Sentences with phrase «government insiders»

We will thereby for the first time bring drivers and citizens into the privileged corporate - government insider group that decides what cars get produced.

«There's a combination of weariness and embarrassment,» a state government insider says.

Surely the Hancock Government insiders who made this decision knew the optics were appalling.

A former government insider said one of the difficulties for Education Secretary Nicky Morgan is that the current system, with much of the training delegated to individual schools rather than university education departments, makes it hard to push for a rapid increase in numbers.

Federal prosecutors brought corruption charges against top state government insiders and business development executives Thursday, scorching Gov. Andrew Cuomo's hallmark upstate economic initiatives.

On Tuesday night government insiders insisted the prime minister had no intention of standing down, saying he would probably attempt to clear the political terrain with a cabinet reshuffle on Thursday.

Jenkins and his assembled cast of industry veterans, lawyers, entrepreneurs, lobbyists, and government insiders want to change that.

Finance ministers from several Latin American nations as well as the U.S. and Europe have agreed to work jointly to locate and seize the proceeds arising from corruption by Venezuelan government insiders, two U.S. Treasury officials said Thursday.

Along with Philpott, government insiders tend to list Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland and Environment Minister Catherine McKenna among Trudeau's more sure - footed rookies.

As government insiders continue to run the company, institutional shareholders are likely to keep close tabs on their votes to ensure that they support independent, external candidates — something that can be difficult to manage with Brazil's complex proxy voting rules and last - minute nominations.

One good government insider dismissed extending FOIL to the Legislature as «something no one cares about.»

Government insiders last night claimed the PM has abandoned it altogether, as it was only ever a «sham» to try to win over wavering big beast Tory Brexiters Boris Johnson and Michael Gove.

A senior government insider said: «This will give families more time to make their arrangements.

The Cuomo administration's process in awarding a license to a Catskills casino attracted the attention of federal authorities who probed whether government insiders profited from the decision.

Rudd was facing a bruising appearance in the House of Commons on Monday, which government insiders suggested she was keen to avoid.

However, one key government insider says: «The next leader will be called Ed or Miliband.

Its chief strategy officer is veteran government insider Larry Schwartz, who formerly served as Cuomo's chief of staff and senior adviser.

Dover is a professional association manager, a lobbyist, a former government insider, and a Florida State University Dedman School of Hospitality graduate with a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management.

Government insiders say Ottawa is considering using the update as a vehicle to help boost the sluggish economy, including potentially fast - forwarding billions in planned infrastructure investments.

Government insiders, though, say there's next to no possibility of postponing them.

and you say you're not a government insider.

The government insider added: «The Sovereignty Bill was only ever intended to get Boris on side, and that went will didn't it?

That's a reference to Teachout's best - known issue, which is money in politics, and the thinking of this analyst is that Faso might be more vulnerable to «government insider» charges from a likely Teachout candidacy than Heaney would be.

The issue highlights what strategists say is one of the problems with DeFrancisco's candidacy: He's a government insider who has supported many of the governor's initiatives — including a minimum wage hike and raising the age of criminal responsibility — mostly when Cuomo baked them into state budget bills.

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On Sunday, government insiders said the announcements were planned in close succession to make a bigger splash and draw public attention before the Olympics and summer holidays.

Akash Paun of the Institute for Government (IfG) says government insiders have warned that the so - called «watchdog ministers» are struggling to do their day jobs while simultaneously keeping tabs on the whole department.

There would only be an election to hold, a government insider pointed out, if the legislators proactively resign their seats.

But government insiders say she is concerned over the security implications of giving China's state - owned companies a one - third stake in the reactor.

But to some state - government insiders, Silver's quiet authorization of a $ 103,000 payment to two of Lopez's accusers was merely in keeping with the fundamental operating principle that's allowed the speaker — and the current Republican Senate majority leader, Dean Skelos — to dominate the power structure.

«There's an extreme vacuum at the heart of Number 10,» said one government insider.

A Downing Street spokesperson admitted the government would have to address the issue after the Sun newspaper quoted a government insider claiming the Zimbabweans would be prevented from playing cricket in 2009.

«' Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the state, everybody was working while de Blasio was late,» King read to guffaws from the 250 attendees that included Cuomo loyalists, elected officials and government insiders,» King read.

Government insiders say the plan would be a step towards fairer voting.

From John Leguizamo playing a beefed - up drug dealer, to Arrested Development «s Buster playing a government insider.

Things get a bit dicey for the crew when the people behind the robbery also happen to be government insiders.

A government spokesperson told Schools Week that it was «looking at a range of options to allow more children to access a school that lets them rise as far as their talents will take them» and that proposals will be set out «in due course», with some government insiders claiming plans may even be outlined before the end of the week.

Nonfiction superstar Sheinkin examines the tangled narrative of the Vietnam War via Daniel Ellsberg, the government insider who leaked the Pentagon Papers.

One government insider said to expect the prime minister to roll out «a significant package that will bring relief to families and fulfil previous commitments.»

The timing of the statements follow revelations made by another government insider who hinted at a licensing scheme for cryptocurrency exchanges in becoming a reality post the June 2018 elections.

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