Sentences with phrase «general election announcement»

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The first reactions are coming in from international property professionals to today's surprise announcement of a snap UK general election in June.

Churches have been congratulated for the speed of their response to the announcement there would be a snap general election next month.

But what a turnaround on 12 months ago when Labour's ill - tempered gathering started with the announcement of Corbyn's re-election followed by days of recriminations before an adulatory Tory faithful lay prostrate before a revered Theresa May who could do no wrong... until she gambled on that General Election and lost their majority and her authority.

Paterson's announcement was not surprising after the general counsel for the city Board of Elections wrote in a July 21 e-mail that the governor intended to call a special election for Primary Day.

Adrian Kavanagh, 19th April 2017 Following an announcement by Theresa May yesterday and a House of Commons vote to confirm this today, a «snap» general election is now scheduled to be held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 8th June 2017.

«Given the calendar and timing of these announcements, it makes the most fiscal and practical sense for our county elections office to schedule these special elections on the same day as the November general election,» the Democratic governor said in a statement.

Simon Marcus (pictured), the Conservative candidate for Barking since June, has just issued the following statement in response to the announcement today by BNP leader and North West England MEP Nick Griffin that he will contest the seat at the general election:

Even Ed Miliband, the author of the proposal (to freeze gas and electricity prices for seventeen months if Labour wins next year's general election), was surprised at the impact of his announcement.

This is an announcement with one eye on a looming general election, but no one will forget that this is the same person who before the last election signed a pledge that there would be no increase in tuition fees.»

These fears have been compounded by the recent announcement from the Liberal Democrat's Deputy Leader, Simon Hughes that there will be no General Election pact between the Conservatives and his party.

But with so little time until the general election the party can not afford any more surprise announcements like this.

The result will be announced at 3 pm tomorrow, bringing to an end the uncertainty begun by Michael Howard's resignation announcement following May's general election defeat.

Meanwhile the General Secretary of the NDC Johnson Asiedu Nketia says he has not made up his mind not to contest for reelection following an announcement of the party's election time table for new leaders.

The next general election will not be won or lost because of an announcement on Twitter or a YouTube video, but the way politicians do their job and the way voters are getting their information is changing.

Come the next general election voters are just as likely to find the most important news and announcements via a Twitter feed or a comment on Facebook than they are in a newspaper.

Commenting on today's announcement from the Labour Party that it will reinstate student grants and EMA support if it wins power at the next general election, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UKgeneral election, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UKGeneral Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said:

I gather that an announcement is imminent from Richard Spring MP has announced that he will be standing down as MP for Suffolk West at the general election.

With just one month before the general election, House Speaker Paul Ryan will finally campaign with Donald Trump — at a fall festival in Wisconsin, the congressman's office said in an unusually worded announcement.

The announcement by Mattei, a former federal prosecutor who formed an exploratory committee for statewide office earlier this year with an eye toward next year's gubernatorial election, came a week after Attorney General George Jepsen said he would not seek a third term.

Union chiefs largely welcomed the announcements, but, with parliamentary time running out, not all of the 15 bills are expected to make it to the statute book before the general election.

She stood down from the shadow cabinet to seek the selection for the Kilmarnock and Loudoun seat, following the announcement from Des Browne MP that he would not stand at the 2010 General election.

Commenting on reports of an announcement by the Prime Minister on the Conservative Party's plans for free schools after the General Election 2015 and on the Secretary of State Nicky Morgan's comments on the Today programme, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «It is clear that if elected the Conservative Party will continue its obsessive ideological focus on structural change.

There's the matter of an almost certain GOP primary, but the announcement over the weekend by Chris Collins that he is running for the 27th Congressional District leads to inevitable speculation about a general election showdown with Kathy Hochul.

Spencer Livermore, Labour's general election campaign director in 2015, has said that John McDonnell's announcement about fiscal rules is «unlikely to give us credibility».

Theresa May's announcement of a snap general election sent aspirant politicians across the parties scrambling.

On 18 April 2017, following the announcement of the 2017 general election, Johnson said he would not be a candidate.

The election followed the announcement by Iain Gray that he would stand down as leader in the autumn of 2011 following the party's heavy defeat to the Scottish National Party in May's Scottish Parliament general election.

Downing Street was struggling to contain the fallout from the Prime Minister's extraordinary announcement that May's general election will be his last.

Sega is preparing for a «surprise announcement» at the upcoming Yakuza Character General Election event in Japan; fans speculate possible reveal of PS3, PS4, or Vita games.

The criticism follows the recent announcement of a snap general election which is due to take place 8 June.

Commenting on the Prime Minister's announcement of a general election, Kevin Courtney, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» uniongeneral election, Kevin Courtney, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» unionGeneral Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said:

Schools Week understands that her appearance was cancelled by DfE officials following the announcement that there will be a snap general election on June 8.

The announcement provoked fierce criticism from parents, and the school even became the focus of the Green Party's general election campaigning on the island.

As politicians get out of their starting blocks early this year now campaigning for the general election has begun, it's hard not to be sceptical about new education policy announcements.

The DfE confirmed consultations can not be published because of purdah rules after Kevin Courtney, the general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, called for the announcement on school funding to be brought forward to take place before the general election.

The announcement will be part of an event where they will announce the «Yakuza (Ryu Ga Gotoku in Japan) Character General Election» contest at Shinjuku Alta Vision.

Since the EU referendum in June 2016, the country has witnessed a series of defining political and financial shifts: David Cameron's resignation as Prime Minister and Theresa May's appointment as his successor; interest rates being cut to a record - low 0.25 % before then being raised back to 0.5 %; Article 50 being issued and Brexit negotiations officially commencing; a snap General Election in which the Conservative Party lost its majority, leading to the Tories entering into a confidence and supply agreement with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party; and not one but two Budget announcements delivered by the Chancellor Philip Hammond in 2017.

Grondin said that the timing of the Barreau's announcement is meant to coincide with both the budget, the date of which has not yet been announced, and the general provincial election slated for the fall.

The official announcement about the increase in the subsidy at the end of February is yet to be made due to procedural delays and the Model Code of Conduct for the upcoming general elections in India though the service providers in the UAE had been notified about this.