Sentences with phrase «state of the nation report»

Last month's Social Mobility Commission State of the Nation report was a stark reminder of the challenges we face to ensure every child gets a fair start in life.

The Social Mobility Commission's State of the Nation report last year showed that «Britain's deep social mobility problem, for this generation of young people in particular, is getting worse not better.»

The State of the Nation report advises that, despite a «welcome focus on improving attainment in schools», the link between social demography and educational destiny has «not been broken».

The government's Social mobility in Great Britain: fifth state of the nation report, shows that worst performing areas for social mobility are no longer inner city areas, but remote rural and coastal areas, and former industrial areas, especially in the Midlands.

In its recent State of the Nation report, the Social Mobility Commission called for more careers advice in schools, and better destinations data to hold schools to account for the guidance they give young people.

At the launch of Joseph Rowntree Foundation's state of the nation report, UK Poverty 2017, the Chair of the Education Select Committee Robert Halfon MP gave the keynote address, identifying the importance of education and equal access.

He's just co-written an important State of the Nation report for the mammals.

In that context, I found and reported here that China was asserting in their State of the Nation report that they were acting to combat CO2 by planting forests.

The state of the nation report on business travel, commissioned by Heathrow Express...

The state of the nation report on business travel, commissioned by Heathrow Express surveyed business travellers from across the UK, Germany and the US and found that on average, 42 % of legal professionals travel with colleagues and take on average 2.6 domestic business trips and 2.3 international business trips a year.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) recently released its annual state of the nation report on housing.

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HAVING spent three days at the Financial Planning Association (FPA) confer - ence in Brisbane last week, it is probably appropriate for me to report on the state of the nation, insofar as financial planners are concerned.

In an essay published in local media, Fidel Castro celebrated his 89th birthday Thursday by arguing that the United States owes Cuba «many millions of dollars» because of the trade embargo Congress imposed on the island nation back in 1963, according to a report in L'Agence France - Presse

The board's researchers gave Canada a grade of D on an innovation report card, putting it 14th among 17 industrialized nations, placing behind the likes of the United States, Japan and Germany.

Venture capital investment continues to pour into these states — California alone accounted for $ 78.4 billion of investment over the past three years, or 56 percent of all VC investment in the nation, according to the most recent Moneytree report.

«State attorneys general told five of the nation's largest banks on Tuesday they face a potential liability of at least $ 17 billion in civil lawsuits if a settlement isn't reached to address improper foreclosure practices» a «figure [that] doesn't cover additional billions of dollars in potential claims from federal agencies,» the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

In its most recent report on the state of global fisheries, the United Nations» Food and Agriculture Organization warned that 90 percent of the world's fish stocks are fully or overfished, and increasing production to meet the world's growing demand for animal protein can't be done in a sustainable manner.

Between 2010 and 2012, taxpayers in the Peach State claimed about 36 % of all federal tax deductions for easements — despite having only 2.5 % of the nation's land under easement, according to a May 2017 report that Looney, the former Treasury official, published for the Brookings Institution, where he's now a senior fellow in economic studies.

The report also comes after Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's historic Jan. 21 speech on Internet freedom, where she announced: «An attack on one nation's networks can be an attack on all.»

A recent U.S. State Department report estimated that as much as 90 percent of all cocaine consumed in this country comes from Mexico — $ 37 billion worth each year, according to the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime.

The MaRS Centre for Impact Investing also announced the launch of «State of the Nation: Impact Investing in Canada,» a report produced in partnership with Purpose Capital that will equip decision makers with critical information to assess opportunities across nine impact sectors.

He reviews the Congressional Budget Office's Jan. 8 report on the state of the nation's finances, and the scary part that I haven't heard a lot people discussing is that they are projecting a recovery in 2015.

The United Nations human rights expert on Myanmar voiced deep concern on Tuesday at a sharply escalation in hostilities in Kachin state, citing reports of the army using aerial bombings, heavy weapons and artillery fire on civilian areas near China.

However, a new survey report from WiseBrand, based on over 2,000 respondents, does give a nice peek inside the current State of the Freelance Nation.

«Mr. Speaker, today in First Nations communities across the country, the unemployment rate can reach 80 %, half of the housing units are in a pitiful state and schools and students receive 30 % less funding than others,» Thomas Mulcair reported.

The «State of the Crowdfunding Nation» report is released Tuesday and information is available at TheCrowdfundingCentre.com/report.

Kimelman, a professor at Brandeis University, concludes in his analysis of the commission's report that «It remains to be seen whether a modern nation state, beseiged on so many fronts, can maintain such a demanding moral standard... If the Israeli effort to admit and rectify errors bears fruit, the lyricism «a light to the nations» may yet become reality.»

