Sentences with phrase «out of a coalition government»

However, the Liberal Democrats also pulled out of a coalition government, prompting an angry response from Mr Jones who accused them of lacking credibility.

Not exact matches

The priority the government gives to different reforms set out in the coalition deal, the extent to which it implements them, and the personnel involved promise a welter of competing pressures that Merkel will need all her political skill to balance.

All other parties have ruled out the idea of a coalition with the AfD, so the arithmetic of Teutonic politics dictates that for the foreseeable future Germany may be run by a succession of grand coalition governments made up of its two main parties.

Martin Schulz, the leader of the Social Democrat Party (SPD)-- which was part of Chancellor Merkel's coalition in the previous government — had previously ruled out another partnership, but at the start of December decided to enter talks.

Despite a push for supermarkets to whack a 50 cent levy on shoppers from a farmer group, government sources suggested that was not a likely option as it could distort the market, disadvantage export - orientated milk producers and would be out of line with the Coalition's message on lower taxes.

Empowering local people to help out in their communities is one of the flagship policies of the coalition government's «Big Society».

In my speech today and a second from the Prime Minister, at a date to be confirmed, we will set out the two animating purposes of this Coalition Government.

The coalition agreement contained plans for fixed parliamentary terms - a Labour and Lib Dem manifesto commitment but not a Tory one - along with details of the emergency procedure for getting a government out if it had lost support.

Public sector bodies and local councils in Britain are determining out how best to respond and adapt to the next wave of change driven by the cuts imposed by the Conservative - Liberal Democrat Coalition government.

He cites a Gallup poll carried out in August 1944 which asked voters whether they believed politicians in the wartime coalition government were acting mainly in the interests of their country, party or themselves.

A left - leaning coalition - formal or informal - will have around five parties, with deep splits over single market membership and free movement, and with the SNP existentially needing to portray Westminster (especially a Labour government in Westminster) as being out of touch with Scotland.

You could feasibly write about how the coalition government looks unlikely to tackle it (ie, Tories dropped their IHT threshold raise and raised CGT, but it seems very unlikely that they'll go further on either position; tax reform overall remains to be seen, but I don't hold out much hope while it consists of «crackdowns» rather than actual proposals for changing the law).

There was a notable lack of details in this morning's Times story, in which Klein said «some type» of coalition government would take the politics out of policy debates and end the «constant hyperpartisan bickering» in the chamber.

Plus a demand for a straight In - Out EU referendum on the day of next year's European Elections, which only the Coalition could deliver, since it will still be the Government on that day.

Since the rules of PR generally prevent any single party from achieving a majority government, parties in all PR nations seek out other political parties to form coalition governments.

According to companies that are being pulled in for a chat surrounding the government plans, roughly a year after the Foreign Secretary William Hague's Cyber Crime summit in London, the coalition could introduce a system of insurance that would require the owners of PC's to take out cover against data loss and the costs of investigation to identify the culprits.

It seems unlikely that Labour would enter into any kind of formal agreement that allowed SNP MPs to become ministers or play a direct role in the management of government departments — indeed, Miliband has ruled out a coalition with the Scottish nationalists.

Labour will not be able to form a government in Wales after Plaid Cymru followed the Liberal Democrats» lead and pulled out of coalition talks.

The Liberal Democrats have pulled out of coalition talks to form a Welsh government, reopening the possibility of a Labour - led government.

They're in a somewhat better position, in that the SNP won't necessarily oppose them out of hand, but the fact they won't bring the nationalists into a formal coalition that an Ed Miliband government is a minority administration by default.

They've reached out to voters of diverse backgrounds and successfully brought together coalitions of community organizations and individuals to begin to reclaim their local governments.

The view that the Liberal Democrats will be «wiped out» is a result of declining popularity for the Liberal Democrat and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg since entering into coalition government with the Conservatives.

Following the redrawing of boundaries prior to the 2011 elections, the Liberal Democrats had dropped out of the picture, affected by the national swing against the party because of its participation in the UK coalition government.

In the ACT Legislative Assembly, where Labor governs in coalition with the Greens, and the Government controls 9 seats out of 17, the Speaker, Vicki Dunne, is actually a member of the Opposition.

«However, this year alone, at least 200,000 applicants will miss out on a university place or a high quality work - based apprenticeship as a result of the Coalition Government's swingeing cuts.

