Sentences with phrase «previous coalition government»

An example of this latter approach has been the decision of the previous Coalition Government to restrict unfair dismissal rights to those with two years» service.

It did not start under the previous coalition government.

The draft clauses for the new Scotland bill set out by the previous coalition government at the start of this year «sell the Smith commission short», according to a Scottish parliamentary committee report.

When the prime minister first became an MP he appeared open - minded to drug reform, but Clegg said he showed no interest in the issue when the pair worked together during the previous coalition government.

«The education policies of the previous Coalition Government, continued by this one, premised on extensive and excessive autonomy for schools and the obsessive pursuit of deregulation, have rapidly increased covert selection, often targeted at pupils from materially deprived backgrounds.

The Institute for Government, which surveyed those who had watched the collapse of previous coalition governments in Europe from close - up, noted they had predicted a number of «endgame» trends:

«The cladding of tower blocks did not start under this government, it did not start under the previous coalition governments, the cladding of tower blocks began under the Blair government,» she said.

Not exact matches

The new coalition government has already suggested reversing several reforms introduced by the previous administration, which in itself is a dangerous proposition for the country, but the implication for the Continent could be greater and graver.

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.

Sir Gerald, a Christian, said the UK government may not have be privy to all the necessary information because the coalition wasn't in power at the time: «Much of this occurred at the time when we were not in government and we don't have access to the papers of the previous administration, so there are practical considerations here.»

The previous government had planned to increase employer national insurance contributions by one per cent as part of its deficit reduction strategy (Alistair Darling, the then chancellor, has subsequently stated that he would have preferred to have increased VAT instead), and after taking office the coalition government only partially reversed this decision.

The expenses upheaval of 2009 means that many dying swans are already dead, so that the Coalition need worry less about unhappy incumbents than previous governments.

48 % of people blame the previous Labour government while only 17 % blame the coalition government.

He deflected questions from the floor on the politically sticky subjects of wind power and fuel duty mainly with swipes at the «previous government», avoiding even a joshing jibe at his coalition partners.

The coalition government will also reverse the previous government's plans to increase the duty on cider.

It was refreshing to hear Dromey admit that the previous Labour should have done more in terms of housing and that the UK's current housing crisis didn't start in May 2010 when the coalition government came to power.

It may be fair to say that this Coalition Government — our Coalition Government, has done more to address the deepseated malaise at the heart of our banking system in less than 12 months than the previous administration did in twelve years and more.

«The coalition Government are sorting out the mess they inherited from the previous Administration, including a woefully unreformed political system.»

By blaming the previous Labour government the coalition is exploiting the political environment of debt worries to push through its ideology.

He has served as a private secretary to ministers in both the coalition government and the previous Labour administration.

Commenting on the DfE announcement of a new # 2m fund to tackle homophobic bullying in schools, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «It is a great pity that on coming into office the Coalition Government not only withdrew all the excellent advice which had been produced by the previous Government on homophobic and other forms of prejudice related bullying, but also removed the requirement on schools to log incidences of bullying.

«In just 13 months, the coalition government has secured a depressing level of public anxiety which took the previous Conservative Government eighteen years tgovernment has secured a depressing level of public anxiety which took the previous Conservative Government eighteen years tGovernment eighteen years to achieve.

As such, it's highly likely that, just as in 2010, there would be a period with the previous government continuing, as horse trading went on to form a stable coalition.

Both the coalition and the previous Labour government share responsibility for demanding this result, the MPs said.

The UK was last investigated in 2009, so no previous CESCR investigation has looked at the effects of the Conservative - Liberal Democrat coalition government's policies nor those of its successor.

Tsipras renewed Syriza's previous coalition agreement with the Independent Greeks, giving the new government 155 seats out of 300 in the Greek Parliament.

Nonetheless the Coalition government has confirmed that it intends to follow the policy of the previous Labour administration and continue to expand private involvement in the prisons estate.

The Equality Act was originally passed by the previous government but has been taken up by the coalition since the election.

The top 10 % of earners pay the most under the government's austerity, the IFS said, though it admitted many of the measures hitting the richest were implemented or devised by the previous Labour government and were continued by the coalition.

Rather than the top - down approach of the previous government, with government spending limits set by the Treasury, Osborne told MPs the coalition would bring together all parts of society for what he called the «greatest national challenge of our generation».

When the new Coalition Government overruled the objections from Tony Blair and other members of the previous Government and announced an independent Judicial Investigation under the chairmanship of Appeal Court Judge, Sir Peter Gibson, one MP recalls that at least two faces on the Opposition front bench turned ashen.

The Coalition needed to act quickly given the mess Labour left behind: «The previous Government were borrowing at the rate of an additional # 3 billion per week — that is an unsustainable rate.

The McConnell government was a continuation of the Labour — Liberal Democrat coalition that had existed under the previous McLeish and Dewar governments.

In the 10 years between the 1997 election and the crash an authentic Labour would have been trashing day in day out the self evidently malign legacy of the previous Tory government, in the same way this coalition has done to Labour, even though given this government's paltry achievements it's galling to watch.

The chancellor blamed the previous government for leaving the coalition with the «worst economic inheritance in modern history», which he said had brought Britain a level of debt that «threatened every job and public service in the country».

Having cancelled the Building Schools For The Future funding Todmorden High School and Calder High were to receive under the previous Labour government, the Tories and Lib Dem Coalition now deliver this double blow to the Upper Valley despite years of promises and pledges from our local MP.»

Public Works Financing thinks «chances of passage are better than in previous attempts because a broad coalition has been organized to support the bill against attacks from P3's nemesis, the Professional Engineers in California Government (PECG).

[T] here is now a firm policy commitment (made by the previous government and now endorsed by the Coalition government) but as yet no firm policies in place...

Every single penny rise is the fault of the previous and coalition governments, their policies, and NGOs like FoE.

The previous government's «Green New Deal» was forgotten altogether, and the coalition, in a stunning act of original thought, promised the UK a «Green Deal `.

From 2006 - 12 he served as Special Representative for Climate Change to three successive UK Foreign Secretaries, spanning the current Coalition and the previous Labour Government.

«The «Workers» Stories Report» is an indictment of the previous government's callous reduction of rights and protections for workers in the province — especially the most vulnerable,» says David Fairey, co-chair of the coalition.

Some of the big challenges facing the country's 31 primary health networks (PHNs), established in July 2015 by the Coalition Government to replace the 61 Medicare Locals created under the previous Labor Government, were highlighted at the recent National Rural Health Conference in Cairns.