Sentences with phrase «planning a referendum for»

The government is planning a referendum for May but Labour objects to parts which would cut the number of MPs.

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The move is believed to be part of joint drills planned by the Iranian and the Iraqi government armed forces in retaliation for an independence referendum held a week ago by Iraq's Kurds.

«The Mayors» Council plan not only quickly improves transit service with 25 % more buses, it will give those driving to work or school the option to leave the car at home and take transit, which is better for our environment,» McGarrigle said, adding that the BC Federation of Labour, representing over 500,000 unionized workers across the province, unanimously supported a resolution Unifor Local 111 introduced to endorse a Yes in the referendum.

Either it means that other members of his party — the finance minister, who is against the referendum — will come in and not hold a referendum at all, and try to keep Greece on the austerity plan, or there will be a fall in the government, a no - confidence vote, and people will presumably vote for the Conservative Party, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United States.

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP)-- Three small opposition parties are calling for a boycott of a government - sponsored referendum seeking support for opposing any future European Union plans to resettle refugees among member countries.

Crimea's residents aren't the only Europeans striving for secession, with referendums in both Scotland and Spain's Catalonia planned for later this year.

Abortion clinics are firebombed; Planned Parenthood workers are murdered; an art gallery owner is arrested for exhibiting Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs; a rap group is arrested on obscenity charges; the civil rights — or «special privileges» — of gays and lesbians are the subject of controversial referenda; and issues of multiculturahsm, freedom of expression and «political...

(Left to right) Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Katherine Zappone, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister for Health Simon Harris brief the media on the government's plans for a referendum on Ireland's restrictive abortion laws, following a specially convened cabinet meeting at Government Buildings in Dublin.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar briefs the media on the government's plans for a referendum on Ireland's restrictive abortion laws, following a specially convened cabinet meeting at Government Buildings in Dublin.

He would like to see more tax incentives to attract new businesses, but he declined to offer details until next Thursday's candidates forum hosted by Save Buffalo Grove, a grass - roots organization which has collected signatures for a referendum measure on plans for a proposed downtown Buffalo Grove.

Incumbent trustees Andy Stein, Beverly Sussman and Lester Ottenheimer along with write - in candidate Jeffrey Battinus have been invited to participate in the forum from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Village Bar & Grill, 48 Raupp Blvd.. The four, who are vying for three seats, will each have 20 minutes to offer a biography and explanation on why they are seeking office, their opinions on opportunities and challenges facing the village, their perspective on the downtown plan and whether they would support a communitywide referendum question on the plan.

Since the November referendum, the 117 - acre site has again become available because village officials refused to consider plans for a residential development there.

Plans for the force have been put on hold, however, by 531 residents who have signed a petition to put the issue before voters in a referendum in November.

In a Rolling Meadows advisory referendum, voters rejected plans for a senior citizen housing project that would have cost about $ 4 million.

Officials of the Wilmette Park District recently said they are considering asking voters to pass a $ 14 million referendum measure in November to pay for the village's lakefront master plan, encompassing an array of projects including new beach houses at both Gillson and Langdon parks.

The non referendum bonds needed to accomplish this project will be sold and will not raise taxes as these sales have been carefully planned for many years.

Enough residents of the Lockport Township Park District in northern Will County have signed petitions to force a referendum on a $ 6 million bond issue planned by park district officials to pay for not only what they say is a much - needed new golf course, but a recreation center and major renovations to the district «s other facilities.

The district plans a similar referendum this November for a 3 - cent tax increase in the recreation fund.

After a telephone survey showed little support for the project, Glencoe Park Board members recently canceled plans to hold a referendum on a proposed $ 16 million community center.

Blievernicht, who is gathering signatures for a petition to decide such matters by referendum, told Village Board members this week that he is concerned about their plan to sell bonds for capital improvements.

Lake in the Hills officials plan to ask voters for permission to build an indoor pool and community center in the fall or following spring via a referendum measure, officials said.

Park commissioners plan to put a referendum measure on the ballot in April seeking financing for the proposed two - story building, which is to include a gymnasium, weight room, aerobic room, locker rooms and meeting rooms.

Glen Ellyn Park District Director Lois Gordon said park district commissioners can not call for a binding referendum until there are firm plans for such a swimming facility.

The editorial suggested that the Cary Park District «is getting itself immersed in the same kind of brouhaha» for supposedly planning to pursue the condemnation of land in defiance of voters after losing a referendum on the issue.