Australia's Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse - the nation's highest form of inquiry - recommended that all states and territories in Australia introduce legislation which would make it a criminal offence for people to fail to report child sexual abuse in an institutional setting.

The decline in welfare caseloads, widely cited as a sign of successful reform, has reversed course, heading back up: in the third quarter of 2002, 39 states reported an increase, making for an increase for the nation as a whole.

The degree to which the Rwandan Anglican Church is complicit with the state has been illustrated by United Nations reports on retired bishops Emmanuel Kolini and John Rucyahana holding meetings for the reprehensible M23 «rebellion» in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

With almost wearying frequency they monitored, criticized, reported on and hoped for the United Nations, UNESCO, and other «united» and «federated» agencies of state and church.

The Dun Commission of Christian scholars in 1950 in their report on The Christian Conscience and Weapons of Mass Destruction stated that «to accept general war as inevitable is to treat ourselves as helpless objects carried by a fated tide of events rather than as responsible men,» and went on to say, «One reason why fascism and Naziism gained their dread power over great nations was because otherwise decent people bowed before what they regarded as «inevitable» and allowed a «wave of the future» to inundate them.»

Earlier this week, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported in its 2013 State of Food and Agriculture report that two billion people suffer from one or more micronutrient deficiencies.

«And given that our nation is on high terrorism alert, while hundreds of Australian Islamic State sympathisers are fighting our ADF forces in Iraq, why is there is no formal reporting or auditing mechanism in Australia to ascertain whether monies paid for halal certification are misused?»

Monday, Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher denied defensive coordinator Mark Stoops had even interviewed for the Kentucky job, though Tomahawk Nation points out a strict denial of that report has to done regardless of what might have happened, for recruiting purposes.

A source confirmed to SB Nation that Alleva will evaluate Orgeron against a small pool of outside candidates — Dellenger reports the list has been narrowed to «as few as four» — and that despite heavy support for Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher among boosters, there is no clear favorite among the university's decision makers.

The Deutsche Fussball Liga (DFL)'s 2018 Report on the economic state of the sector reveals that the clubs in the top two tiers of Western Europe's most populous nation — Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 — for the first time generated aggregate revenues of more than $ 4 billion in 2016 - 17.

In 2005 the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, which monitors the state of the world's forests every few years, reported that 13 million hectares of global forests are lost annually, including 6 million hectares of what are described as primary forests - some of the most biologically diverse ecological systems in the world.

Delivering his maiden State of the Nation Address Tuesday, Akufo gave a damning report on the country's economy, saying the «The reality of the state of Ghana's public finances today are quite stark.&rState of the Nation Address Tuesday, Akufo gave a damning report on the country's economy, saying the «The reality of the state of Ghana's public finances today are quite stark.&rstate of Ghana's public finances today are quite stark.»

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday reported that it has provided N47.3 million to support the rural water supply and sanitation programme in Sokoto State, Northern part of Nigeria.

Myjoyonline's Abubakar Ibrahim who was present at the tour reported the president as saying the Madina Polyclinic expansion project will soon be completed as stated in his state of the nation address.

The proposals, set out in the chief medical officer's report on the state of the nation's health today, would effectively double the price of some alcoholic drinks.

Also at noon, the state Senate IDC, with advocates and impacted tenants, will release a bombshell report, «The New Flint,» comparing the lead crisis facing residents of the New York City Housing Authority with the lead crisis that captivated a nation in Flint, Michigan, 250 Broadway, Manhattan.

President - elect, Nana Akufo Addo, will received an interim report from his side of the transition Team on the current state of the nation as he to take moves into office as President.

That this House notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian casualties, using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.

Ghanaian diplomat and United Nations (UN) Secretary - General's Special Representative to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, has denied reports that he has paid a visit to vice president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in London where he is on a medical leave.

The federal agency that oversees the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile is expected this week to release a report on the best site option for the United States as it looks to ramp up production of the plutonium cores that trigger nuclear warheads.

«Though the annual burdens report won't reflect the effects of recent changes for several years because of a lag in the availability of data, New York's 2011 state - local tax burden — the highest in the nation — shows just how necessary tax reform is in New York,» Tax Foundation analyst Liz Malm said.

New York state's tax climate continues to rank at the bottom of the nation, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Tax Foundation.

Citing the United Nations report on arms proliferation, Dambazau stated that there were approximately 500 million assorted firearms in West Africa, out of which 350 million were in Nigeria.