Sentences with phrase «for coalition agreement»

He suggested the party had not given up hope of further tax reforms, saying he «personally regretted» that plans for a mansion tax on homes worth more than # 2 million had been dropped for the coalition agreement.

The LibDem party is discussing and appraising its views of what comes next for the Coalition Agreement and, historically, almost every political party around world has undertaken some form of mid-term evaluation.

That could have knock - on effects for the Coalition agreement and numbers in cabinet.

Not exact matches

Oil up a second session as potential for U.S. withdrawal from Iran nuclear pact grows Natural - gas prices settle at a 2 - week lowOil finishes higher Thursday, as traders worried that a potential U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement and the International Monetary Fund's threat to expel Venezuela from the international coalition of nations will lead to tighter global crude supplies.

The OPEC / non-OPEC coalition would need to extend its production cut agreement through all of 2018 for the market to balance, Wittner said.

As part of activities to intensify pressure on government to withdraw the Ghana - US Military Cooperation Agreement, the Ghana First Patriotic Front and Coalition for Ghana's Sovereignty will be staging a second demonstration in Tamale to lodge their displeasure.

so for a liberalism that has an account of «groups», and presumably thinks Jo Grimond does that, and infers that the coalition agreement does this too.

The coalition agreement contained plans for fixed parliamentary terms - a Labour and Lib Dem manifesto commitment but not a Tory one - along with details of the emergency procedure for getting a government out if it had lost support.

The voting system for the second chamber was the last real stumbling block, and the coalition agreement settled that debate by deciding on proportional representation.

The issue is a particularly thorny one for the coalition, with the Lib Dems vehemently opposed to tuition fees as a whole - though their agreement with the Tories allows them to abstain on the issue when it goes through the Commons.

In a strongly worded letter, Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham and Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, has accused officials at the Department for Education, acting on behalf of the Secretary of State, Michael Gove, of breaking the Coalition Agreement, by intervening in a High Court case over inclusive admissions in religious schools.

Whether it would be a coalition, confidence - and - supply or some other kind of agreement is not addressed here; that is less important for policy than which parties are involved.

The coalition agreement, for example, seemed to reflect the Liberal Democrats» ideological position at least as much as it did the Conservatives».

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Many argue that Conservative backbenchers would be furious at the prospect of another Con - Lib coalition, especially one without an EU referendum, but the consequences for the Tories of a confidence - and - supply agreement could be worse.

The coalition agreement has allowed the leadership to pursue its zeal for cutting public spending.

- while believing that, given the inconclusive outcome of the General Election, the creation of the coalition and its policy programme as set out in the Coalition Agreement was the best available option for promoting Liberal Democrat policies and values during this Parcoalition and its policy programme as set out in the Coalition Agreement was the best available option for promoting Liberal Democrat policies and values during this ParCoalition Agreement was the best available option for promoting Liberal Democrat policies and values during this Parliament -

There is no strict timetable for coalition talks to follow, and in 2010, an agreement was not reached until the following Tuesday, five days on from the election.

In response to the alliance, reported by the Hebrew media Sunday, a senior Likud source involved in the coalition negotiations accused the national - religious Jewish Home party of «voter fraud,» for forming an agreement with Yesh Atid instead of allying with Likud - Beytenu, as it had promised it would in its elections campaign.

Hundreds of Ghanaians today [Wednesday], joined the Ghana First Patriotic Front, a coalition of opposition political parties, to demonstrate against the government for approving the controversial defence cooperation agreement between Ghana and the US despite the massive resistance.

Frustratingly, the coalition agreement has retained the commitment to raising personal allowance while dropping most of the new taxes that were needed to pay for it.

I thought for a few hours this might be a good thing anyway, but now suspect that the lack of a real - deal on PR will mean that Clegg can't do business - and as the other possible coalitions are unworkable, Cameron will end up trying to run a minority government with no formal agreement.

Firstly, Bucharest has just released the first instalment of 60 million euros as part of a financial assistance agreement with Moldova, offering de facto support for the current governing coalition in Chisinau, which is oriented around the Democratic Party and its controversial backer, Vladimir Plahotniuc.

«That's the basic, relatively modest proposals that were in the coalition agreement, and there's no obvious excuse or good reason for David Cameron to block that bill now.

