Sentences with phrase «public confidence in government»

These reforms will restore public confidence in our government through stricter campaign finance rules, increased transparency and meaningful ethics oversight of lawmakers.

«The governor's email deletion policy is like a wrecking ball smashing transparency and public confidence in government,» he said.

Even if there aren't it is a huge blow to public confidence in the Government.

No wonder public confidence in the government's handling of this issue has collapsed,» shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said.

We must address these foundational issues to make the economy work, to strengthen our institutions, build public confidence in government and deal with our peace and security challenges.

They discuss how this year's legislative session worked out, the tendency for governors to wrap legislation into the annual budget, ethics and public confidence in government, as well as the Syracuse mayoral race.

Nick Clegg said the recent data loss «scandals» had created a lack of public confidence in the government's ability to look after personal information.

«And public confidence in government is very important to me.

«The vulnerabilities in Nassau County government exposed by our review remain substantially unaddressed, the Board of Ethics is conflicted and lacks a quorum, and the taxpayers are ill - served every day that our elected leaders fail to enact the reforms to prevent the corruption that continues to compromise public confidence in our government.»

All this has diminished public confidence in government and business leaders.

A separate poll published by the Telegraph on Saturday found public confidence in the government's handling of Brexit at an all - time low, with around two - thirds of people disapproving of how negotiations are being handled.

Yet surveys by Pew, Gallup and other polling agencies have confirmed that public confidence in government has slumped to historic lows in the U.S..

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At a minimum, a Trump administration would shatter public confidence in the efficacy of government.

an independent agency of the federal government, created in 1933, charged with preserving and promoting public confidence in the U.S. financial system by insuring deposits in banks and thrift institutions up to applicable limits; by identifying, monitoring, and addressing risks to the deposit insurance funds; and by limiting the effect on the economy and the financial system when a bank or thrift institution fails; further information on the FDIC and FDIC coverage may be found at fdic.gov

As such, the public's confidence in the integrity of the FISA process depends on the court's ability to hold the government to the highest standard, particularly as it relates to surveillance of American citizens.

«I want to see social license for expanded mining in this province, but the Christy Clark government is undercutting public confidence and investor certainty,» said Donaldson.

 The Harper government's decision last year to write off every penny of the auto aid and thus build it all into last year's deficit calculation (which I questioned at the time as curious and even misleading) has already been proven wrong. Since the money was already «written off» by Ottawa as a loss (on grounds that they had little confidence it would be repaid — contradicting their own assurances at the same time that it was an «investment,» not a bail - out), any repayment will come as a gain that can be recorded in the budget on the revenue side. Jim Flaherty has learned from past Finance Ministers (especially Paul Martin) that it's always politically better to make the budget situation look worse than it is (even when the bottom has fallen out of the balance), thus positioning yourself to triumphantly announce «surprising good news» (due, no doubt, to «careful fiscal management») down the road. The auto package could thus generate as much as $ 10 billion in «surprising good news» for Ottawa in the years to come (depending on the ultimate worth of the public equity share).

Those government acknowledgments of religion serve, in the only ways reasonably possible in our culture, the legitimate secular purposes of solemnizing public occasions, expressing confidence in the future, and encouraging the recognition of what is worthy of appreciation in society.

John Beddington, the UK government's chief scientific adviser, says that climate scientists should be less hostile to doubters who question man - made global warming, and that public confidence in science depends on more openness to varied opinions.

'' The next two years will provide no shortage of challenges for our Conference, its partners in government and all New Yorkers: A multi-billion dollar budget deficit needing closure, a government that is still too big and spends too much, chronic unemployment, some of the nation's highest taxes and a continued lack of public confidence in state government,» Kolb said.

They are an opportunity for HMRC, the Government — and other stakeholders such as professional bodies — to take stock and renew their efforts to work towards a more efficient and less complex tax system in which the public can have greater understanding and confidence.»

The reasons are (1) to avoid damaging public confidence in the political impartiality of the monarch, and (2) to ensure that there is always a functioning government, in case of a national emergency.

Okudzeto Ablakwa also questioned why I had not followed up on my previous assertions that Anas Amereyaw Anas was a covert government agent whom the Mahama government had instructed to suppress his parliamentary corruption investigative video clip in order to reduce the public confidence only in the judiciary.

But it seems a relatively cheap and sensible step toward restoring confidence that state government — the Legislature, in particular — acts in the public's interest.»

«Without a visible improvement in the government's ability to plan and control immigration, public confidence in the system will remain low.»

