Sentences with phrase «over trade union funding»

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So the committee on standards in public life was right to be optimistic by launching an inquiry into the issue trying to move on from the 2007 impasse over Labour's trade union funding.

Sir Christopher's committee recommends imposing a cap of # 10,000 on donations for both individuals and trade unions, creating a shortfall which would be made up through # 100 million of state - funded money spread over five years.

It has now been two months since Ed Miliband made his big speech intended to nip in the bud the crisis over Labour's trade union funding.

«Tory MPs raise their grievances, hopes and caution with Justine Greening over HS2 Main Jesse Norman MP unsuccessfully attempts to ban the taxpayer funding of trade union representatives»

As a result of the campaign by parents, trade unions, teachers, heads and support staff to ensure our schools are properly funded, the Government has found # 1.3 bn over the next two years from other parts of the Department for Education's budget.

Readers who actually want a thorough and careful account of the pros and cons of I - 732 from a policy point of view should read the three detailed articles by the Sightline Institute here: http://www.sightline.org/2016/08/01/pros-cons-carbonwa-carbon-tax-swap-ballot-initiative-732/ http://www.sightline.org/2016/08/02/does-initiative-732-carbon-tax-have-a-budget-hole/ http://www.sightline.org/2016/08/03/weighing-critiques-of-carbonwa-i-732/ Readers who are interested in the messy political conflict over the initiative might start with a couple of Patrick Mazza's articles: http://cascadiaplanet.blogspot.com/2015/11/can-wa-state-climate-policy-train-wreck.html http://cascadiaplanet.blogspot.com/2015/12/wa-climate-initiative-conflict-on-road.html If you want to know why the Alliance's proposal won't do much for low - income families facing higher energy costs as a result of a carbon fee (though it would produce a lot of union trade jobs by funding State infrastructure spending) start here: http://www.sightline.org/2016/08/16/green-stamps-a-climate-equity-proposal-for-the-pacific-northwest/

Co-edited by Simon Archer, the contributors to The Contradictions of Pension Fund Capitalism examine whether trade unions can exert meaningful control over pension funds.