Sentences with phrase «government elections manifesto»

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The manifesto warns: «The next UK government should recognise that without specific urgent action now there is a very real danger that Christian communities will have ceased to exist in large parts of the Middle East by the time of the next general election in 2022.»

Instead, Labour will set out, in our general election manifesto, tough fiscal rules that the next Labour government will have to stick to - to get our country's current budget back to balance and national debt on a downward path.

Hunting became a particularly high - profile political issue in the late 1990s, with the election of Tony Blair's Labour government, which in its 1997 manifesto promised MPs a free vote on a ban on hunting with hounds.

The last Labour government was able to plan its 1997 manifesto on the basis of rising departmental spending in the first years after the election.

The PSOE / Conservative Party general election manifestos made no mention to whether the party / government would campaign to leave or stay in NATO / the EU.

The commitments in our 2010 election manifesto and in the Programme for government - to seek consensus and to bring forward proposals - have been fulfilled.

As noted, the party leadership, including George Osborne's office, has been quick to reaffirm that the policy will be in the election manifesto and enacted within the term of a future Conservative government.

The Labour Party first pledged itself to a Freedom of Information Act in its 1974 election manifesto, but the precarious positions of the Wilson and Callaghan governments made progress impossible.

The introduction of metro mayors, on the other hand, was part of the Conservative Party manifesto ahead of the 2015 general election, and part of their wider plan to devolve more powers from national government to city regions.

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The National Caravan Council (NCC) has welcomed the recognition of tourism in a number of party election manifestos and has urged the next Government to support and grow this vital industry.

With a coalition on the cards again for the next government, a capacity to compromise on, and in some cases jettison, manifesto and election pledges will play an important role in any negotiations.

Michael Gove is facing demands from Labour to explain whether the government has abandoned a Conservative general election manifesto pledge to give MPs a free vote on whether to overturn the foxhunting ban.

Outlining a raft of concerns, the letter concludes: «The commitments in our 2010 election manifesto and in the Programme for Government — to seek consensus and to bring forward proposals — have been fulfilled.

In the title of its May 2010 General Election manifesto, the Conservative Party extended an Invitation to Join The Government of Britain.

The Flagbearer of the Progressive People's Party, (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, says successive governments have under - performed largely because Ghanaians have failed to critically and objectively examine manifestos of political parties after they win elections.

We further wish to remind all of us that the elections are over and it is time we put the past behind us, to collaborate with the government to succeed in the implementation of its policies as enshrined in its manifesto.

«In Government, the Liberal Democrats have delivered on the front page of our previous General Election manifesto.

The state government is not empowered by any section of the APC constitution or manifesto to schedule modalities for the conduct of intra-party elections in our party.»

Reacting to the report today, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) accused the government of initiating a privatisation agenda when it spoecifically promised not to do so in its election manifesto - a point made also by the Conservatives.

One problem which could emerge is that, despite the «invitation to join the government of Britain» emblazoned on the front cover of the Conservative party's election manifesto, many people won't bother turning up at all.

She assured that as the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, she would play her role of delivering on the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) manifesto promise on behalf of the government by guiding the processes and activities leading to the election of MMDCEs on partisan basisGovernment and Rural Development, she would play her role of delivering on the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) manifesto promise on behalf of the government by guiding the processes and activities leading to the election of MMDCEs on partisan basisgovernment by guiding the processes and activities leading to the election of MMDCEs on partisan basis in Ghana.

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.

Many of the policies of that government were foreshadowed in the election manifesto of only one of the coalition partners, and some policies were in neither.

The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, also said the Nigerian electorate should not vote for the APC or the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in future elections, because neither can boost of any manifesto or policies that would impart positively on the lives of the people.

The Lib Dems rebuffed Brown's February 2010 suggestion in public — not least because an election was coming, and electoral reform is a major plank of the Lib Dem manifesto that they do not want to cede to a Labour government.

Now make that three Labour ministers caught doing so just hours after the Labour Party launched its election manifesto telling us all how quickly and decisively the present Labour government had acted to clean up the parliamentary expenses scandal.

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.

Although absent from the Conservative manifesto, the policy is the stated aim of a majority government recently elected at a general election (albeit on just 37 % of the vote) and on which the Commons has voted (twice) in favour.

By playing up the importance of manifestos they may leave future governments in the position of having to place every conceivable act they wish to pass during the next parliament in their election manifestos.

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».

The unexpected election of a single - party government means there is a stronger emphasis on keeping manifesto promises than there would have been under a coalition, which would have allowed more room for alteration, says Prof Malcolm Chalmers, research director of the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi).

Liberal Democrat Education Minister David Laws has outlined the «the big priorities» of any future Lib Dem government, ahead of the election manifesto launch.

Andrew Neil presses Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander, who wrote the party's election manifesto, on when he changed his mind over the need for government cuts.

Language enthusiasts will also watch to see if Ms Morgan sticks to an election pledge, though not part of the manifesto, that a future Conservative government would «guarantee the future» of GCSEs and A-levels in minority languages such as Turkish, Polish and Bengali.

This is a change from the 2015 Conservatives» manifesto which pledged to open 500 new free schools over the course of the 2015 - 20 parliament — a target the government looked set to miss before the election was called.

The new government stood for election with tourism highlighted in its manifesto and since Uhuru Kenyatta's inauguration, commitments have been made to increase the intensity of Kenya's tourism marketing activity, to double the number of tourists to three million a year and to provide incentives to encourage investment in tourist accommodation.

Both the Conservatives and Labour promised to cap bills in their election manifestos, though Theresa May's weakened post-election government appears to have backtracked on this.

All parties are promising the creation of jobs in their election manifestos but how much effect any government party can have in a short to medium timescale is questionable.