Sentences with phrase «of next the general election»

Giving the timing of the next general election, this means making tax reform an agenda item for the government's second mandate.

The manifesto warns: «The next UK government should recognise that without specific urgent action now there is a very real danger that Christian communities will have ceased to exist in large parts of the Middle East by the time of the next general election in 2022.»

Mr Alexander said his party would start campaigning for change immediately and if it couldn't convince its Conservative coalition partners it would made a manifesto pledge ahead of the next General Election.

(b) A United States citizen who is 17 years of age, is a resident in this State, and will be at least 18 years of age at the time of the next general election may vote in any intervening primary or special election that occurs before the next general election.

If passed, it would allow 17 year olds who will be 18 on the day of the next general election to vote in both primaries and special elections:

Clegg also revealed that he made an offer to hold a referendum on Lords reform at the time of the next general election but the offer was not accepted.

This offers David Cameron the chance of a much needed U-turn on badger culling ahead of the next general election.

There is still four - and - a-half years until the planned date of the next general election, but student anger against the tuition fees hike backed by the Lib Dems - who signed a pledge promising to oppose any increase before the general election - is unlikely to fade away.

«The group will argue that values — and not a politician's background — are the crucial factor in communicating effectively with blue collar voters and that it is today's generation of Conservative politicians who most closely represent the values of those voters who will determine the outcome of the next general election,» he said.

Whatever the results of the local elections today, the outcome of the next general election is far from a foregone conclusion.

Discussions that shape the content of the next General Election manifesto will be at the core of the agenda.

In his article «Keep it legal» (TP, September), Matthew Richardson provided advice to candidates ahead of the next general election.

A plausible (if not the most likely) result of the next general election is that Labour are the biggest party in the Commons, but lack a majority; the Conservatives are the biggest (or even majority) party in rump UK, and the Lib Dems could give Labour, but not the Tories, a Commons majority (the reverse of 2010, when they could give the Tories, but not Labour, a majority).

Clegg says all voters are being reminded about the switch to individual voter registration by the time of the next general election.

Between 1996/97 and 2009/10 (the time of the next general election), the tax burden is forecast to rise by # 8,153 a year in real terms for every household in the UK (or by # 12,881 in cash terms);

The story of the next general election campaign, it's understood in Westminster, has been locked in stone for months.

Maybe Labour will find a way of jettisoning Corbyn by 2018 and installing a more press - friendly leader ahead of the next general election.

This Green Paper was Cheryl Gillan's attempt at rigging Wales» electoral map in the same way that her Cabinet colleagues were trying to gerrymander the results of the next general election.

In the same way, the opposition to boundary reform smacks of reaching for an excuse ahead of the next General Election, instead of doing the hard work to make an attractive offer to the voting public.

«We are looking for ways to minimize rancor in the party ahead of the next general elections, and we are looking for ways to save the party from potential legal booby traps.

Predicting the outcome of the next general election is, at best, a risky undertaking because the game is still very much in flux.

Labour and Lib Dems would stand united on the most important issue of the next general election.

Given the probable timing of the next General Election, I thought it only fair to the constituency to come to a final decision over the summer months.

Under proposed constituency boundary changes announced in September 2016, ahead of the next general election, the seat's boundaries will be extended.

Organising a well attended meeting will take a bit of organising, but you have over a year before the most likely date of the next general election.

Both Mr Cameron and his shadow chancellor, George Osborne, have rejected promising tax cuts so early in the parliament, saying it is «highly unlikely» they will be part of the next general election manifesto.

«I understand that a prospective chancellor doesn't want to bind themselves to decisions ahead of the next general election on spending plans until they're an awful lot clearer about what the economic situation is closer to the time.

But the party faithful fear the negative headlines the story has generated, coming as Huhne faces a custodial sentence for perverting the course of justice, could irreparably damage the Lib Dem brand ahead of the next general election.

Asked whether he will join the race for the flagbearer position, Amissah - Arthur told the media the party is not there yet, calling on members to focus more on getting a united front ahead of the next general election.

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 Leave campaign says this would abolish the 5 % rate of VAT on household energy bills by the date of the next general election.

Depending on the result of the next general election, we are perhaps three years from an in - out EU referendum.

And with the winner of the next general election far from clear it is highly possible the Church's comments could have a powerful impact on public opinion.

Gordon Brown has rejected calls to take part in a televised debate with party leaders ahead of the next general election.

This may be a thesis too far for many Conservative and LibDem MPs as Boles wants their parties to agree to an electoral pact well in advance of the next general election.

He has promised a referendum if the treaty is not yet fully ratified by all member states, but is cautious on whether he would hold on if it has already been fully ratified, which is more likely to be the case by the time of the next general election.

The storm of outrage among civil society organisations over the government's bill to stifle campaigning by voluntary bodies, pressure groups and charities for a year in advance of the next general election has eclipsed debate on the abject weakness of the same bill's proposals for a register of lobbyists.

The first measure announced this afternoon was legislation to secure fixed parliamentary terms, which will mean the date of the next general election will be 7 May 2015 - «a hugely significant constitutional innovation,» Mr Clegg said.

Ms Villiers vowed that a Conservative government «absolutely will cancel these plans» and had the capacity to do so because there was «no chance of the planning process being completed» by the time of the next General Election.

A # 11bn benefit squeeze was also included in an austerity package he said would clear the structural deficit by the time of the next general election in 2015.

In interviews at the Lib Dem conference, Clegg, unsurprisingly, left the door open to a partnership with Miliband: «If the British people say that the most legitimate outcome of the next general election would be a Labour - Liberal Democrat coalition, of course I would be prepared to play my part in that.»

The febrile political atmosphere around Westminster ahead of next week's pre-budget report, as the political dividing lines of the next general election start to take shape, has seen our old friend «the snap election» back in the game, as commentators ask whether the government might now go to the country by the spring.

Good Piece, However i think your wrong, the liberals will pull out once the AV is defeated and allow a minority goverment to continue on a vote by vote basis and start the campaign to repair themselfes ahead of the next general election, only to find themselfes in the same position again, except this time it will end up a lib — lab pact.

However, those backing his third term at City Hall say he would be in a better position to secure a seat in advance of the next general election but one in 2020.

Veteran backbencher David Winnick said it was «quite likely» that Mr Corbyn would be in charge at the time of the next general election, but that it would not be in the best interests of the party.

ELIZABETHTOWN — Ahead of next the general election, more than a dozen state, local and federal representatives have endorsed Essex County Judge Richard Meyer and Essex County Clerk Joseph Provoncha.

The Conservative Party must «work hard» to claw back voters ahead of the next general election, the home secretary has said.

At the end of last year he noted the drift in the Boris campaign and took the decisions that have now produced a team around the Mayoral hopeful that might deliver victory in the most important contest this side of the next General Election.

Whatever the outcome of the next general election, legislation remains a distant prospect.

Not exact matches

Regardless of which party forms the government following the next general election, improving the state of competition needs to be a key priority.