Sentences with phrase «minister was under pressure»

As he addressed MPs today on welfare cuts, the prime minister was under pressure to prevent a full - blown civil war in his party.

The constitution minister was under pressure over voter registration, with fears that there could be a 20 % decrease in the number of registered voters as a result of the transition from the current system.

Again, the minister is under pressure to feel guilty if he develops anything like a serious hobby.

The Prime Minister is under pressure to abandon a half - way house proposal first contained in British proposals last year.

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Defense ministers from NATO are under pressure to raise contributions to the security group as conflicts grow across the world.

On Thursday, under pressure from media, Clark's Transportation Minister, Todd Stone, now says that at some point in the future, companies like Uber «might» be here, but «not any time soon.»

Getting kids to like church is itself an accomplishment, and parents want ministers to succeed at that, Not surprisingly, Smith and Denton describe youth ministers as under great pressure to keep kids entertained.

But the minister is under strong internal pressure to be the «good father,» Thus, no matter what his schedule with his family, he is tempted either to smugness or guilt — both equally harmful.

The seminaries are also under pressure to educate a new generation of ministers in time to replace the rapidly aging older generation.

From outgoing Greek Prime Minister Papandreou's torpedoing of the G20 by his «bolt from the blue» referendum call, swiftly withdrawn under outraged pressure from the Merkel - Sarkozy tandem, to Italy's Berlusconi teetering on the edge, then announcing he will resign and abandon his attempts to cling to power, to Sarkozy himself introducing larger than expected «austerity» cuts despite the upcoming presidential election in 2012 — politics is back.

President Nana Akufo - Addo is under pressure to sack «loose - talking» Deputy Agric Minister, Mr William Quaittoo, who referred to people of the north as «difficult people».

After coming under pressure from Labour and Liberal Democrats, he told MPs at Prime Minister's Questions last week that he was ready to consider taking in refugees in cases of extreme hardship.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo is under pressure to sack Deputy Agric Minister, William Agyapong Quaittoo for describing northerners as «difficult people».

The prime minister has been forced to include the measure under severe pressure from Nick Clegg.

As prime minister David Cameron works on the finishing touches of his much - awaited speech on Europe and immigration he is under considerable pressure from his backbenchers and some frontbenchers to signal that he is ready to campaign to leave the European Union.

May is under pressure from within her cabinet to counter Sturgeon's agitation, increasing expectations the prime minister could set out what Scotland will gain from Brexit when she addresses the Scottish Conservative annual conference in Glasgow on Friday.

Jeremy Corbyn is under further pressure today after numerous junior shadow ministers led a fresh wave of resignations from his frontbench team.

In the House of Commons he stated that he had been placed under pressure by the prime minister to withdraw the motion, first by being offered a job, and then by being threatened.

After becoming Prime Minister in 2010, Cameron came under fresh pressure from the new intake of Conservative MPs who were generally more eurosceptic.

Prime Minister David Cameron is coming under increasing pressure to hold a referendum on whether or not Britain stays in the EU, ahead of the next general election.

THE POSITION of British prime minister David Cameron's top media adviser is under increasing pressure following a decision yesterday by the government not to block an investigation into allegations of widespread telephone tapping by British newspapers.

The announcement came as Mr Cameron was put under huge pressure over claims by former Tory co-treasurer Peter Cruddas that individuals could secure meetings with ministers and influence policy formation in return for a «premier league» donation.

Minister will be under renewed pressure today to scrap school testing for 11 - year - olds following a damning select committee report on the subject which found the tests undermined education standards and harmed children.

Under pressure from repeated allegations about the ring — which is reported to have operated in north Wales in the 1970s and 1980s and involved senior figures from the establishment - the prime minister agreed to appoint a «senior independent figure» to head the investigation.

Vince Cable asked why energy minister Malcolm Wicks had spoken publicly of reducing the figure to ten per cent and suggested that Mr Wicks was acting under pressure from the nuclear lobby.

With the publication today of the Browne Review into higher education funding, the Deputy Prime Minister is under immense pressure from student groups not to go back on his word.

Labour has been trying to put him under pressure by saying that it would fully implement the recommendations of the independent high pay commission and challenging the prime minister to match that pledge.

The Deputy Prime Minister is now under immense pressure from student groups as the Browne review is published.

The Sunday Telegraph claims it has seen documents which revealed the CQC was intent on suppressing negative publicity and was under pressure from Labour ministers in the run - up to the 2010 election.

The Prime Minister promised to protect the NHS but his health policies are piling extra pressure on health services, and patients are starting to see the NHS going backwards again under the Tories.»

Following election defeats in former strongholds including Glasgow East, ministers are under growing pressure from Labour MPs to adopt policies that will appeal to the party's core vote.

Culture secretary Maria Miller came under increasing pressure over her expenses from within the Conservatives after a government minister suggested she could have done a better job of saying sorry and a parliamentary aide signalled she should be concerned for her position.

The deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, was under pressure today after a series of gaffes in the House of Commons forced the government to issue clarifications on Iraq and immigration policy.

The Prime Minister has come under pressure after former Tory co-treasurer Peter Cruddas was caught on film telling a Sunday Times reporter that «premier league» gifts could secure meetings with ministers and influence policy.

He pointed out that Mr Bourne has been under some pressure since the autumn after the publication of a dossier - which he had approved - making personal attacks on Wales's First Minister, Rhodri Morgan.

But the prime minister is aware that he will be under huge pressure to grant one.

Hammond had been under intense pressure to respond to the concerns expressed by voters during the general election campaign about cuts to public services and the rising cost of living, with several vocal MPs, including former minister Nick Boles, calling for an end to austerity.

The construction boss (Tony Leung Ka - fai) is under intense deadline pressure when key ministers of the empress start bursting into flames and are swiftly reduced to ashes.

Meanwhile, The Australian has reported that Labour states are pressuring Opposition Leader Bill Shorten to commit $ 7 billion in federal funds to meet the final two years, 2018 and 2019, of Gonski funding that was agreed to under the Australian Education Act with former Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

The Department for Education initially defended the appointment, as did prime minister Theresa May and universities minister Jo Johnson, but they came increasingly under pressure to explain how he had been appointed to the role in the first place.

The government has been under pressure from labour groups and some provinces to enhance the Canada Pension Plan, but Finance Minister Joe Oliver said as recently as last week that Ottawa doesn't favour the move even if Ontario opts to go it alone.

This is a time in which the British Museum is under constant pressure from Greece's culture minister to return the Parthenon marbles to their country of origin.

As the summit moves into its final week, some 15,000 negotiators, environmental groups — and this week, ministers and heads of state — are under pressure to produce some sort of agreement.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been under pressure at home and abroad to offer substantial cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.

Environmental activists suggest that Environment Minister Prentice was under pressure from industry.

From the Government Monitor, Minister for Water Senator Penny Wong says, «Urban water supplies are under increasing pressure from changing population patterns and the emerging effects of climate change... We know we have to use water more wisely.

There are signs that ministers are responding to this, with the chancellor coming under pressure from cabinet members to allow higher pay increases for public sector workers.

I put it to Lord Bach that in his time at the MoJ there were a number of politically controversial cases, such as those over the treatment of Afghan detainees and the Gurkha immigration cases, that led to disagreements between ministers and the Legal Services Commission, which then administered legal aid: «We (he and Jack Straw, the then Lord Chancellor) resisted pretty well,» he says, the requests to interfere in such cases, «but it's not the sort of pressure a minister should be put under.

Such a minister is bound to be under pressures, some open, some hidden — all political.