The 2010 coalition agreement promised to: «Bring forward early legislation to introduce a power of recall, allowing voters to force a by - election where an MP is found to have engaged in serious wrongdoing and having had a petition calling for a by - election signed by 10 % of his or her constituents.»

The coalition agreement explicitly made room for a Lib Dem abstention on the policy.

«We will also ensure that provision is made for Liberal Democrat MPs to abstain on budget resolutions to introduce transferable tax allowances for married couples without prejudice to the coalition agreement,» it reads.

This indicates that the party is digging in on both the principle of respect for the party's policy and the coalition agreement and the need to protect the NHS from excessive and damaging changes.

The highlights of the alternative coalition agreement I'd like to see are green investment paid for by green taxes, an end to public service cuts, full proportional representation and more devolution to regional and local government including full fiscal autonomy.

«We have delivered on the coalition agreement and sometimes it has been very painful for us, but this is the first time a clear agreement has been broken by either side,» said one Lib Dem official.

3) For the schemes to provide a positive experience, they must be perceived as fair, and reminds the coalition of the commitment to the minimum wage in the coalition agreement.

Although many wish to see no bill at all — for good reason — a significant number would support a bill which was amended to comply with what the the Sheffield conference called for last year, so that the bill is more in line with the Coalition Agreement.

A clever lawyer could argue that voting for PR wouldn't be violating the coalition agreement in word, although it's obviously against the spirit...

There was a story in the FT on 17 June 2011 which reported that «Coalition 2.0 «(by which the FT meant «Coalition Phase 2») was being quietly dropped (to get round the FT's paywall in order to read the story, do a Google search for the headline «Coalition 2.0 agreement put on back burner»).

@ 5 Sunder Kalwala: In fact, that would largely turn out as a political stunt to embarass the LibDems since they could not vote for it without breaching the Coalition Agreement

Bringing forward proposals for Lords reform was unavoidable because of the coalition agreement, but there is no case for spending any more time on them in this parliament.

Liberal Democrats, who have already rejected such proposals, have limited tolerance for Conservatives who are increasingly ignoring the Coalition Agreement they signed up to.

The agreement for the WFP to stay neutral also comes as a coalition of labor groups, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo support a full Democratic takeover of the Senate.

«Although the coalition agreement calls for the establishment of the West Lothian commission, it has taken my bill to get movement on this.»

Cameron clearly lacked enthusiasm for the policy — «the Coalition Agreement mentions this issue of anonymity» — and there is every indication they are both surprised at the reaction and not much up for a fight with women's groups about it.

Furthermore, the rise in the state pension age to 66 explicitly contradicts the government's own programme in the coalition agreement, which promised not to begin to raise the qualifying age until at least 2016 for men and 2020 for women.

«I don't have a solution, but as Plaid Cymru found out in the One Wales Agreement with Labour, it's often difficult for junior partners in coalitions to retain ownership of policies.

But Tory sources said that 2015 - 17 provided the best window for renegotiations because the new German coalition agreement committed the CDU - SPD government to amending the Lisbon treaty to underpin new governance arrangements for the euro.

Diaz, the entire Bronx Council delegation, along with members of the Northwest Bronx Comnunity and Clergy Coalition and the city's biggest retail workers union, fought for living wage jobs as part of a Community Benefits agreement with the developer, the Related Companies, but a deal couldn't be worked out.

He examines the wide - ranging proposals for constitutional reform, which were in the coalition agreement.

The latest labor endorsement for Klein comes as 1199 / SEIU has indicated it will back all five members of the IDC after Klein and the mainline Democratic conference reached an agreement to form a new coalition after Election Day this year, ending its two - year alliance with the Senate GOP.

The JPost and Haaretz have carried reports for months about the fact that the coalition agreement between Likud Beytenu and Bayit Yehudi (with the knowledge and consent of Yesh Atid) mandates the passage of the «Basic Law: Israel as the Nation State of the Jewish People», e.g. link to jpost.com

The party secured the right to abstain from votes on the issue in the coalition agreement, but higher education unions and students will be watching the behaviour of Dr Cable and Nick Clegg closely for signs they are preparing to break their promise.

The coalition agreement acknowledged the need to take action to promote public health, encourage behaviour change to prevent ill - health and create innovative techniques to help people take responsibility for their own health.