Sentences with phrase «of major policy announcements»

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

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This announcement makes Kroger the third major retailer to change its gun sale policies in the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla. on Feb. 14.

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.»

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.

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.

This is interesting: there's a tricky editorial decision about whether it's better for the BBC to be perceived as failing to give enough coverage to an important Conservative policy announcement, or to be perceived as ignoring a story which involves major criticism of the BBC itself.

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.

At 2 p.m., Astorino will continue the announcement of his first major policy initiative at a press conference on the west steps of the state Capitol, Albany.

As one of the few major policies of today's Budget that had not been leaked, Labour backbenchers cheered the announcement as the Conservatives were heard to gasp in surprise.

Cuomo's announcement on Sunday was one of several events to introduce or re-assert policy goals that will also be included in a major speech accompanying Cuomo's budget proposal on Wednesday.

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.

David Cameron has hinted at a major announcement on immigration policy as he visited Rochester and Strood ahead of a crucial byelection.

«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.

Despite some grumbling, today's NSF announcement marks a milestone: It means that essentially all of the major U.S. federal science agencies now have a public - access policy.

Hill said the run up to the first week of autumn term is usually earmarked for policy implementations and announcements, adding Greening could be waiting until then before making any major decisions.

Critics of Steve Perry will note, however, that there is nothing in the Board's language that suggests Perry can't be selected by Kishimoto and her committee as the «turnaround entity» and the announcement yesterday that the eventual «lighthouse» plan must be approved by Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, makes it that much clearer that the Malloy administration has played a major role throughout this policy fiasco.

Microsoft made a big announcement today when Xbox Live Director of Programming Larry Hryb (a.k.a. Major Nelson) revealed that the policies surrounding the Xbox One have been overhauled yet again.

«APP's announcement of a «Forest Conservation Policy», is a clear sign that holding U.S. companies accountable can have a transformational effect on major industries around the world,» said Phil Radford, Executive Director of Greenpeace USA, in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In response to today's announcement by European Finance Ministers that advances the proposed European regional Financial Transaction Tax, Friends of the Earth's Senior International Policy Analyst Karen Orenstein said the following: Ten major European countries made progress today in advancing a regional financial transaction tax, popularly known as a Robin Hood Tax.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In response to today's announcement by European Finance Ministers that advances the proposed European regional Financial Transaction Tax, Friends of the Earth's Senior International Policy Analyst Karen Orenstein said the following: Ten major European countries made progress today in advancing a regional financial transaction tax, popularly known as...

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.