Sentences with phrase «standards in public life in»

King was a member of the Nolan committee on standards in public life in 1994 and the Wakeham commission on the future of the House of Lords in 1999.

Here he writes on the problems encountered when trying to encourage higher standards in public life in the UK.

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The task of rhetoric is to divert attention from the fact that the financial sector aims not to «free» markets, but to place control in the hands of financial managers — whose logic is to subject economies to austerity and even depression, sell off public land and enterprises, suffer emigration and reduce living standards in the face of a sharply increasing concentration of wealth at the top of the economic pyramid.

Does the best way to restore living standards and productivity lie in imposing austerity that cuts back wages paid to public and private employees?

Sure this speaks of double standards to an extent but when you choose to live your life in the public eye that is what you have to be aware of.

The median Swedish family has a standard of living rough iv comparable with that of the median U.S. family: wages are if anything higher in Sweden, and a higher tax burden is offset by public provision of health care and generally better public services.

That is to say, theological schools have characteristically acted in this regard as though they acknowledged a responsibility to be part of a larger public cultural life and to be accountable to its standards.

Departing from his column's usual standards, Richard John Neuhaus («Lives Lived Greatly,» Public Square, June / July 2008) seems quite unfair to Sen. Barack Obama and his speech on race when he writes: «The single most telling statement in the Philadelphia speech is this: «I can no more disown him [Rev. Wright] than I can disown the black community.»

Whether inflation rises or the Federal Reserve Bank uses its power over interest rates to limit the potential inflationary impact of the falling dollar, the ultimate outcome of our recent overdependence on foreign saving will be a lower standard of living (or slower increases in living standards), such that decent levels of retirement income (private and public) can not be maintained.

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It has to do with public standards that allow for all persons to participate in a just social order and in a community in which the promises of a good life may be a realized hope for all.

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But, then, why did he recognize a significant and positive role for public authority in the functioning of the economy and why did he advocate reasonable wages and living standards for the workers, instead of leaving these to be determined by the economic processes themselves?

A modelling exercise for the Resolution Foundation by the Institute for Employment Research and the Institute for Fiscal Studies finds that on the basis of annual average UK growth of 2.5 per cent from 2015 - 2020 — an optimistic scenario — and no further cuts in public spending, living standards will fall for low and middle income households by between 3 and 15 per cent (Brewer et al., 2012).

In order to win next year, Cameron needs to persuade at least some of the millions of public sector workers currently living under a one per cent pay freeze that their living standards will improve as well.

Iweriebor assured the players in the private and public sectors in East Africa's largest economy that its Kenyan franchise is ready and committed to finance key projects and business transactions capable of galvanising the economic development of the country and upscale the standard of living of its people.

The standard operating procedure of the May government is to outsource immigration enforcement to the public, embedding borders in all sorts of different aspects of our day - to - day life.

The aim of a progressive political economy ought to be forging a resilient and balanced economy where people and businesses can plan ahead; delivering more egalitarian outcomes that narrow the inequalities of wealth and ownership which characterise modern capitalist economies; and sustaining growth that is necessary both for rising living standards and improvements in public services.

«Just as we've seen on his decision to abandon campaign spending limits he once supported, it's increasingly clear that Eliot Spitzer believes there are two standards in public life — one for him, and one for everyone else.»

And often, the principle of independent scrutiny was then taken by the government, or the hard - pressed leadership in a particular area of public life where standards were said to be inadequate, to imply formal enforcement by an external body.

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Let me offer three reasons why standards issues continue to trouble us so much, despite the many years of good work by the Committee on Standards in Public Life.

It is the actions of politicians that determine standards in public life.

We find that public pensions are vital to ensuring a decent standard of living for black retirees: the poverty rate among black retirees without public pensions is nearly 20 percent higher than the poverty rate among black retirees with public pensions — almost double the difference in poverty rates between all retirees with and without public pensions.

They would build an ecological socialism based on economic democracy — cooperatives, public enterprises, public planning, and markets free of monopoly profiteering and predatory finance — in order to provide a decent standard of living for all on an ecologically sustainable basis.

«The public will rightly take a very dim view of the Labour frontbench joining arm in arm with the likes of Jacob Rees Mogg and other Brextremists to vote for a Brexit which will cost jobs, damage living standards and leave our public services with less investment.»

This provides a sad commentary on the current state of the political system and standards in public life.

* 17th October 2017, Committee on standards in public life: Intimidation of Parliamentary candidates: roundtable transcript Speaker: Tim Bale (pdf)

The new coalition government in Britain has begun a process of attacking working class living standards through public spending cuts, slashing public services and reducing public sector pay, jobs and pensions.

Cameron could try to repeat what John Major did successfully in 1992: stress that rising living standards and improving public services need a strong economy.

An attempt by Labour to try to make itself a movement with broader appeal is particularly acute as the parties all await a report into funding due to be published in October by the committee on standards in public life.

It would also look at «the necessity of urgent new legislation to balance those provisions» with recommendations made in a report from the committee on standards in public life on the «big donor culture» in politics.

«It is because I know that most MPs want to see the very highest standards in public life that I am determined that we sweep away this old system and introduce a new system and in doing so move back to ensuring the focus in parliament is on the issues that affect our constituents» lives.»

The reaction to the report «political party funding — ending the big donor culture ``, by the committee on standards in public life, chaired by Sir Christopher Kelly, has been depressing if not surprising.

Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg pledge their support for the recommendations of the chairman of the committee on standards in public life

He said inequality was lower than in 2010, that living standards were higher, that satisfaction with public services was rising.

«When women are engaged in public life, the standard from which they start from in terms of how society view them is that they are incompetent but the man by just being a male gender is seen as competent until they prove that they are incompetent.

«Consistent with my own and the party's commitment to the highest standards in public life, it is with great sadness I have decided to resign my position as general secretary with immediate effect.»

In April, ministers intend to impose an increase in pensions contributions for public servants that will hit living standards even morIn April, ministers intend to impose an increase in pensions contributions for public servants that will hit living standards even morin pensions contributions for public servants that will hit living standards even more.

Patrick Diamond on what the left can do in an era of less growth, less public spending and lower living standards; Sarah Mulley on Labour's immigration challenge; Stuart White and Martin O'Neill on the «New Labour that wasn't» and the lessons for «one nation» Labour today.

Sir Christopher Kelly's committee on standards in public life began examining options for political party finance after the coalition committed to pursue reform.

When inflation is falling, these fare increases will mean a fall in living standards for public transport users.

So the committee on standards in public life was right to be optimistic by launching an inquiry into the issue trying to move on from the 2007 impasse over Labour's trade union funding.

Michael Dugher, shadow Cabinet Office minister, comments on a committee on standards in public life report on the funding of British political parties:

Sir Alistair Graham, former chairman of the committee on standards in public life, said the meeting appeared to be a breach of the ministerial code.

«I have learned from this experience and have a new determination to uphold the highest possible standards in public life.

The public... want both sides together in drawing up standards in public life.»

The prime minister's spokesperson comments on a committee on standards in public life report on the funding of British political parties:

«We can't simply say to the public you were wrong... We're not going to do blanket opposition because we've heard all around the country that whilst people have got concerns, particularly about the standard of living for low income families in work, they don't want just... blanket opposition to what the government are proposing on welfare.»

Here's what the committee on standards in public life has to say about its lessons learned from overseas models: «The importance of the prize — political office — is such that the temptation for avoidance or, in some cases, evasion is considerable.»