Sentences with phrase «governments moving towards»

Secretive funding network channelled millions to stop state governments moving towards renewable energy

Is the government moving towards decriminalising prostitution?

Special schools are at risk of being «lost» as the government moves towards an all - academy system, a special educational needs and disability (SEND) school leader has warned.

The government move towards further amendments of the NTER to incorporate notwithstanding clauses in the legislation and ensure all measures that are intended to be special measures comply with the RDA.

Not exact matches

«This government will continue to seize these opportunities as the world moves towards a low carbon future, and will set out ambitious proposals in the upcoming Clean Growth Plan,» Harrington added.

Prime Minister Theresa May's government appears to be moving towards a «hard Brexit,» whereby Britain would regain control over its borders at the expense of access to the single market.

«There is a clear regulation by the Chinese government... so the whole automotive industry is moving towards the petrol - electric vehicle.»

«This decision by the federal government is an important positive step towards the project ultimately moving forward, but there is still a lot of work to be done to satisfy the interests of communities and the First Nations,» said Black.

The move to partner with the Ethiopian government will result in the Ethiopian Ministry of science and technology working together with Cardano's African Operations Department (led by John O'Connor) towards the realization of an agritech platform on Cardano's Blockchain.

The Government of Alberta wrapped up a series of six engagement sessions across the province as it moves towards delivering an appropriate apology to survivors

The recent Albertan NDP budget has further diminished any incentive, by moving further down the path towards government reliance that eliminates opportunity, as the burden of Alberta's record debt mounts.

VANCOUVER, B.C. — The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade applauds today's news that the Provincial Government is shifting gears and moving towards the introduction of ridesharing in B.C. and the modernization of the taxi industry.

That framework would help move towards greater transparency of cryptocurrency exchange operations, as well as assuage government fears of money laundering, tax evasion, and other similar issues.

Wouldn't it be great if we could move whole jurisdictions towards better practices through coordinated, multi-stakeholder coalitions, endorsed by engaged local governments, and built on effective land use planning?

A number of good examples already exist, whether that is Marine Stewardship Council's longstanding focus on regional fisheries as the certification unit, the Alliance for Water Stewardship's approach to watershed - level management, Rainforest Alliance measuring conservation outcomes across regions with a prevalence of certified enterprises, or the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil partnering with state - level governments to move whole jurisdictions towards certifiable production.

By approaching global food security from different directions, with equal emphasis on reducing waste, improving supply and working with consumers and governments to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production, we can truly make a systemic difference.

In the last twenty years, governments also have been gradually moving towards policies aiming at encouraging the links between organic agriculture and biodiversity conservation.

Since the early 1990s, government policy on maternity care in England has moved towards policies designed to give women with straightforward pregnancies a choice of settings for birth.1 2 In this context, freestanding midwifery units, midwifery units located in the same building or on the same site as an obstetric unit (hereafter referred to as alongside midwifery units), and home birth services have increasingly become relevant to the configuration of maternity services under consideration in England.3 The relative benefits and risks of birth in these alternative settings have been widely debated in recent years.4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Lower rates of obstetric interventions and other positive maternal outcomes have been consistently found in planned births at home and in midwifery units, but clear conclusions regarding perinatal outcome have been lacking.

The government's move towards a national ID cards scheme, and expansion of IT schemes in the health, welfare and criminal justice systems across the country also made it a pressing issue, he says.

Both in opposition and then in government Oliver's principal aim had been to help a succession of leaders to move the Conservative Party towards a particular ideological position — social and economic liberalism, tempered by a commitment to social justice and environmental stewardship, both globally and nationally.

Many Capitalist countries have moved towards Neoliberalism, which is a specific interpretation of capitalism in which the government has little or no role.

Governments face a choice between sticking with the status quo or moving towards a regulated, legal cannabis market

There are numerous accounts showing how quality of government decreases — and corruption increases — after moves towards democracy -LSB-...].

President Barzani has also stressed that any move towards independence would be pursued within negotiations with the Iraqi government.

The UK Government and the devolved administrations published the Air Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on 17 July 2007 - setting out a way forward for work and planning on air quality issues and the air quality standards and objectives to be achieved; introducing new policy framework for tackling fine particles and identifying potential new national policy measures which modelling indicates could give further health benefits and move closer towards meeting the Strategy's objectives.

