Sentences with phrase «since coalition governments»

IT IS just on seven years since the Coalition Government was elected on a platform of bringing sound financial management to the State.

When it comes to marriage things have, if anything, got worse since the coalition government came to office.

Mr Joyce said since the Coalition government came to office in September 2013 the value of live animal exports has amounted to $ 1.4 billion and «is continuing to break new ground».

And since this Coalition Government came to office, 1.2 m new jobs have been created in the private sector.

And in the four months since the Coalition Government was formed, I think we have begun to show that we are serious about a longer term approach to policy and politics.

In fact, crime - related issues came 24th in the list, continuing its diminishing share of MPs» postbags since the coalition government came to power in May 2010.

Rough sleeping in England rises by more than a third since the coalition government came into power, despite David Cameron's promises to tackle the issue.

Since the Coalition government came to power, 600,000 more children have been pushed into absolute poverty, Alan Milburn warned.

The changes are significant — not least because both ministers have been in post since the coalition government came to power in 2010.

Rough sleeping in England has risen by more than a third since the coalition government came into power, despite David Cameron's promises to tackle the issue.

However, ever since the coalition government took office four and a half years ago, this target has proved impossible to keep and May admitted earlier this year that it was proving harder and harder to aim for.

Speaking on the eve of the Trades Union Congress's (TUC) first meeting since the coalition government came to power, general secretary Brendan Barber said the budget cuts have only just started to bite.

Since the coalition government came to power, reforms of the health service have been met with widespread criticism and disappointment from those in the medical profession.

Angela Rayner, shadow education secretary, told The Guardian: «It is clear that something has gone seriously wrong since the coalition government privatised this service, and the future education and training of thousands is now at risk.

Many organisations have highlighted the funding cuts affecting the sector since the Coalition Government took office in 2013.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs has seen a massive upheaval in areas such as health and social services since the Coalition Government was elected.

Associate Professor David Thomas, from the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, told Croakey that much momentum has been lost over the past two years, since the Coalition Government announced a review of Tackling Indigenous Smoking and halved its funding in the 2014 Budget with a $ 130 million cut.

Not exact matches

CAAT states that U.K. government data it has compiled show that since the Saudi - led coalition began airstrikes on Yemen in 2015, «the U.K. has licensed # 4.6 billion ($ 6.3 billion) worth of arms to Saudi Arabia, including # 2.7 billion worth of ML10 licenses (aircraft, helicopters, drones) and # 1.9 billion worth of ML4 licenses (grenades, bombs, missiles, countermeasures).»

While approval is not a given since the ruling coalition government led by Abe's LDP does not have a majority in the upper house of parliament, most analysts do not foresee any problems given signs this week that main opposition parties will not block the nominations.

The federal government has secured opposition support to pass one of the most substantial budget packages since the Coalition took office in 2013, making trade - offs on renewable energy funding and welfare payments to pick up about $ 6 billion in savings.

The Conservative government's first efforts to pass it in the last parliament were frustrated by its Liberal Democrat coalition partners, but the bill has been revived in a slightly watered - down version since the Conservatives won a majority in May's general elections.

Greece has been unable to form a coalition government since voters gave support to political parties that want to cancel or renegotiate the terms of a massive financial bailout by international lenders that requires harsh austerity measures.

Since the election in 2010 the coalition government has placed a cap on the amount of benefits people can receive and introduced the Spare Room Subsidy that means people on housing benefit with more bedrooms than they needed had their benefits cut.

The pledges to reformulate products continue to exist even though the Responsibility Deal, while not officially terminated, has not seen any activity since elections in May 2015 replaced the 2010 — 15 coalition government.

This pledge was created in June 2013 and continues to exist even though the Responsibility Deal, while not officially terminated, has not seen any activity since elections in May 2015 replaced the 2010 — 15 coalition government.

The NASUWT has conducted an annual survey of teacher opinion since 2011 which highlights the growing concerns of the teacher profession about the impact of Coalition Government education policy.

Interestingly, we haven't heard a PUBLIC word from Skelos since Klein's big reveal, although Deputy Senate Majority Leader Tom Libous went on Talk 1300 this morning with the NY Post's Fred Dicker and called Klein's coalition government statement «very powerful,» without either confirming or denying that talks to form a coalition are actually underway.

