Sentences with phrase «manifesto commitments»

«All three parties have clear manifesto commitments on the issue of reform, and we now have a white paper,» he said.

They weren't even offering a firm commitment to pull a three line whip on their existing manifesto commitment for a referendum on AV.

Remember the context: the cap is a Conservative manifesto commitment.

We believe the only change that would be possible without a further referendum or general election manifesto commitment is a change to first past the post.

The challenge is therefore to maintain the momentum, whether by getting manifesto commitments from parties or exploring options for pilots to include citizen voices in the process of constitutional reform.

In the absence of a clear manifesto commitment to a policy, it is harder for Labour to claim it has an electoral mandate to implement it.

He promised that «one of our front - page manifesto commitments will be to protect the education budget from nursery to 19 - year - olds, from cradle to college».

But he said it was a Conservative manifesto commitment that was politically advantageous to pursue.

The Conservative manifesto commitment in fact reads: «We will work to build a consensus on a mainly elected second chamber to replace the current House of Lords.»

For one thing, it currently looks as if the Tory policy of addressing the deficit with 80 % spending cuts and 20 % tax increases will be pursued — something which inevitably will almost inevitably put the coalition's actions at odds with the Liberal Democrat manifesto commitment to ensuring that spending cuts do not have an adverse impact on fairness2.

The policy seemed to break a 2015 Tory election manifesto commitment not to raise taxes - including NICs - for at least five years.

«These changes are never easy, but the question is are you going to make the difficult decisions that means we have better care for patients; deliver manifesto commitments, and that's what I'm absolutely determined to do.»

AV has the advantage of being a Labour manifesto commitment as well so should get through the Commons, even if lots of Tories rebelled.

The event, funded by OXFAM and Ghana Oil and Gas Inclusive for Growth (GOGIG), also provided a platform for the parliamentary candidates to present their party key manifesto commitments on fisheries, the oil and gas sector.

The coalition agreement contained plans for fixed parliamentary terms - a Labour and Lib Dem manifesto commitment but not a Tory one - along with details of the emergency procedure for getting a government out if it had lost support.

«David Cameron is now backtracking from his own manifesto commitment to introduce recall of MPs,» shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan said.

Under the Salisbury Convention, the Lords should not wreck or vote against government manifesto commitments at second and third reading.

The AV vote is a Labour Party manifesto commitment, and despite popular belief I make it a point to vote in line with my party's manifesto.

But 57 furious Tory MPs - including former cabinet ministers Iain Duncan Smith and Owen Paterson - condemned the chancellor for threatening to renege on Tory manifesto commitments on the public finances.

Oliver Dowding MP, Cameron's former Chief of Staff, told the Daily Politics that he, «didn't personally write the manifesto» when challenged on the Tories previous manifesto commitment to keep Britain within the single market.

Senior Labour figures act on reports that Theresa May will announce plans to permanently drop manifesto commitment

For the record, winning another referendum would require that process to be an expliciît manifesto commitment, a. Winning majority in that election, and a winning vote in the subsequent election.

Properly packaged alongside our many other good manifesto commitments, these policies could form part of a coherent progressive case for voting Labour.

At the very least it must not be contemplated without revisiting the Liberal Democrats» other manifesto commitments for a mansions tax and restricting tax relief on pensions to the basic rate of income tax.

Then they published a really quite moderate manifesto commitment, like an angry drunk waking up bashfully in the morning.

Compare the fall out of 45 - pages draft manifesto commitments with the reaction to Ed Miliband's Mansion Tax proposal during the 2015 general election.

Their personal attack last week on Ed Miliband backfired badly, and two of their shop - window manifesto commitments, on inheritance tax and the right to buy, have won few converts.

That is the common experience in most of Europe where electorates do not expect such firm manifesto commitments.

Nor does there seem any prospect of a strong manifesto commitment to EU membership from a party led by him.

He said: «I was elected on an explicit manifesto commitment to a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.

Another would be a general election victory by a party with a clear and trumpeted manifesto commitment to EU membership.

It was, to some degree, and the Liberal Democrats, who had the most pro-reform manifesto commitment, got 23 % of the vote in the general election.

However, he rejected «bizarre media reports» that he had personally overseen the bungled social care manifesto commitment in the post on Conservative Home.

Labour fought the 1997 election under Tony Blair with an unambiguous manifesto commitment to abolish hereditary Lords:

More effective regulation of academies and free schools and better local coordination of education must be at the heart of political parties» manifesto commitments ahead of the General Election.

To accuse these MPs of hypocrisy, as some have done — most notably the so - called Labour Yes camp led somewhat surprisingly by Ben Bradshaw who, as Jonathan reported, seems to have undergone a damascene conversion on the Alternative Vote — is to misrepresent the original manifesto commitment.

Nat le Roux argues that a one - off electoral reform pact between Labour and some or all of the minor parties in 2020, with a common manifesto commitment to introduce a new voting system, would likely result in a broad - left coalition government.

George Osborne faces increasing pressure from backbenchers over tax plans to fund manifesto commitments

If the «Yes» campaign loses on the basis of vague «jam tomorrow» promises that don't materialise as absolute manifesto commitments, there won't be losses in Scotland, there will be a slaughter... and of course the gnats are going to sweep up most of the Scottish lib - dem seats anyway.

By convention, the Lords will not overturn manifesto commitments made by a Government, but would it be desirable for there to be a new convention stating that the Upper House would not reverse the will of the elected House on moral issues?

Sturgeon said that was a «democratic outrage» and constituted the clear, material change in Scotland's circumstances referred to in the Scottish National party's carefully worded manifesto commitment in May to hold a second independence vote if needed.

The Ashton - under - Lyne MP said she understood that many in the schools community were «looking to Labour for a lead» and want to know what the party would do in government, but said she was not prepared to pre-empt manifesto commitments.

But at least we will be able to see in manifesto commitments whether there will be any extra funding added to the schools pot, to quell the rebellion that threatened to kill off the NFF.

Sports minister Aileen Campbell said: «We are investing in a range of areas to support healthier lives for children and families, including investing # 149m in free school meals for all primary 1 to 3 children, a total of # 11.6 m in supporting schools to meet our PE manifesto commitments between 2012 - 2016 and # 50m for Active Schools.

[ii] The notion for filtering content originally derived from manifesto commitments concerning «the commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood» given by David Cameron and Nick Clegg in 2010.

Today sees the launch of the National Academy for Educational Leadership — a key Welsh Liberal Democrat manifesto commitment being delivered by Education Secretary Kirsty Williams.

Also, don't forget that the 50p rate was never a LibDem policy or priority, but increasing the tax free allowance to # 10k for people on low to middle incomes was a key manifesto commitment (higher rate tax payers get less of an increase + those earning over # 100k get no tax free allowance).

Such a view implicitly assumes that people did not have their own reasons — independent of the # 350 million claim — for voting Leave, or that they were not clever enough to understand it was a claim about what was possible outside the EU, not a general election manifesto commitment.

I'm not speculating about it one way or the other; what I'm saying is it's a clear manifesto commitment from the Conservative party.»

The Lib Dem - Tory coalition deal builds on the Lib Dem manifesto commitment to fixed - term parliaments.