Steve Scholten, the park district's executive director, said a second pathway at Lake Arlington would cost $ 875,000 and was included in the improvement plans for both failed referendums in 2012.

Alex Salmond has been hit by a triple - whammy of bad news in the Scottish referendum campaign, with serious questions being raised about North Sea oil, his plans for currency union and Scots» access to the BBC after independence.

Any such plan would, in turn, risk being derailed by a negative referendum result such as that of the previous referendum for a North East assembly.

I welcome the UN's planning to prepare for humanitarian contingencies around the referendum, and I encourage the Sudanese authorities to actively support these preparations.

Comments from Major on contemporary politics have, on the whole, been rare since he left office, but as pressure for a referendum on the EU grew in recent years, so did the frequency of his interventions, until he threw his full weight behind David Cameron's plan to seek a renegotiation of Britain's membership, then take that settlement to the country in an in / out vote.

After meeting European leaders the Lib Dems trumpeted the fact eight EU Prime Ministers were now backing their plan for a second referendum.

Firstly, 18 months after the referendum, there is no plan for what Brexit will look like.

David Cameron has threatened to use the Parliament Act to force through plans for an in - out referendum on European Union membership after legislation was effectively killed by peers.

David Cameron gave Conservative MPs «a very strong indication» at the recent Parliamentary Party meeting that he wants to introduce legislation before 2015 for his planned EU referendum after the next election.

Given their strong pro-European position the Liberal Democrats could be left in the position of having to scupper plans for a referendum.

As reported by my counterpart Chris Bragg at our sister publication Crain's New York Business, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday announced plans for a November referendum that would legalize full - scale casino gambling in the state, not just at the tracks and off - track betting facilities that have them now.

This means that, in the referendum planned for May 2011, we will be offered the «choice» between two flavours of vanilla - first - past - the - post or the Alternative Vote.

While the 55 % -45 % referendum vote preserved the territorial integrity of the UK, David Cameron's linkage of English Votes for English Laws to plans for further devolution to Scotland, just minutes after the announcement of the result, undoubtedly played into Scottish nationalist hands.

The first minister, therefore, planned to «reset» her March statement, not seeking to introduce legislation for another referendum (as previously planned) but instead «redoubling» her efforts to influence the Brexit negotiations.

Thirty - nine per cent said they planned to vote yes in the referendum, with 44 % voting no, according to the Survation poll for the Daily Record

And while the county Legislature torpedoed Consensus» recommendation of holding a referendum in November, Mahoney managed to win support of local mayors, town supervisors and school district representatives for her County - Wide Shared Service Plan earlier this year.

David Cameron is addressing criticisms his EU referendum plans are creating uncertainty this week, as he takes the case for reform to European capitals.

This measure will give communities the power to take forward development in their area without the need to apply for planning permission subject to meeting certain safeguards and securing 50 % support from the community through a referendum.

Cuomo's plan for controlling property taxes would require county governments to work with municipalities to develop shared services and consolidation plans, which would then be approved by voters in a referendum this November.

Labour and the SNP are certain to oppose Cameron's plans for a referendum on whether Britain should leave the EU.

Many Conservatives thought that they had more or less killed off John Prescott's misguided and wasteful regional agenda with the defeat of plans to amalgamate police forces two years ago and the heavy defeat of proposals for a North East Assembly in a referendum held in November 2004.

For the merger to proceed, the recommendation proposes a plan to hold a referendum to be held this year and for the consolidation transition to begin in 20For the merger to proceed, the recommendation proposes a plan to hold a referendum to be held this year and for the consolidation transition to begin in 20for the consolidation transition to begin in 2018.

Signed on Monday, the $ 2.7 billion spending plan — which calls for no tax increase in the county's general fund — calls for using nearly $ 33 million from the county's sewer stabilization fund, a reserve account created when Suffolk County taxpayers approved the Drinking Water Protection Program via referendum in 1987.

«George Osborne announces scheme to «max out Plan A» by injecting # 100bn of «new firepower» into bank lending Main Minister breaks ranks - «Ultimately right» says Nick Herbert for people to have referendum to «resettle relationship» with EU»

The Welsh Liberal Democrats have welcomed announcements today that the Coalition Government will publish plans for a reserved powers model for Wales, and that 16 year olds will be able to vote in a future income tax referendum.

Liberal Democrats played a key role drawing up the plans for a Scottish parliament and campaigning for a yes vote in the referendum fourteen years ago.