We believe by offering a progressive economic alternative to austerity, Labour can best reach out to a broad coalition of voters whose living standards have declined under this Coalition gocoalition of voters whose living standards have declined under this Coalition goCoalition government.

Coalitions in parliamentary democracies iron out a legislative agenda when forming a government at the beginning of the session, sometimes in writing, and mostly stick with it.

This option could play out a number of ways — formal coalition, or a Cameron minority government given limited tacit support to pass a budget, but looking to call a general election that would perhaps give them an overall majority some time later in 2010, or in early 2011.

None of those recommendations have been progressed under the coalition government, since they were ruled out by both Conservatives and Liberal Democrats at the 2010 election, while Labour's always unrealistic projection of 400 - 600 million passenger movements in the UK by 2030 was further undermined by a weak economy.

The editor of the The Lady magazine reckoned women find politicians «arrogant, over-privileged and out - of - touch», and the coalition government risks losing them as voters.

Two Democratic factions in the New York State Senate say they are joining to form what could be a strong Democratic majority in the Senate, leaving Republicans, who up until now have ruled the chamber in a coalition government, out of power.

Alec Dauncey, Welsh Liberal Democrat European candidate, has welcomed the news that Conservative plans to opt out of key EU crime - fighting measures have been blocked by Liberal Democrats in coalition government.

Lashing out at the coalition's record youth unemployment, which has reached more than one million, Labout leader Ed Miliband will accuse the Government of cutting opportunities for young people.

The resulting poll led to the formation of a coalition excluding the CSV, which had only been out of government for five years (1974 - 1979) in the post-war era.

The more seats a party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.

«Iain Duncan Smith sets out the Government's vision for Welfare Reform Main Who should be on BBC Question Time panels in this age of Coalition governmeGovernment's vision for Welfare Reform Main Who should be on BBC Question Time panels in this age of Coalition governmentgovernment?»

Since his resignation, Mr Kennedy has largely kept out of the public eye, although he has recently voiced his unease at Nick Clegg's decision to join a Coalition Government with the Tories.

Hosting the meeting was the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, who had taken time out from his schedule to discuss the coalition government's foreign policy, despite days of rampant speculation about his private life and political judgement.

That would almost certainly be a minority government — particularly now Miliband has completely ruled out entering a coalition with the SNP or, indeed, doing any kind of deal with the party whatsoever.

It is exactly two years since the coalition agreement was fleshed out: where are the consultations, the public statements of support, the draft bills and other indicators of government interest?

Senior policymakers and grassroots members are furious about the Lib Dem leader's plan to stake out a middle ground «equidistant» from Labour and the Tories to boost the chances of another coalition government...

His staunch support for the coalition's welfare reforms, which the rebellious Lords continued to systematically take apart this week in two big defeats for the government, underlined the fact that much of the coalition's policy book is straight out of the Tory party manifesto.

Viewers picked holes pretty quickly in Clegg's «Lib Dems for coalition» pitch to conference, pointing out that his condemnation of single - party rule therefore undermines any argument that Lib Dem majority (or minority) government rule would be preferable, thus making his much - applauded line «In an ideal world, I wouldn't have to work with either of them because I'd be Prime Minister on my own thank you very much — and I'd like to think I'd do a better job too» fall rather flat.

The much awaited announcement follows an independent review of the fuel poverty definition and target, and reforms set out in the Energy Act last year, where the Coalition Government repealed legislation to eradicate fuel poverty in England by 2016.

A statement, purportedly issued by the Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State (CSCEOS) in which Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State was accused of «illegally diverting over N7billion of N11.744 bilion out of N84billion Paris Club funds accrued to the state by the federal government» (Thisday, January 6, 2017) refers.

Meanwhile, a coalition of good - government organizations — NYPIRG, the League of Women Voters, Reinvent Albany and Citizens Union — backed Schneiderman's assessment of the special prosecutor role as laid out by Cuomo.

He gives the coalition eight out of ten on their approach to local government and happily lists the return of powers expected in the decentralisation and localism bill.

Details have been released of the selection panel for the new inspector and one name stands out: Lord Oliver Henley, former Tory minister at the Home Office and Defra under the coalition, as well as serving in numerous government roles under Margaret Thatcher and John Major.

The 55 per cent threshold means that Prime Minister Cameron could survive at the head of a minority Conservative government even if the Lib Dems pulled out of the coalition deal.

Q. (From Paul Cotteril) Would you encourage the party to accept the money on offer from the government for trial runs of primaries in safe Labour seats, as set out in the coalition agreement?