Sentences with phrase «government is closest to the people»

«Your appointment is critical at this time of economic recession because the local government is the closest to the people.

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The so - called populist movement — in which people feel they aren't being heard by their governments — has led Britain to vote to exit the E.U., or Brexit, while far - right political candidates in France and the Netherlands edge closer to winning their upcoming presidential elections.

A person close to the government's side told Reuters that the Justice Department does not intend to press the argument that it could seize the company's code, and someone on Apple's side said the company isn't worried enough to counter the veiled threat in its brief due Tuesday.

So whilst the closed door discussions will be about how to keep the status quo regardless of the rapidly increasing power costs and breakdown of service that is now being experienced around the country, the open conversations being had by the people are excited discussions about the future because we trust the likes of Elon Musk and Mike Cannon - Brookes to get the job done more than we trust big power and Government to come to any kind of meaningful and affordable long term solution.

People close to Trump have suggested Cohen is likely to «flip,» or cooperate with the government by providing information about others in exchange for a lesser punishment.

That decision stems in part from a belief at JPMorgan, the people close to the bank said, that the government is punishing it for practices that did not occur under its watch.

China: «YuanCoin» Trial a Success Following the rise in popularity of the first blockchain - based currency in the world, i.e. Bitcoin, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) is getting closer to issuing its own, albeit centralized, government - backed sovereign digital

I fully understand that they do not have a lot of time and Rachel Notley is not one to be micromanaging people, but they have to create a process that will insure that whatever comes out is as close as possible to what they represent as a government.

New Democrat Energy and Mining spokesperson Doug Donaldson said «The Christy Clark government is undermining the mining industry with its failure to address the real consequences of the Mount Polley disaster on the people closest to it.

«Now that the «official» [government - allowed] churches have been closed, there is nowhere they can go to that they can freely worship the Lord, and this is something that has affected a lot of people,» Rob Duncan, Middle East Concern's region manager for Iran, told MSN.

What many people may not know is that one in nine people on earth don't have enough food to lead an active life, or that food loss and waste costs the global economy $ 940 billion each year, an amount close to what the entire UK government will spend in 2016.

OTTAWA / WINNIPEG (Reuters)-- The U.S. dairy lobby is ratcheting up the pressure on Canada as talks to renegotiate NAFTA draw closer, demanding concessions the Canadian government looks unwilling to grant, according to people familiar with the file.

Which in the eyes of some is what Walton's been all along because they couldn't stomach his association with Jack Scott («He was a very close friend and he helped me a lot»); the Patty Hearst connection («I never met her in my life»): and the day in 1975 that he called on the people of the world to «stand with us in our rejection of the United States government.»

If you look at the way the federal government is chosen you see that the House of Representatives is the closest to the people, each seat being elected directly by the people every two years.

If you read about the details of the 2007 Bronze Night riots in Estonia, the main organizers of the riots were people with very close ties to the Russian government.

At the very least the proposed changes in Greater Manchester — which obviously go a lot wider than the system of government — have all the hall marks of a policy being made on - the - hoof, behind closed doors, by small groups of like - minded people — just the sort of ingredients identified by King and Crewe which lead to monumental blunders.

We've seen tremendous improvement in the economy and at the social level since 1992, the Rawlings regime and that of Kufour all contributed immensely to the growth we seeing, the Mahama administration has added value to what he inherited.The infrastructure development recorded under this government is the highest after Nkrumah, the improvement in the health and education sector can not be downplayed.Policies rolled out by the regime to close the yawning gap between the toiling but highly productive rural folks and city officials is commendable.The IMF director Christie Lagarde was right when she described what we called economic success between 2005 - 2008 as mediocre growth.The base of the economy was still shattered and now being built to restore the confidence of the people.

But I know it is God because we are the only government in Nigeria and Africa that has ever maintained closest relationship to the people.

«As we saw during the Adam Werrity affair which forced Liam Fox's resignation, this is a government which appears to be too close to corporate interests but desperately out of touch with families, businesses and young people struggling to get by.»

If we get another coalition, deals have to get done inevitably behind closed doors and people don't get exactly what they voted for, and I think people are ready for a majority government: They like the decisiveness, they like the accountability, and I'm going to fight for that pretty hard.

«They've actually built a part that is full of true believers — and nobody in the rank and file believes the government promises,» said one person close to the WFP.

We are protecting the people of the Falklands from a foreign government whose only claim to the territory is at the intellectual level of a five - year - old child: namely, that it is close by.

And if the Greek people had voted an anti-austerity coalition into government in June 2012 (to which they were close to doing), would such an administration have acted in the «economic interest» of Greece?

«As we consider more than a hundred and fifty billion dollars in spending, it's critical we start to restore people's faith in our government by closing the LLC Loophole.

However the prime minister's performance and innovation unit has previously rejected this proposal saying that «numerical access criteria could well undermine the government's policy rather than strengthen it», and pointing out that «it would be possible for the Post Office to close down two - thirds of its rural outlets whilst still ensuring that 99 per cent of people in rural areas lived within three miles of a post office».