If such an outcome were to occur, however, it would obviously be negative for international confidence in Kenya and lead to extended apathy over the government's ability to contain graft or execute well - thought - out public policy.

«State government just squandered its opportunity to restore public confidence to the procurement process and shed light on billions of dollars in economic development spending.

«New York Open Government will help the public keep an eye on what their government is doing in order to deter corruption and increase confidence in the publGovernment will help the public keep an eye on what their government is doing in order to deter corruption and increase confidence in the publgovernment is doing in order to deter corruption and increase confidence in the public sector.

«Closing the loophole is an important step in curbing the corrupting influence of money and beginning the process of restoring public confidence in our state government.

«If we are going to restore public confidence in our state government, it essential that the Republican Senate Majority join the Assembly and the Governor to pass this legislation to close the LLC loophole, one of the most egregious gaps in the laws that are intended to ensure the integrity of our campaign finance system,» said Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, who sponsors the bill in the Assembly.

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They confirmed that following the collapse of the pilot cull last year, many farmers lost confidence in the government's ability to deliver a legal culling programme against strong public opposition and decided to take the law into their own hands and illegally gas badgers on their farms.

«The recent rash of wrongdoing by legislators in Albany has shaken the public confidence, the public trust in government,» Cuomo said at the time.

The New York State Reform Party issued the following statement in endorsement of Congressman Katko, «At a time when public cynicism is at an all - time high and confidence in government is at an all - time low, Congressman Katko represents the best aspects of government today.

Passage of my bill would be a much - needed step in rebuilding the public's confidence in its government.

Adeosun explained that the policy was expected to «Increase exposure of financial or financial related crimes; support the fight against financial crimes and corruption; improved level of public confidence in public entities; enhance transparency and accountability in the management of public funds; improve Nigeria's Open Government Ranking and Ease of Doing Business Indicators; and recover public funds that can be deployed to finance Nigeria's infrastructure deficit.»

In addition, reports suggest Ms Harman will argue this weekend for the attorney general's legal advice to the government to be published, saying the row over the legality of the Iraq war and the BAE - Saudi corruption probe has undermined public confidence.

With five more years of austerity to go, let's watch the polls for green shoots in public confidence in the economy, as well as movements in ratings of the competence Osborne and the government.

But this is a critical role, and if the public are to have confidence in our jail system there needs to be a strong, independent chief inspector in post to hold the government to account.»

«The Government not only needs to ensure that it is able to demonstrate that its funding reform proposals are fit for purpose, but it also needs to secure confidence from schools, teachers and the public that these are the right proposals in the circumstances.

The House of Lords science and technology committee said the government is doing too little to improve security on the internet and risks undermining public confidence in the service.

The majority of the public has confidence in the Government's ability to run the economy (55 %) and there is widespread confidence in its ability to cut the deficit (62 %).

Even if there is no actual impropriety, such sources of income give the appearance of impropriety and, in so doing, further undermine public confidence and trust in government officials.»

Against the background of a general breakdown of public confidence in the political elite, politicians on both left and right have seen themselves not as part of a broader governing elite but as outsiders, empowered by their democratic mandate to shake up government and make it more responsive to the wishes of the people.

The governor said the city needed help restoring the public's confidence in government, and U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, who has been mentioned as a potential primary challenger to the mayor, said the city health department seemed «caught off guard.»

«The recent rash of wrongdoing by legislators in Albany has shaken the public confidence, the public trust in government — from one end of the state to the other,» Cuomo said in announcing the commission on Tuesday flanked by district attorneys from around the state and New York City.

The PCRC's view is that the Government proposals would not help to increase public confidence in politics because the grounds for recall «are so narrow that recall petitions would seldom, if ever, take place».

«And I tell this to my colleagues, most of whom are completely honorable public servants in the state Legislature: You've got to do something about this... this is the kind of stuff that makes people lose their confidence in government.»

But these very high numbers for the end of the last government's term of office are why under the last government, we saw a worrying collapse in public confidence in our ability to control inward migration.

«Even if there is no quid pro quo arrangement, just the mere appearance of someone handing over cash and then receiving a lucrative contract is damaging to the integrity of the public's confidence in government,» said Craig Holman, government affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen, a Washington, D.C. nonprofit that focuses on ethics and campaign finance ipublic's confidence in government,» said Craig Holman, government affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen, a Washington, D.C. nonprofit that focuses on ethics and campaign finance iPublic Citizen, a Washington, D.C. nonprofit that focuses on ethics and campaign finance issues.