in Alberta government's climate change plan will cost Canada's oil sands industry $ 250 billion and is the latest in a concerted effort by conservative opponents of the NDP to undermine its flagship policy.

«It is a devastating blow to the education secretary's flagship policy.

Couple of days ago, Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo was reported to have said government would champion a review of the Heritage Fund component in the Petroleum Management Act (Act 815) in order to fund its flagship policy.

Empowering local people to help out in their communities is a flagship policy of the «Big Society».

The NDC, which like in the case of the Free SHS policy, did the donkey work of building all the school infrastructures that had enabled Akufo - Addo to start his government's flagship policy, did all the background work for the National ID project.

The coalition government's two flagship policy edifices are localism and the big society.

«These figures show in the starkest possible terms that Gordon Brown's flagship policy on pensioner poverty is failing to help many of the most vulnerable older people,» said spokeswoman Anna Pearson.

She has held on to the position despite differences with Theresa May over the Prime Minister's flagship policy to expand the number of grammar schools in England.

Nick Clegg's speech attempts to commit the Lib Dems to a «flagship policy» of increasing the tax threshold which the IFS is uncomfortable with, as well as much of the party; but it is uncosted and its affordability is questionable.

Ofsted, the schools watchdog, has recently published highly critical reports on two Free Schools - Mr Gove's flagship policy.

The coalition government wanted a fixed five - year run in order that it could meet its flagship policy of eradicating the fiscal deficit in one parliamentary term.

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude told her the implementation of Iain Duncan Smith's flagship policy had been «pretty lamentable» and that it was «very regrettable» so much money — # 34m, to be precise — had been wasted in the process.

Labour also seized on the u-turn with shadow business secretary Clive Lewis saying: «The prime minister announced she is ditching her flagship policy to put workers on company boards - just one month after committing to it.

As I'm a newcomer to this forum, please tell me what has become of the old Liberal flagship policy: Co-partnership in Industry?

The proposal - a flagship policy of the Liberal Democrats - emerged following a two - and - a-half month consultation of members of the public who generally agreed that council tax levels were «not acceptable» and «should be seriously reformed or abolished».

David Cameron was yesterday forced to clarify his flagship policy - promising not to punish women more than men - amid fears it could prove a potential own goal with voters.

Files reveal then PM wrote letter to his predecessor bluntly informing her why the flagship policy was no longer defensible

Brown today was concentrating his attacks on the Conservatives, while the Tory leader, David Cameron, promoted his party's flagship policy of creating a new generation of state schools run by parents and local communities.

«Look at the massive expansion in apprenticeships pioneered by the Liberal Democrats since then, look at the huge cash increase for everybody on the state pension because of Steve Webb's Liberal Democrat reforms on pensioners, look at the way toddlers in schools now get a healthy meal at lunchtime because of what the Liberal Democrats have done and look at the way in which millions of working people in this country have received because of the Liberal Democrat flagship policy of raising the point at which you start paying income tax.

The flagship policy on mental health, announced overnight, is all very well.

By stealing a Liberal Democrat flagship policy to partially fund the return of the 10p tax rate, Labour may have just pulled off a political coup.

And you can't blame people for being sceptical when the Chancellor says he's got a new flagship policy for growth.

The Liberal Democrats» flagship policy for disadvantaged children is failing, according to an official report.

Can you recall anything in the past where a Westminster governing party was «politically inept» and why do you think twice as many people vote for your party as support its flagship policy.

Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw says a flagship policy to target extra funding at poor pupils in England is having little impact on many schools.

The same is true of the Coalition's flagship policy — to eliminate the deficit by 2015 - 16.

Shadow Welfare minister Chris Bryant MP said: «Iain Duncan Smith's flagship policy has been plagued with delay after delay from the outset and millions of pounds have been wasted.

But he has now secured the «historic» unanimous approval of his flagship policy by the Labour conference, in a development which will make it harder for Ed Miliband to set him aside this autumn.

Scotland's flagship policy of free personal care for older people has been criticised after an annual # 63 million funding gap was revealed.

Even his flagship policy, the scrapping of our near - compulsory -LSB-...]

Scrapping tuition fees was the Lib Dem flagship policy in 2010.

The Free SHS policy is one of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government's flagship policy programs...

Jonathan Ashworth, Labour's Shadow Minister without Portfolio, said: «It's embarrassing for David Cameron and George Osborne that their flagship policy has been a complete and utter flop.

The conference represents an important milestone in the British Academy's flagship policy programme on the topic and delegates will discuss a wide range of issues including the position of England within the UK parliament, the future of national political parties and matters of English identity.