The coalition government is undergoing its biggest test since its inception, as protestors march through London while MPs debate tuition fees.

Satisfaction levels with the coalition stayed unchanged since last month, with 59 % still unimpressed with the government's performance.

Plus a demand for a straight In - Out EU referendum on the day of next year's European Elections, which only the Coalition could deliver, since it will still be the Government on that day.

How did he reach the top, first in the party and then as the leader of the UK's first coalition government since the Second World War?

If Ed Miliband were to announce that the next Labour Government would reverse this privatisation, then not only would he sweep the countryside that both Coalition parties have abandoned, but he would also stop that privatisation itself, since no potential buyer would take the risk.

The SNP and Labour may disagree on what that alternative might be, particularly since Labour has, to all intents and purposes, accepted that it will initially inherit the coalition government's policy commitments.

Earlier this year, I asked how Party policy was to be developed for the next election - since the Government's official machinery, such as the Downing Street Policy Unit, works for the Coalition, not the Party.

Since the rules of PR generally prevent any single party from achieving a majority government, parties in all PR nations seek out other political parties to form coalition governments.

What's more, since the Syriza - Independent Greeks coalition government assumed power, every day Greece's GDP has decreased $ 22 million, an average of 59 small businesses have closed, and approximately 613 jobs have been lost, not to mention the first - ever default by a developed nation on an IMF payment and three weeks of chaotic capital controls.

Child Victims Act Since 2006 Safe Horizon has taken an increased leadership role in advocating for passage of the Child Victims Act by organizing an energetic, statewide coalition of survivors and advocates, leading press conferences with key government officials, advocating directly with lawmakers in Albany, and more.

Since 2006 Safe Horizon has taken an increased leadership role in advocating for passage of the Child Victims Act by organizing an energetic, statewide coalition of survivors and advocates, leading press conferences with key government officials, advocating directly with lawmakers in Albany, and more.

If they signalled they wouldn't do so, two immediate points of interest come to mind: 1) If Labour were the largest party, or even in a whole UK majority, but the Tories were the largest rump UK party, the Liberal Democrats could more easily claim a renewed coalition with the Conservatives was preferable to a centre - left alliance, since a government that would lose its majority within a year would be unable to govern effectively; 2) A Labour or Labour - led government following a «yes» vote would have an incentive to push back the date of independence as far as possible.

Since the formation of the Coalition Government in 2010 the SLF has consistently stated that the Liberal Democrats must maintain independence as a political party, and develop policies that are distinctive, radical and progressive.

The coalition, with its anti-immigration legislation and «Go Home» vans is the most extreme government in attacking migrants since the 1930's.

The Liberal Democrats, once visible if not strong in the Scottish Parliament, have been reduced to a rump there since the formation of the Con - Lib Dem coalition government at Westminster.

The view that the Liberal Democrats will be «wiped out» is a result of declining popularity for the Liberal Democrat and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg since entering into coalition government with the Conservatives.

Wales has already taken more pain than other parts of the country, with real wages falling # 1600 since 2010, and the further cut announced today will mean that the Welsh Government's budget is down by more than 10 per cent since the coalition came to power.

The No campaign makes inflated claims about costs and it says it will lead to more coalitions, when the evidence is that every election since 1945 that has resulted in a majority government would have done so under AV.

The opportunity — No PM has increased his percentage of the vote since 1974 but coalition government presents unusual opportunities.

None of those recommendations have been progressed under the coalition government, since they were ruled out by both Conservatives and Liberal Democrats at the 2010 election, while Labour's always unrealistic projection of 400 - 600 million passenger movements in the UK by 2030 was further undermined by a weak economy.

The UK government of 2010 - 2015 was the first UK coalition since 1945 and faced the consequences of the 2008 financial crash.

Since 2010, Liberal Democrats in the Coalition Government have helped create more than a million apprenticeships and are aiming to deliver at least another 250,000 by 2015.

Since his resignation, Mr Kennedy has largely kept out of the public eye, although he has recently voiced his unease at Nick Clegg's decision to join a Coalition Government with the Tories.