Sentences with phrase «powers over welfare»

If income tax powers are devolved, but powers over welfare benefits and tax credits are reserved, changes in income tax rates could have unintended consequences.

The campaign comes as Holyrood gets new powers over welfare, including the ability to top up existing benefit payments.

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The argument of this chapter is that the extraordinary labors to which Christ calls his church today may well be the celebration of the sacraments of Baptism and the Supper, joined to the bold proclamation of his sovereignty over all the powers that threaten the welfare of humankind.

The church order as he saw it was to be based on the following principles: The government is responsible for the temporal and eternal welfare of its subjects, because it is endowed with the sword, and has power over life and death.

Besides the principal concern over the interplay between tax powers and welfare highlighted in this press release, the group also made a number of other key recommendations in their report.

The party's influence over coalition policies is practically invisible, though it is undeniable that it has restrained the Conservatives in areas such as welfare cuts and repatriating powers from Brussels.

Tuesday 18th February 9.30am - 11 am Raeburn Room, Old College, University of Edinburgh The possibility that Scotland should remain in the UK but that the Scottish Parliament should be given more power over and responsibility for taxation and welfare benefits will not appear on the ballot paper on 18th September.

It will also propose a radical devolution of power to local councils, including over housing benefit and welfare to work for the disabled.

Labour's manifesto says that it will implement Smith and «go further, with a Home Rule Bill to give extra powers to Scotland over tax, welfare and jobs».

With its substantial powers over issues like financial services regulation, free trade agreements and EU migrants» access to welfare, the EP could emerge as one of the biggest obstacles to Cameron's strategy.

Alexander Hamilton, only after the Constitution had been ratified, argued for a broad interpretation which viewed spending as an enumerated power Congress could exercise independently to benefit the general welfare, such as to assist national needs in agriculture or education, provided that the spending is general in nature and does not favor any specific section of the country over any other.

Meanwhile, Mr Cameron said a timetable for giving Scotland a new range of powers over tax, spending and welfare would be met, after Alex Salmond accused Westminster of «tricking» No voters.

The Government's «City Deals» represent a great start to making that happen and they provide a real platform to Government should be ready to devolve powers over planning and welfare to work to cities, in a way that will give our great cities the ability to innovate and promote job creation.

Should we seek to devolve more powers over some elements of welfare provision as has happened in Scotland?

Brown's detailed proposals add to expectations that Lamont will announce next week that Labour will give Holyrood far greater control over income tax rates, cede control over some welfare policies to Holyrood, and devolve more financial powers to local councils.

Murphy said he believes Scotland should have more powers over tax, welfare and other social issues, but he stands by Labour's central position.

Speaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr programme, she argued for devolution of powers over business taxes, employment, the minimum wage and welfare.

Each year, the combined force of our programs has the power to provide increased visibility for over half a million animals worldwide, through comprehensive educational opportunities and expansive collaboration between the art + animal welfare worlds

While the States, vested as they are with general police power, require no specific grant of authority in the Federal Constitution to legislate with respect to matters traditionally within the scope of the police power, the broad sweep of the Twenty - first Amendment has been recognized as conferring something more than the normal state authority over public health, welfare, and morals.

He confirmed the eleventh hour «devo - max» deal offered to the Scots by the No campaign would be honoured, with increased powers over tax, spending and welfare to be agreed by November, and draft legislation published by January.