Sentences with phrase «government came to office»

[t] he government came to office with a firm commitment to address the unacceptable level of disadvantage suffered by Australia's Indigenous people, particularly in the key socio - economic areas of health, housing education and employment»; [27]

This was after the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government came to office in January 2017.

Since the NPP government came to office in January 2017, reports on the activities of vigilante groups across the country have persisted throughout the year.

There are currently 6,844 state faith schools — a few more than in early 2010, before the coalition government came to office, when there were 6,832.

Before this Government came to office, single parents weren't required to look for work until their youngest child was seven years old — up to three years after they've started primary school.

And since this Coalition Government came to office, 1.2 m new jobs have been created in the private sector.

When this Coalition Government came to office, the personal tax allowance stood at just # 6,475; next April it is set to rise to # 9,205.

Mr Joyce said since the Coalition government came to office in September 2013 the value of live animal exports has amounted to $ 1.4 billion and «is continuing to break new ground».

When it comes to marriage things have, if anything, got worse since the coalition government came to office.

«You will need political leadership today because governments come to office, and you will need that chief executive of the country to say that I am interested in making sure that that part of my country, which I preside over has a lasting peace and I will allow for independent and proper adjudication of justice by the application of the traditional or customary wheels of justice and current or legal means of justice to run in tandem, to bring whatever impasse that has existed over the period to a halt,» he told host Ekow Mensah - Shalders.

Not exact matches

News of this latest attack comes just a week after a similar one on United Airlines (which security experts have linked to the same group of hackers), and appears to be part of a broad wave of attacks on American companies and institutions such as the insurer Anthem Inc. and the U.S. government's personnel office.

However, since coming to office in 2006, six of the nine budgets tabled by the Harper government have been after March 1st.

But Delrahim's selection stands in contrast with his boss in the Oval Office when it comes to one of the most prominent competition issues currently in the hands of government regulators: The AT&T - Time Warner merger.

This government has had an obsession with targets, better still «moving targets», since coming to office in 2006.

There is no doubt that since coming to Office in 2006, the Conservative government has put a lot of «money back in the pockets of Canadians».

The announcement comes after the Government Accountability Office on Friday dismissed a complaint filed by contractors who claimed their bids had been passed over, allowing DHS to move forward after the complaints had threatened to delay the selection until November.

Greater Vancouver performs relatively poorly when it comes to attracting head offices, although HQ Vancouver — a partnership between the Government of Canada, the Province of British Columbia, and the Business Council of British Columbia aimed at luring Asian businesses into relocating their head offices to Vancouver — has enjoyed some early success.

In a statement to Premier, a spokesman said: «UK income equality is now lower than when this government came into office and the recovery is being felt across the country, with latest data showing the North West seeing the fastest growth per person, and that the North East is seeing the fastest growth in employment.

If Mr. Trump takes office on January 20, 2017, it will be just as urgent to have a Congress as committed as possible to life, religious freedom, constitutional government, and colorblind equality as a counterbalance to who - knows - what will be coming out of the White House.

The recommendation to develop the MOU came from a 2009 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, School Meal Programs: Changes to Federal Agencies» Procedures Could Reduce the Risk of School Children Consuming Recalled Food.

- Does it really make sense to have separate costly management and bureaucracy for so many separate government departments, agencies, fire services and police forces - the same number as when this Government came into office - all with separate leadership structures and separate specialgovernment departments, agencies, fire services and police forces - the same number as when this Government came into office - all with separate leadership structures and separate specialGovernment came into office - all with separate leadership structures and separate specialist teams?

Today's changes come hot on the heels of the government's launch of a new Office for Disability Issues (ODI) last week, which will aim to give disabled people a stronger voice in policy - making.

The choice before the voters this year is Andrew Cuomo - someone with a proven record that includes successful actions conducted by the AG's office he headed, and Carl Paladino, who is a successful businessman who profited from government contracts and subsidies, but who otherwise holds extremist views that even if elected would never come to fruition.

In less than two years down the line after the NDC came into office in 2009, Mrs. Rawlings received a payment of $ USD 4,150, 27.50 from the Mills government as judgement debt to her comapany Calf Cocoa International.

In scenes that in no way will convince critics that the upper chamber should be scrapped one Labour lord offered a bottle of champagne to anyone who could come up with a better title for the new universities regulator than the government's preferred title of Office for Students, or Of - Stud for short.

This is a true commitment of the National and Regional executives to come down to the grassroots levels and explain in lay man's terms what the government has achieved and accomplished within the first term in office.

«When President Muhammadu Buhari came to office he promised to fulfill all the agreements we have had with the government before he assumed office but nothing was done even after the ultimatum we gave.»

