Sentences with phrase «general election manifesto for»

Cameron's response was to reclaim his personal authorship of the party's 2005 general election manifesto for Michael Howard, usually an embarrassment for a leader who wants to stand only for change.

Not exact matches

Tory platform says no Brexit deal better than bad one UK prime minister Theresa May unveiled the Conservative Party manifesto on Thursday, setting the stage for the general election on 8 June.

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 governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) is battle - ready for this year's general elections, the party's General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has said, adding that the NDC will launch its manifesto in Sunyani in two weeks»general elections, the party's General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has said, adding that the NDC will launch its manifesto in Sunyani in two weeks»General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has said, adding that the NDC will launch its manifesto in Sunyani in two weeks» time.

Expect the Conservative manifesto in any early general election to be scrutinised for a continued commitment to a triple lock - and for it to become a huge issue if it is missing.

I suppose after the Tories misled voters at the general election with a manifesto that could be filed on the fiction shelf, impersonation is an obvious principle - free option for Conservatives without scruples.

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.

The Labour manifesto for the 2010 general election again reiterated support for the third runway subject to environmental conditions, but added that the party «will not allow additional runways to proceed at any other airport in the next Parliament.»

Diabetes UK has published a manifesto for the 2010 General Election.

We're hoping our crowd - sourced discussions can feed into that process and help influence the party manifestos for implementation after May's General Election

Unsurprisingly, constitutional reform does not figure prominently in the party manifestos for the May general election.

Who is holding the pen on the Tory manifesto for the next general election?

Harper believes that Miliband, who wrote the Labour manifesto for the last general election which committed the party to House of Lords reform, is playing a duplicitous game, he told the Guardian.

The Conservative manifesto for the 2015 general election contained a promise not to raise income tax, VAT, or national insurance for the duration of the parliament.

In an interview ahead of one of the most crucial weeks for the coalition, Harper places himself above the fray as he says that all three parties should support Lords reform on the grounds that it was in each of their general election manifestos.

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The Conservatives are set to woo countryside voters by pledging to introduce «shire deals» for local authorities in their general election manifesto.

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».

It was Labour's turn on Tuesday, and yesterday it was the Lib Dems opportunity to launch their manifesto for the General Election on June 8th.

Plaid Cymru selected Simon Thomas, who had been their Director of Policy and responsible for writing their manifestos for the 1997 general election and 1999 Assembly election.

The Labour Party proposed the creation of a Welsh Office run by a Secretary of State for Wales in their manifesto for the 1959 general election.

I'm currently part of a team that is putting together the NDC manifesto for the upcoming general elections.

As he set out his manifesto plans for the next general election at a press conference in Westminster this morning, Clegg told Politics.co.uk he had «unanimous» support from his MPs.

Evans, who led Ukip's manifesto review for the general election, confirmed her plans when speaking to Iain Dale on LBC radio.

«Eric Pickles: Today we published a serious manifesto for serious times Main The Save General Election Night Campaign can now claim a pretty comprehensive victory»

Now that the dust has settled, I thought I'd write about the Conservative Party's recently published chapter on crime for their manifesto for the forthcoming general election from Big Brother Watch's perspective.

Gordon Brown today vowed to fight and win the next general election as he unveiled a blueprint for the Labour manifesto designed to win back anxious middle Britain voters.

On 17 May 2017, the Liberal Democrats launched their manifesto for the 2017 General Election.

It is often argued by the proponents of executive supremacy that a government effectively enjoys a direct democratic mandate because most voters in general elections believe they are voting for a party manifesto and a prime minister at the same time as selecting a constituency MP.

Even the government of the day can not involve the civil service formally in manifesto preparation for the next parliament, as I remember from my time as a special adviser prior to the 2010 general election.

Arising from the issues outlined above, among others, we request for an urgent meeting with the Leader of the party, and the Party Executive leadership to find lasting solutions to the issues raised so as to prepare the party as a fighting force to deliver more pungently on its manifesto and face the 2019 General Elections with even greater commitment.

The Building Britain's Future report, effectively a manifesto for the general election, was launched this afternoon.

Hannah Lowery, archivist in Special Collections, said: «With the public's assistance, we hope to collect a broad range of election addresses, manifestos and other publicity for the upcoming general election.

Baker's report will end in a party review which is likely to feed into its manifesto for the general election.

On resigning from the cabinet, Hewitt was asked by the Prime Minister to head an EU manifesto group, developing European policy for the next general election manifesto.

Labour propose massive public investment, withdrawal from the EEC and nuclear disarmament in their manifesto for the 1983 general election

The Conservative Party manifesto for the 2010 general election included a commitment to introduce the idea of «English votes on English laws» and the party had previously explored this issue through a taskforce led by Kenneth Clarke.

A spokesman for Jeremy Corbyn said during the general election campaign: «A second referendum is not our policy and it won't be in our manifesto.»

11 am: Delegates debate a policy development paper setting out broad themes for the general election manifesto.

Clegg is damaged beyond repair - the electorate are never going to forgive him and those of us who voted LibDem tactically at the general election for a centre - left coalition but ended up getting a rightwing doctrinaire government instead that has done the exact opposite of what the LibDem manifesto said, would probably vote for the devil himself before they'd support anything Clegg now advocates.

He is expected to pledge in the Tory manifesto for the 2015 general election that he would hold a referendum after using the next major EU treaty negotiations, which are likely to endorse moves towards a fiscal union for the eurozone, to repatriate social and employment laws to Britain.

The left's further insistence upon the right of the Lords to block changes to tax credits as these were not included in the Conservative Party manifesto demonstrates little appreciation for the role of manifestos in general elections.

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.

It is current UK government policy to pass a law removing the 15 - year limit on expatriate Britons voting before the next general election takes place, as mentioned in the 2017 Conservative Party manifesto, which stated (page 42) «We will legislate for votes for life for British overseas electors».

He became close to Harold Wilson after Wilson had been elected as party leader, and was the main author of the Labour Party manifesto for the 1964 general election.

The Tory leader said he would be publishing his draft manifesto for the general election, chapter by chapter, over the weeks ahead.

Tony Blair, who expressed unease in early 2005 about a «hybrid» house with elected and appointed members, pledged in the Labour manifesto for that year's general election to remove the remaining hereditary peers and to «allow a free vote on the composition of the house».

School leaders» union NAHT has suggested five key priorities for political parties to include in their General Election manifestos, and grammar schools in not one of them.

Proposals for times - tables tests were first announced by Nick Gibb in 2015, and subsequently confirmed in the Conservatives» general election manifesto later that year.