Sentences with phrase «many election pledges»

Rudd's $ 43bn fast web gamble The global recession has forced Kevin Rudd to scrap plans for a high - speed national broadband network funded by the private sector and wager at least $ 21.9 billion of taxpayers» money to fund his election pledge to bring internet speeds into the 21st century.

Construction stocks and autos were also higher as investors see President Donald Trump implementing his election pledges.

The Conservatives should go into the general election pledging a partial decriminalisation of drugs, an influential Tory group has suggested.

Nick Clegg's apology about breaking his 2010 election pledge to scrap tuition fees may not have the effect he hopes for — what with students who are the first to be hit with the trebled # 9000 tuition fees starting fresher's week.

That Sunday, in a car park in Hastings, Miliband unveiled an 8ft 6in slab of limestone, into which had been carved Labour's six election pledges.

Labour's election pledge is its most symbolically powerful break with the economics of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown - but will it save money?

The Liberal Democrats, led by Tim Farron, agreed to put Mr Miliband into Downing Street in protest at a Tory election pledge to replace the Human Rights Act.

The problem for the Lib Dems is the betrayal of their election pledge.

Vince Cable resorted to a motoring metaphor to justify tearing up his party's election pledges on student tuition fees.

With a coalition on the cards again for the next government, a capacity to compromise on, and in some cases jettison, manifesto and election pledges will play an important role in any negotiations.

The incident took place at the Great Thurlow hunt following days of speculation about whether Theresa May will abandon her general election pledge to grant MPs a free vote on whether to overturn the foxhunting ban.

The deputy prime minister told David Cameron that the Conservatives needed to be seen kicking Tory supporters where it hurts if only to demonstrate that the coalition partners are «in this together» when it comes to busting election pledges.

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), the UK's largest shooting organisation with a membership of over 140,000, has warned that the Green's election pledges have not been thought through and would devastate the British countryside.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has named the Labour Party's five key election pledges and said keeping the country on the «road to recovery» is central to his strategy, as Gary Gibbon reports.

[132] The Daily Mail and Daily Express praised Theresa May for election pledges that were condemned when proposed by Labour in previous elections.

«David Cameron's official spokesman warned yesterday that pensioner benefits such as the winter fuel allowance are facing cuts — undermining the Prime Minister's election pledge to preserve the handouts.

But he made clear both that the free movement of Labour and people would come to an end, and that Labour would not fight an election pledging to overturn the result.

Factors contributing to the Labour victory were a strong economy and falling unemployment, as well as that Labour was seen as having delivered on many key election pledges that it had made in 1997.

The document, titled Recovery and Renewal: A headline programme for a new government, and tabled on 10 May, reveals that the Lib Dems never had any intention of sticking to their election pledge to delay spending cuts until next year.

He said the former Governor who was the Kano State flag bearer of the defunct Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) in 2011 elections pledged to return the balance of N60m as soon as possible.

Other incumbents may be ousted in the November General Elections as voters express their displeasure with wrongdoing and legislators who go back on key election pledges.

The ability for politicians to dramatically change public opinion just by making election pledges has therefore reduced.

Come 2015 or whenever the next election is, Labour isn't going to go into the election pledging to spend # 1 billion on giving cash handouts to the richest 15 % of families, and in a fortnight there are # 12 billion in welfare cuts plus untold billions more in cutting public services which will be higher priorities to oppose and pledge to reverse.

Mr Cameron cited fiscal responsibility, welfare and pension reform, corporation tax cuts and government provisions to help with the rising cost - of - living as election pledges that were being fulfilled.

There was astonishment aplenty as the Labour leader unveiled a giant stone inscription bearing Labour's six election pledges, to be installed in the Downing Street garden if he becomes prime minister.

But if Osborne had announced in last week's budget that he was breaking the election pledge for pensioners there would have been more of a furore than the one that did erupt.

The Labour leader has unveiled a giant stone inscription bearing Labour's six election pledges.

So now we have it, from Vince Cable in the Commons this afternoon - election pledges may no longer apply - not just on tuition fees, but everything.

He was speaking after the sacking of Dominic Grieve as attorney general heightened speculation that Cameron will make a threat to withdraw from the ECHR an election pledge.

Liberal Democrat spending plans in the party's 2015 election pledge will be «considerably less expensive» than the last general election, said David Laws.

David Laws says Lib Dem spending plans in its 2015 election pledges will be «considerably less expensive» than 2010.

Banks claims the SNP have «failed miserably» by breaking every single one of their major election pledges; Ewing says voters will be impressed by the SNP's «excellent record».

This confirms that the party made no attempt to stick to its election pledge to delay spending cuts until 2011.

The timing is absolutely right now for the unveiling of an election pledge to legislate to scrap any further MP and Ministerial final salary pension accrual from the date of the next election and to replace it with money purchase pensions with a decent employer contribution for all future service.

Vote Leave responded to the claims by accusing Osborne of threatening to break key Tory election pledges.

But Nick Clegg's party never had any intention of sticking to its election pledge to delay spending cuts until next year.

However, the Conservative election pledge to hold a free vote on repeal «early» after polling day has been abandoned, senior officials at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs admitted on Friday.

Chief executive Pam Tatlow said: «The Liberal Democrats made a clear election pledge that tuition fees for full - time and part - time students would be abolished.

Election pledge The Conservatives fought the last election on a pledge to replace Trident.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats will today outline a key election pledge to double the number of apprenticeship starts in Wales.

But he told Ukip activists that too many election pledges had been broken during the course of the parliament.

Former Lib Dem leader to vote against rise in tuition fees after Vince Cable reneged on party's election pledge to abolish them

The Government has been accused of playing politics with the issue in order to protect Mr Clegg from criticism that he had dropped a second key election pledge following his backing for a rise in university tuition fees.

Laws rightly points out that the party was already sinking in the polls before it reneged on its election pledge not to raise tuition fees; going into coalition had been toxic in itself.

In a letter to all Lib Dem MPs, Nick Clegg yesterday stressed that no decision had yet been taken but suggested he was likely to break the election pledge.

The flagship Conservative election pledge to open a further 500 free schools in England is being put into practice, with applications invited for new schools.

Language enthusiasts will also watch to see if Ms Morgan sticks to an election pledge, though not part of the manifesto, that a future Conservative government would «guarantee the future» of GCSEs and A-levels in minority languages such as Turkish, Polish and Bengali.

The NAHT is urging all political parties to make a general election pledge to reform the watchdog.

The coalition document confirms many other Conservative election pledges, including promises to allow state schools to offer the iGCSE favoured by some independent schools, to «review» the national schools tests (Sats) and to create «Technical Academies», where students can follow vocational courses from the age of 14.

The current President of the United States and Imperial Ruler of Activision, Bob Kotick, has implemented one of his election pledges that dates back to 2004 when he stated he was to «Take the fun out of making video games.»