Yet, after 13 years of a Labour government, levels of inequality are higher than before it came to office, and there appears to be little recognition that, for reasons of both fairness and sustainability, we need to abandon the idea of pursuing ever greater, unrestrained economic growth.

Governor Andrew Cuomo came into office over six years ago pledging to clean up state government.

The coalition Government stopped the regional level of control after coming to power in May last year, saying bodies such as Regional Development Agencies and Government Offices lacked legitimacy.

Chief Executive of the Countryside Alliance says: «for the Government to ensure the long term future of our Post Office network, they need to come through on their promise to make Post Offices the front line of Government».

The intervention by the author comes ahead of a protest outside the Home Office in which the government will be pressed to end the practice of detaining women in immigration removal centres.

«On one of the last occasions I spoke to him in government, I asked him to come and see me in my office.

Mr Kyei - Mensah - Bonsu indicated that Mr Akufo - Addo entreated him to ensure that when the issue came up for discussion in parliament «we should say that government would give him (Mr Mahama) a house and an office».

«When he left state government he would come back into the office to handle transition matter,» Cuomo said.

«I need all of you to speak to every elected official in Albany and urge them to step up and to urge the governor of the state of New York and the state Legislature to work with the city government, to work with the mayor, to work with my office, to work with the City Council to provide more resources to come up with more innovative plans and proposals to address the crisis of affordable housing in the city of New York,» she added.

And please don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying we shouldn't check corruption, but if we come to office and to power — I've been preaching for 40 years in this country and I've seen governments come and go, from CPP, my father's government, and NDC and NPP, they are here, I've seen them over the 40 years — and this thing where we come into office with vindictiveness and bitterness because of the way we've been mishandled and mistreated, and we target people to go after them, settle scores, I pray that during the reign of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, because of the fight and the betrayals and the suffering and the pain he went through to become president, he will not allow his presidency to be used by people who have problems with others and their opponents to settle scores, but that during his watch and his reign, that vicious cycle would be broken in the name of Jesus; that every Ghanaian, irrespective of your political party, if you're doing the right thing, you'll prosper», the founder of Action Chapel International (ACI) told his congregation on Sunday, 22 April.

«For me, the mark of good government is not necessarily what you've done; it's what you failed to do... we should not flatter politicians; nobody begged them to come into office,» he said, adding that becoming a President was a purely voluntary decision, unlike royalty successions where heirs had a compulsory duty to ascend a throne.

County Executive Rob Astorino made the decision shortly after taking office to terminate Westchester's membership in ICLEI — Local Governments for Sustainability which came to an end effective December 31, 2011.

When we came into office the amount outstanding for completion of the project was Ghs45 million and thanks to the pressure put on the Minister of Finance by the Minister for Defence as well as the Minister for Works and Housing, government made payment of about Ghs38 million in December and I think the rest will be done soon.

He then urged the president - elect Nana Akufo - Addo and his team to revisit the decision by the out going President Mahama government to privatize the ECG, he said» our expectations are that as there is a new government to be sworn in too office, we want them to sit and discuss the issue of privatizing ECG and come out with a decision that will benefit all Ghanaians and not to a group or section of people with selfish interest.»

The New York state comptroller's office this week comes out with some numbers of great interest to local governments.

Some of the information released on Thursday came under the heading of «transparency» and Matthew Hancock, the Cabinet Office minister, said in a statement that «enhancing transparency and accountability continues to be at the heart of our approach to government».

When the questions about homelessness came to a close, it was clear there were some benefits to being out of government office.

Editorial pages from New York City to Buffalo are calling for reform measures, and good government groups say Governor Cuomo, who came into office vowing to win back the public trust, may find his very legacy in jeopardy.

Even if it comes to office with a healthy majority, when the next Conservative government is formed, serious consideration should be given to offering Labour MP Frank Field the position of Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

«Regrettably, all the excellent support, guidance and information that was previously available to schools was discarded by the Coalition Government when it came to office and replaced with a few inadequate paragraphs of advice which amount to little more than telling schools that «bullying is bad and you shouldn't tolerate it».

This rating comes days after the Industrial Commercial Workers» Union (ICU) scored Nana Addo's government 80 % in its assessment, but emphasized the need for government to speed up processes to get the Special Prosecutor Office running effectively.

Either the Home Office and the government would be forced to shut down a burgeoning industry which is causing no harm to individuals or society, something which next to no one would consider sane and sensible, or, alternatively, they would be forced to admit that even with the help of the ACMD, they have failed utterly to come up with a workable definition of what it actually is they want to ban.

Akufo - Addo said when addressing Togbui Agamela IV, the acting Paramount Chief of Peki Traditional Council in the South Dayi Constituency, that the «time has come for us to put people in office who are capable of giving this country a really effective and efficient government, so that we can make progress in our country.»