Mr. Speaker, consistent with Government's objective of ensuring fiscal consolidation without compromising growth as well as our resolve to consolidate our LMIC status and move towards a Middle Income country, and eventually wean ourselves from donor dependency, the need to significantly improve our domestic resource mobilisation has become imperative.

Moving towards simply needing a majority of the population to have power could make majority tyranny worse, since separated powers wouldn't slow down the process or stop bills that hurt a minority with disproportionate power in one part of government.

Campaigners are seeing the government's celebration of Paralympians as a cynical move to stress their dedication towards the disabled population.

Blair and Mandelson know that their political project — to eliminate trade union and rank and file influence from the Labour Party and move it towards coalition with the Liberals — and the government's economic policies, notably the goal of cutting social spending, will collide with successive layers of the labour movement.

I remain committed to maintaining the services that our residents expect while running a fiscally - stable government that continues to grow and improve, and I welcome discussions with the Legislature as this proposed Budget moves towards adoption.»

It gives us much hope that we have young folks who have the desire to make things right in this country even though our country seems to be moving towards the wrong direction under our current government led by President John Dramani Mahama.

Cuomo's first act as governor was a symbolic move towards fulfilling his promise of make government more open to the people.

The more seats a party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.

It means reaching beyond Mogadishu so all parts of the country see a demonstrable benefit from the new government...... and moving towards the ultimate goal of national elections in 2016, which we discussed this morning.

The government plans to move towards a «historic universal service commitment» bringing broadband and digital services to all homes, culture secretary Andy Burnham has said.

Their thinking was that these moves towards choice and competition were actually extensions to the piecemeal changes pushed through by the New Labour government.

The decisions the current Government takes on transport to tackle the dual challenges of climate change and rising oil prices could have significant repercussions for many years to come... Friends of the Earth is calling on the Government to: «Change direction on transport policy - and aim to rapidly move towards a low - carbon transport system... Vehicle Excise Duty must be changed to make road tax on gas - guzzlers more expensive - and cheaper for greener cars...»

Now it is assumed that, for the government to be pushing ahead with a move towards AV, it must be for a similar inflation of electoral support.

Mr Brown has recently tried to move back towards the Blairite agenda of public service reform, promising more personalised services and a move away from central Government targets.

This volume, then, is a significant move towards identifying those distinctions and features from necessary but seismic fudges and the intricate but often unforeseeable complexities and promises - turned - compromises of coalition government.

Or government should consider handing directives to BoG towards resolving this unfortunate financial coup detat to bring financial comfort to people who are citizens of ghana and require safe finacial haven and such a move will obviously give weight to the practical rendition of government as, seeking the over all welfare of the people irrespective of their race or ethnic orientation, colour, creed or culture background.

It seems to be taken for granted by a lot of commentators that changing to the alternative vote (AV) will be a move towards proportional representation - resulting in more hung parliaments and coalition governments.

The media, eager for a new story after years of Tory failure and with an increasingly unpopular Labour government, gave him the glowing coverage he craved, helping him to «decontaminate» the Tory brand and move the party back towards the centre ground, where, the conventional wisdom has it, British elections are won and lost.

On Monday, the mayor sought to make a move towards more openness, telling anchor Errol Louis on NY1's Inside City Hall that he would no longer shield communications on government matters with outside consultants.

And, I also believe transparency in government is vital to moving this system towards one which works for everybody.

The Conservatives will «move towards that target» said the communities secretary about government plans to cut net migration to less than 100,000 per year by the general election.

«The Government in England is standing up for weekly collections; by contrast, the administrations in Wales and Scotland are moving towards monthly collections.»

«In my campaign I want to confront all five of those ills head on, setting out not only how Labour will campaign against these injustices in opposition but also spelling out some of the measures the next Labour government will take to overcome them and move decisively towards a society in which opportunity and prosperity is truly shared.»

The U.S. government is renewing its push to move genomics towards the clinic.

«The fuel - cell industry has largely moved beyond one - off demonstration projects towards pre-commercialization and even commercialization in certain markets,» said Bud DeFlaviis, director of government affairs at the Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Energy Association.