Sentences with phrase «promises by government ministers»

Not exact matches

The only call to action was for governments to do more to encourage economic growth, as finance ministers acknowledged they had fallen behind on their 2014 promise to increase GDP by 2 %.

Yesterday, a long - awaited plan to curb childhood obesity was released by British Prime Minister Theresa May's government, one which had promised to offer a «robust response» to the growing health crisis in that country.

Following on the heels of a revelation by the Minister for Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr Anthony Akoto Osei, that the NPP government was currently involved in negotiations to extend the programme to 2018, it should be clear that the Akufo Addo government has broken yet another campaign promise because reality has dawned on them

The government maintains the Lisbon treaty, agreed by Tony Blair in July, is a reforming treaty and not the same as the abandoned EU constitution, on which ministers promised a public vote.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been arguing that the draft clauses do not provide «a general power to create new benefits in devolved areas as was promised by the Smith Commission and gives the UK government effective veto over changes to universal credit, including bedroom tax.»

Speaking on RADIO GOLD current affairs programme Alhaji and Alhaji, Kwesi Pratt indicated the answer given by the Finance Minister - designate suggests that the NPP government does not intend to keep the promise the party had earlier made.

If public sector workers are given a bigger pay rise than the 1 % promised by the Government, it will lead to «debts ever larger for our children and our grandchildren to have to pay off», a senior minister said.

A former Local Government Minister, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo has warned about the possible downsides of electing Metropolitan Municipal and District Chief Executives as promised by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) gGovernment Minister, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo has warned about the possible downsides of electing Metropolitan Municipal and District Chief Executives as promised by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) governmentgovernment.

Mr. Kyerematen, a former Minister in that portfolio in answering several questions, touched on how the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government, will implement its flagship campaign promise of building a factory in every district of the country, how it will promote the growth of businesses by reducing taxes among others.

The erstwhile Mahama government promised to attain this feat by September 2017 but the current Minister of Communications,...

The prime minister and his government promised to end child poverty by 2020 — they need to act on that promise now.

In spite of promises made by government that autonomy is being handed back to teachers and schools, there is still an appetite among ministers to control everything rigidly from the «centre.»»

The Deputy Finance Minister was reacting to a promise by Dr Bawumia that the NPP administration under Nana Akufo - Addo, will immediately abolish taxes on pensions introduced by government.

Nevertheless it was widely reported and by the afternoon a government minister had promised that they would be taking action to address this imaginary problem.

She assured that as the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, she would play her role of delivering on the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) manifesto promise on behalf of the government by guiding the processes and activities leading to the election of MMDCEs on partisan basisGovernment and Rural Development, she would play her role of delivering on the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) manifesto promise on behalf of the government by guiding the processes and activities leading to the election of MMDCEs on partisan basisgovernment by guiding the processes and activities leading to the election of MMDCEs on partisan basis in Ghana.

While debunking the claims by members of the NDA that the government had not fulfilled its promises to the region, the minister said apart from the Maritime University, the government was working on involving the communities in the surveillance of the petroleum facilities in the region.

His headline promise it that he would not allow ministers to claim the second home allowance if they already have a second home provided by the State (as many Labour ministers have been doing, and doubtless Tory ministers in previous Governments too):

And today's announcement by David Cameron, promising that a future Conservative government would make it easier to set up independent schools within the state sector, prompted schools minister Jim Knight to remark: «Cameron has had to accept that the Government's policy of encouraging headteachers to operate setting in individual subjects is the best poligovernment would make it easier to set up independent schools within the state sector, prompted schools minister Jim Knight to remark: «Cameron has had to accept that the Government's policy of encouraging headteachers to operate setting in individual subjects is the best poliGovernment's policy of encouraging headteachers to operate setting in individual subjects is the best policy.»

The prime minister who once promised a new politics is revealed as a shameless practitioner of the tawdry old art of government by patronage.

India has not explicitly promised a 2016 ratification, but Pershing said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government appears to have reached the conclusion that it could ratify without parliamentary action — a position that could facilitate earlier action by the world's fourth - largest emitter.

The plan, released yesterday after 14 months of deliberation, delivers on an election promise made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party to revisit controversial changes made to Canada's environmental policies by the previous Conservative Party government, led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Having campaigned on a promise to reduce Canada's carbon footprint, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today took a step toward that goal by announcing that his government will impose a pan-Canadian price on carbon, even if that means he must trample on reluctant provincial governments.

The move, announced in last year's budget, was welcomed by many in the schools community, but there is disquiet among some government MPs on whether it will raise the amount ministers have promised.

The Prime Minister told this highly select group that his Government was in political trouble over greenhouse policy as it was being out - manoeuvred by the NSW Government and by Mark Latham who was benefiting politically from his promise to ratify the Kyoto Protocol and support the renewable energy industries.

China's prime minister has announced the government would take actions to peak the country's carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 or sooner, doubling down on a promise he made with U.S. President Barack Obama late last year.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May has promised, in the run up to the snap general election next month, that by a conservative government workers» rights would see a huge expansion, including a statutory right to leave for a relative's care, and to leave for a parent whose child had passed.

The Coalition for Migrant Workers Rights — Canada (CMWRC) is launching MoVE — a campaign for Mobility, Voice and Equality for Migrant Workers to call on Prime Minister Trudeau to keep his campaign promises to undo the harm done by the Harper government and to move towards a single - tier immigration system based on permanency and family reunification to ensure decent work for all.

Today's announcement by Prime Minister Turnbull promises an important and very welcome boost to the Australian Government's work to improve the health of both rural / remote and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.