Sentences with phrase «off over reform»

David Laws, a Lib Dem MP and former Treasury minister, said the stand - off over reform could lead to a «chain reaction» which threatened the rest of the Coalition's programme.

Not exact matches

Eliot Spitzer were at loggerheads over campaign finance reform — an issue off which the governor refused to budge.

A decade on and British taxpayers are over # 10 billion worse off, with the EU's promised reforms having vanished along with our money.

But just how much sway Mann, and the presiding three - judge panel, will have over the process will depend in part on whether Governor Andrew Cuomo follows through on his original promise to veto the legislature's lines or instead reaches some sort of compromise with the legislature by which he signs off on their lines in exchange for promises of redistricting reform in the future.

He concluded that if his party and the Liberal Democrats could not form a sustainable working arrangement over two or three years, «then that kills the case off for electoral reform for good and all because we obviously can not handle a multi-party parliament».

JACKSON — Three of the Reform Party's four congressional candidates were restored Tuesday to the state's Nov. 2 general election ballot, only days after being booted off because of a dispute over the party's leadership.

Clegg is thinking and must have been told to piss off by the Tories over electoral reform.

She has reduced the number of County employees by over 11 % without lay - offs and the County's health - care costs are lower now than they were in 2005 due to numerous reforms including the landmark Canadian Drug program.

«Our reforms will put an end to people being left on sickness benefits year after year; they will eradicate the trap that has left so many better off on benefits than in work; and they will ensure the benefits bill is sustainable over the longer term... I am proud of this record.

Garcia said that additional cuts to those federal reimbursements would throw off a five - year fiscal reform plan expected to be released Wednesday as Puerto Rico prepares to negotiate with bondholders over its debt.

Nassau County executive candidates Jack Martins and Laura Curran squared off Thursday in a debate hosted by regional business leaders, tangling over red light cameras, ethics reform and fixing the county's finances.

He insists an ambitious programme of reform can win over ordinary voters, saying: «The real middle Britain — of insecure self - employment, rip - off private pensions, unaffordable housing, mounting tuition fee debt and crisis - ridden social care — is crying out for a Labour government committed to fundamental reform.»

Over the past three decades, mayors such as Richard Riordan and Antonio Villaraigosa have fought to place reform - minded players on the district's school board, while grassroots reformers such as Green Dot Public Schools founder Steve Barr and the group that is now known as Parent Revolution have successfully forced L.A. Unified to start an effort to spin off over 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots groOver the past three decades, mayors such as Richard Riordan and Antonio Villaraigosa have fought to place reform - minded players on the district's school board, while grassroots reformers such as Green Dot Public Schools founder Steve Barr and the group that is now known as Parent Revolution have successfully forced L.A. Unified to start an effort to spin off over 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots groover 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots groups.

Perhaps the best two pieces I've come across are from the Newark Star - Ledger's Tom Moran including an opinion piece on where things stand that notes district progress along with charter school improvements and reformers» misguided focus on the parts of the story Russakoff leaves out (Newark students are better off, despite the political noise) and also a Q & A with Russakoff in which the author rebuts a deeply flawed NYT review, proposes a forensic audit of Newark's $ 23,000 - per student spending, but calls the Zuckerberg - funded reform efforts a «wash» over all (Author Dale Russakoff discusses new book).

Over the past few decades, education reforms in Brazil and Chile have been widely celebrated as successful, and most students are much better - off than their predecessors were 15 years ago.

Can anyone who has observed the conduct of the reform - resisters over the past two years seriously suggest that the children of Newark would have been better off in their hands?

In his effort to «win» over (aka snow) teachers, parents and public school advocates, Malloy's plan appears to be to push off a couple of elements of his corporate education reform industry agenda until he can make it past November's election for governor.

In the 11 years since the state took over Philadelphia, the district has gone through an array of overhauls, including the hand - off of school operations to outfits such as Edison Schools, and even the hard work of reformers such as Paul Vallas (who began Chicago's successful school reform effort and has just finished up a successful stint overseeing the revamp of New Orleans» school system).

So why, with over half a billion dollars in federal education stimulus money flowing to Connecticut — money intended to promote reform and protect jobs — is Hartford Public High School laying off teachers?

The uproar over the murders of black men such as Michael Brown and Eric Garner by police officers are leading criminal justice reform advocates to push legislatures and governors to enact new policies, including the creation of independent prosecutors for cases involving cops as well as the rewrite of use - of - force laws that allow rogue cops to get off scot - free.

As Dennis Crouch pointed out over at Patently - O, the release of an informally proposed amendment to the current patent reform bill that would set April 24 as a cutoff date for retroactive application of fee shifting provisions set off a surge of patent case filings just before the deadline.