The state governments, Madison argues, are closer to the people and can focus on the welfare of the people, regulating ordinary affairs such as the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, as well as the internal order of each state, and should have numerous undefined powers to do so, while the national government, being bigger and possessing national resources, can bring victory in war, protect the people's liberty, and maintain peace between the states, and should have clear, few, defined powers to do so, mostly focusing on external objects such as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce and national taxation.

Local government administration, the level of governance closest to the people is, sadly, also the greatest joke of all.

With the creation and successful take - off of 61 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs); 3 Area Offices; and 2 Administrative Offices from the former 31 Local Government Areas, there's no doubt that the governor has succeeded in bringing government closer to the people as well as encouraging even development of towns and villages within Government Areas, there's no doubt that the governor has succeeded in bringing government closer to the people as well as encouraging even development of towns and villages within government closer to the people as well as encouraging even development of towns and villages within the state.

Bringing power closer to the people of Wales has been one of the key success points of Liberal Democrats in Government, Welsh Liberal Democrat MP Mark Williams has said tonight.

There is no way the Tories would have committed to devolving these powers by themselves, and as we look forward to bringing yet more powers closer to the people of Wales it will be Lib Dems yet again leading the way in Government.»

«I'm glad that Liberal Democrats are continuing to lead the charge in Government to bring power closer to the people of Wales.

Local people came one step closer to being able to stop lapdancing clubs being set up in their area today, with government restrictions entering the implementation stage.

It seems the «government closest to the people» is all too often a closed shop.

It will be recalled that last weekend, a delegation of the Secretary to the Federal Government, Bubachir Lawal who represented President Muhammadu Buhari, and three Ministers, visited Dalori community, close to Maiduguri in Borno state to commiserate with the community head over the death of over 200 persons and destruction of the village.

This brings government closer to the people, where it ought to be.

On - topic questions included the timing of the effectiveness of the laws signed today and when ICE will close it's office on Rikers Island, how many people currently on Rikers Island will be covered by these laws, details of Carlos Rodriguez (who was held on Rikers Island for eight months on an ICE detainer) path to this country and his thoughts during his eight month detention, what Mayor de Blasio would like to see the federal government do about immigration and what he will do absent such action, what he would tell Republicans who think his approach is a dangerous precedent, de Blasio and Melissa Mark - Viverito's positions on municipal IDs and voting rights for non-citizens, the number of people arrested on misdemeanors and then subject to ICE detainers and whether persons arrested on felony charges must first go through the justice system before being subject to an ICE detainer.

The government claims 498 people sleep rough each night, but the Conservatives say the real figure is closer to 1,300, blaming a «major hole» in official methodology.

The truth is that young people have not been even close to being a priority for the present government.

«The word spreads in government — who's close to the mayor, who's not, and also people tend to read campaign finance filings.

Funky Dragon, the Childen and Young People's Assembly for Wales, has announced that the Welsh Labour Government is not renewing its funding for the next three years and will probably be forced to close.

«The NPP presented a more people friendly policies... and at that time the NDC was so unattractive and still unattractive to up thinking and moral upright people because of the issue of corruption, they way and manner the government was run, the way and manner they didn't care about the plight of the people moved me closer to the NPP than it should have taken to the NDC,» he added.

«The MSME's were designed to bring government closer to the people by assembling in one place, all the regulatory agencies whose work affects the business experience of small and medium scale businesses,» he said.

He said, «It must lead to empowerment of states, autonomy of local government and clearly designated legal and administrative duties and responsibilities for traditional rulers, who are closest to the people.»

Air Marshal Abubakar also disclosed that plans were on - going to establish a Quick Response Wing in one of the local government areas in the State to bring security closer to the people.

«I can understand why these beltway hacks would want an up - close view of a government that actually works to improve the lives of the people it's supposed to serve.

And it is astonishing that in recent polls one third of Leave voters are now saying that the people need to have a say on the final deal, with close to 60 % saying that the Government is making a total Horlicks of the negotiations.

To have come to the view that Trident, the most advanced large manufacturing and engineering project in the world, is like a Spitfire shows that her mind is absolutely closed and she is determined to do Jeremy Corbyn's bidding, which is to give people any reason not to vote with the Government on Trident renewal.&raquTo have come to the view that Trident, the most advanced large manufacturing and engineering project in the world, is like a Spitfire shows that her mind is absolutely closed and she is determined to do Jeremy Corbyn's bidding, which is to give people any reason not to vote with the Government on Trident renewal.&raquto the view that Trident, the most advanced large manufacturing and engineering project in the world, is like a Spitfire shows that her mind is absolutely closed and she is determined to do Jeremy Corbyn's bidding, which is to give people any reason not to vote with the Government on Trident renewal.&raquto do Jeremy Corbyn's bidding, which is to give people any reason not to vote with the Government on Trident renewal.&raquto give people any reason not to vote with the Government on Trident renewal.&raquto vote with the Government on Trident renewal.»

This measure brings us closer to our goal of a properly functioning State government, which for the people of New York will be a less expensive State government.»

He said: «It's possible to do more to bring government closer to the people... It can be enhanced by devolving more power to the people.»

It was a tense moment at Manhyia Palace last Wednesday as NPP executives fell to their knees to apologise to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to plead for forgiveness following the Asantehene's outburst suggesting there are active attempts from some people close to government to pitch him against the Akyems.