Sentences with phrase «governments had backed»

The issue has been talked about for decades, but previous governments had backed away because of the high costs.

Previous governments had backed away from going down such a route, Mr Cameron said, but he believed this would have to change so that, «in extremis», such material could be obtained with a signed warrant from the home secretary.

In spite of this long record of federal support for profit sharing and employee stock ownership, the Federal Government has backed off its support for broad - based employee stock ownership and profit sharing during virtually every recent Presidential administration for almost four decades, a trend that has lasted to the present.

6) The government has your back.

«The simple fact is that over the past 77 years the government has backed itself into a corner on revenue and desperately needs to find a way to return to solid financial ground,» said Sherman, an emergency room doctor.

[52] Cameron later took the unusual step of saying that the government would back Miliband's motion that the BSkyB bid be dropped, and an hour before Miliband's motion was due to be debated, News International announced that it would withdraw the bid.

As my colleague Alan Travis reports, the government has sneaked out («sneaked out», because it coincides with a particularly busy Brexit news day) an announcement showing that the government has backed down on the issue of the rights of EU nationals coming to the UK during the transition.

The chancellor has been accused of creating an environment of uncertainty after he refused to confirm whether the government would back down on a proposed flat - rate of capital gains tax (CGT).

Since Justine Greening was appointed Education Secretary, taking over from her predecessor Nicky Morgan, the government has backed away from its controversial plans to force all schools to convert into an academy — as initially set out in the Educational Excellence Everywhere white paper.

We don't want financial institutions, much less large ones, to rely on the idea that the Federal Government has their back.

This led to a greater sense that the US Government would back up speculators if they were big enough group.

The federal government has backed the Payday Alternative Loans (PAL) program, which is available through the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA).

Because you have done it once, it would be expected next time, which when the financial system once again enters a bull cycle, the bankers will know that the federal government has its back and will not be inclined to limit risk to the same degree that they otherwise might.

When the government has your back (ing), loan rates tend to be lower and are used as the basis for other loans made to consumers and businesses.

Instead, the government has backed an incremental approach, including pooled pension plans, tax free savings accounts and more recently the shared risk proposal, also referred to as target benefit plans.

Why limit risk when the government has your back?

The UK government has backed transport improvements across the northern of England with # 400 million of extra funding.

The Scottish Government has backed a plan to build 10 one - megawatt tidal power turbines in a strait between the small islands of Islay (pronounced «Isla») and Jura off the West coast of Scotland.

For years the Government has backed its anti-Kyoto stance by referring to the results of economic models, but when the models conclude that we would be better off ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, the Government ran a mile from them.

Janet Albrechtsen, who previously endorsed Lord Monckton's conspiracy theory that the draft Copenhagen agreement were designed to bring in a world government has backed away, admitting that his rants about Hitler Youth and similar make it unsurprising that neither Kevin Rudd nor Tony Abbbott would see him during his Australian tour (I delayed in responding to my invitation, and it was pulled).

To give it some muscle, the government has backed up its new measures with some impressive potential fines.

One of the requirements the government had back then when the death benefit for soldiers was only $ 200,000, was that they wanted the widow to get a checkbook versus a large check.

The Western Australian government has backed away from earlier statements that up to 150 remote Indigenous communities would be closed and promised that any change would be «gradual and incremental» — but it still expects a «significant» number to close over time.

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«I think as government officials we need to have the capacity to step back and reflect the various views expressed and see how we may be able to better serve our people.

The government appears to have backed away from rumoured new regulations for the airline industry and, rather than regulating credit card fees, will instead compel more transparency.

ONE of Western Australia's largest Aboriginal organisations has come back from a damaging federal government review and received a clean report card from the official regulator.

However, a repeal or roll - back of DACA would harm the economy and cost the U.S. government a significant amount of lost tax revenue,» the study reads.

Omada Health has accomplished a rare feat in the crowded world of digital health hopefuls: it's backed up lofty claims with actual results, helping the company score federal government reimbursements for its high - tech diabetes prevention program.

Moreso than either government - funded labs or venture - capital - backed rivals, General Fusion has reached out to create a community of partners.

«Parliament has today backed the government in its determination to get on with the job of leaving the E.U.,» said British Brexit secretary David Davis.

In 2007, The Laljis» company, Larco Group, struck a $ 1.7 - billion deal with the federal government to buy and then lease back seven Ottawa office buildings; the CBC reported in 2015 that the arrangement has been plagued by years of disputes between the two parties, including acrimony over repairs, contract tendering and even parking fees.

There has been a common consensus that world governments have slightly taken a back seat on the issue of sustainability and the environment (the sustainable development commission was axed in 2010 as part of Uk government spending cuts for example).

By making lending cheaper, consumers, corporations and governments would be able to borrow money inexpensively and put those dollars back into the economy, whether by buying goods or investing in businesses.

A Japanese government - backed research group has put forward rules that would see initial coin offerings (ICOs) given definition and approval.

The sensors, which have been developed through government - backed projects, then broadcast information about their brain activity to computers that can detect spikes in emotions like depression, anxiety, and rage.

The unspoken truth is that many employers see mat leave as a costly, disruptive hassle they would sooner avoid — a sentiment that will only deepen if Justin Trudeau makes good on his election promise to extend government - backed parental leave from 12 to 18 months.

That was in line with analysts» views that the economy, which has contracted for the past three quarters, will grow moderately this year on the back of a global economic recovery and the government's expansionary policies.

One former employee of the bank recalls a ceremony 10 years back at which Fridman's partner Pyotr Aven, a deputy prime minister who has headed the group's government relations, was due to receive an award from Putin.

China's Huawei said it backed Apple's chief executive Tim Cook in his stand - off with the United States government over breaking into an iPhone, but stopped short of saying explicitly it would adopt the same stance.

One option, cited by Italian newspaper La Republicca, is where the main two parties Lega and M5S agree to allow for an interim technocratic government that would modify the electoral law and pass the budget, with the view to return to elections back in October.

Nor do they have as much of an incentive to go overboard with insuring mortgages because of their bottom - line discipline and the fact 90 % of what they insure is government backed compared to the CMHC's 100 % backing.

Switzerland has long been a haven for wealthy individuals using the country's banking secrecy laws to shield their assets from governments back home.

Most digital currencies are not backed by any central government, meaning each country has different standards.

Santiago's startup scene — half - jokingly referred to as Chilecon Valley by global investors — has also gained momentum in the past five years, thanks to Start - Up Chile, a government - backed program launched in 2010.

The Syrian government this month marched into Raqqa province from the west but had avoided conflict with the U.S. - backed SDF until the latest incident.

The rationale was strength in numbers; its combined membership of 300,000 would be better poised to fight back against increasingly hostile employers, as well as governments that have neutered stoppages as a bargaining tool through back - to - work legislation.

«The government is asking us to make a calculated risk decision on something we've been mandated to pay into and take a risk on the back end.»

Shinawatra's sister, Yingluck, became Prime Minister, in 2011 — a democratic development that nonetheless promised only more trouble, like that of recent weeks, when her government proposed an amnesty bill that would forgive all — most notably Thaksin Shinawatra — accused of crimes committed in political conflict dating back to 2004.

The central government has stayed neutral, to the annoyance of the UAE and Saudi Arabia, which Puntland and Somaliland have backed against Qatar.