Sentences with phrase «major policy announcements»

This is the party's flagship spending commitment and its first major policy announcement for the election.

Despite major policy announcements from each of the main political parties this week, the campaign is being reported as a two - party race and defined by personal attacks and silly distractions.

Gordon Brown would be barred from making major policy announcements if he remained as prime minister in a hung parliament, the cabinet secretary announced today.

For the Liberals, there have been a number of major policy announcements.

His speech at the Centre for Social Justice will be his first major policy announcement since he became justice secretary back in September's Cabinet reshuffle.

No sitting president has embraced social media as warmly as Donald J. Trump, who has used Twitter for everything from major policy announcements to addressing people he sees as opponents.

Just last week, the Globe and Mail reported that the Government is planning a bare - bones budget in early February, saving major policy announcements for the 2015 budget, just in time for the 2015 election.

McCain, who is the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and served in the US Navy for 23 years, said Trump's statement was «unclear» and it served as «yet another example of why major policy announcements should not be made via Twitter.»

The statement was the first major policy announcement by Morgan, a committed Christian.

However, one major policy announcement stood out.

The innocuous sounding motion relates to the tendency of ministers to tell the press about major policy announcements before they tell the House of Commons.

Should we watch the DfE, Downing St or the Treasury for a clue as to the next major policy announcement?

Spring conferences are not the usual forum for unveiling major policy announcements - it is normally just an opportunity for the party leadership to rally the troops.

Oil firm BP says the world is still failing to do enough to tackle climate change, despite major policy announcements over the past year from the US, EU...

In a separate incident, there have been screenshots doing rounds on Telegram that indicate the people's bank of China is set to make major policy announcements that aim to further restrict Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in China.

In his first major policy announcement since he was appointed by his close ally, Corbyn, McDonnell will use a speech in Westminster on Friday to lay out what he calls a «fiscal credibility rule».

«In 2011, in one of the first major policy announcements of his leadership, Miliband said that Labour would reduce the headline rate to # 6,000, but this did not amount to a manifesto commitment... the policy was resisted by senior figures (said to include Ed Balls, shadow universities minister Liam Byrne, and policy review co-ordinator Jon Cruddas) concerned about the estimated # 2bn cost.

And there haven't even been any major policy announcements.

The major policy announcement was to end the practice of deporting child refugees once they turn 18, and allowing the parents of children with the right to stay to join them.

A major policy announcement that has sat dormant, and been constantly rejected by the «hold your nerve» camp, is dusted off.

There's a major policy announcement coming up - but will the Tories let Nick Clegg claim free school meals all for himself?

Stability was his watchword and it had to be - as strained public finances prevented any major policy announcements.

The major policy announcement on free school meals was the obvious move in this direction — as well as being a sop to middle class voters who lost out after cuts to child benefit — but Nick Clegg's speech is full of references to policies which help in day - to - day life: the pupil premium, flexible parental leave, free childcare, a cap on social care costs.

It is never reassuring to see Cuomo and Christie making a major policy announcement together.

There are no major policy announcements or changes.»