Sentences with phrase «than a coalition government»

Analysis shows that as far as these issues are concerned Conservatives are the focus of attention rather than the coalition government — this helps to explain why Liberal Democrat support has not improved over time.

What he also said in that speech was that at some stage in this parliament the Conservative party rather than the coalition government would publish a bill to provide for a referendum by halfway through the next parliament, so 2017.

Not exact matches

Greek TV networks predict that New Democracy will take about 127 seats in the parliament, which when combined with the 32 seats for PASOK, give the coalition more than the 151 seats needed to form a government.

Though the German government is notionally committed to the alliance's 2 - percent defense - spending target, it only spent 1.2 percent of its GDP on defense last year — an amount her coalition partners, the Social Democrats, and more than half the German public oppose increasing.

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.

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... Delight in smooth - sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts, desire for popularity and electoral success irrespective of the vital interests of the State, genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation, obvious lack of intellectual vigour in both leaders of the British Coalition Government, marked ignorance of Europe and aversion from its problems in Mr. Baldwin, the strong and violent pacifism which at this time dominated the Labour - Socialist Party, the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality, the failure and worse than failure of Mr. Lloyd George, the erstwhile great war - time leader, to address himself to the continuity of his work, the whole supported by overwhelming majorities in both Houses of Parliament: all these constituted a picture of British fatuity and fecklessness which, though devoid of guile, was not devoid of guilt, and, though free from wickedness or evil design, played a definite part in the unleashing upon the world of horrors and miseries which, even so far as they have unfolded, are already beyond comparison in human experience.

On that generous assumption, the Coalition government achieved a reduction in net administration costs of 27 per cent in real terms between 2011 - 12 and 2014 - 15, which is much better than we observed over comparable periods in the three decades covered by our earlier analysis.

Bear in mind also that in parliamentary systems, there are more ways to remove the head of government (chancellor / prime minister) than just losing an election, including loss of support from their own party / coalition, or loss of confidence from the legislature.

The first comment to make is that a Tory majority government has been less radical and much less competent in its first year than the Tory / Lib Dem coalition at the same stage.

You could feasibly write about how the coalition government looks unlikely to tackle it (ie, Tories dropped their IHT threshold raise and raised CGT, but it seems very unlikely that they'll go further on either position; tax reform overall remains to be seen, but I don't hold out much hope while it consists of «crackdowns» rather than actual proposals for changing the law).

In particular, if David Cameron presides over a minority government or coalition, his own side would be expected to do better than that.

He has been a loyal, pragmatic ally trying to help, rather than undermine, the coalition government, even if this made him look weak and dull.

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.

The expenses upheaval of 2009 means that many dying swans are already dead, so that the Coalition need worry less about unhappy incumbents than previous governments.

He pledged that if the ruling coalition parties receive fewer votes than opposition parties, the government would step aside and hold new elections later in the year.

The coalition has borrowed more in three years than the Labour government borrowed in 13.

Now I think I am perfectly entitled to spend 50 days arguing why that's good, why a Conservative majority government would be better than coalition, and I think actually if we are talking about people getting a fair choice, my argument is that if you elect a majority government you have got a manifesto, you can hold us to our promises.

From the Brown government to its Cameron - Clegg coalition successor, there has been more continuity than change.

The Greens are currently claiming on ITV that the collapse in Lib Dem support and switch to them reflects the toxicity of their association with the Conservative Party: #BESFactCheck suggests that it is more likely reflect the fact that voters do not credit the Liberal Democrats with any of the major successes or the failures of the coalition government: fewer than one in five voters believe that the Lib Dems in government have been responsible for the upturn in the economy, changes in the NHS, changes in levels of crime, changes in levels of immigration and changes in the standards of education.

With wages in decline compared to inflation, zero - hours contracts, food banks, the benefits cap and the bedroom tax, the unemployed and lowest paid have undoubtedly suffered more than any group under the coalition government.

For example, the fiscal squeeze that began with the «Geddes Axe» under the UK's last Liberal - Conservative coalition in 1921 - 2 (and implemented in the following three years under three different governments) was also based on spending cuts alone, and went far deeper even than the plans announced by George Osborne.

Furthermore, two - thirds of voters believe the coalition government is better for the UKeconomy than a Labour one would be.

Provided the Conservatives can indeed win the biggest share of seats (and they'll probably lose a few — but only a few — to UKIP, so will get a bit less than they might otherwise), then they'll get the first opportunity to put together a coalition, or at least a working minority government.

The Conservatives» remarkable success in converting coalition into majority government is down to two factors: this was the first governing party to increase its vote share after a full term in office for more than a century and it succeeded in concentrating that vote increase in the seats where it counted.

The new government's majority is also smaller than the outgoing coalition's and the party's leaders will face a growing challenge from rebellious backbenchers, just as John Major, elected in similar circumstances, did after 1992.

More than three quarters of all voters, including a clear majority of those who intend to vote Labour on Thursday, think the last Labour government «must accept a large part of the blame» for Britain's economic problems; Mr Miliband is unlikely to succeed in his campaign to persuade the electorate that this idea is a «big lie» put about by the coalition.

There are currently 6,844 state faith schools — a few more than in early 2010, before the coalition government came to office, when there were 6,832.

A fact they would rather you forgot when they lecture the Government on a rise of less than 10 % under the Coalition.

It may be fair to say that this Coalition Government — our Coalition Government, has done more to address the deepseated malaise at the heart of our banking system in less than 12 months than the previous administration did in twelve years and more.

Standing next to Clegg in Smethwick, he said: «I am even more committed to coalition government, to making this coalition government today, than I was in May 2010 when Nick Clegg and I formed this government.

I would suggest that key areas would be the economy and the NHS — which would need to be key U-turns for a possible Liberal Democrat coalition partners, though ones that might reflect the decisions made by their conferences better than their performance in government has done.

57 % of the public expected the coalition to be tougher than the last Labour government in dealing with crime; only 13 % thought it was being tougher; 23 % said it was less tough and 64 % said it was about the same.

A minority Lab / Lib coalition, or a slim majority including minor parties, is no more intrinsically unlikely to provide a government than the widely touted alternative of a Tory minority administration.

Our analysis also shows Coalition governments tend to be much more fiscally conservative in their tax and welfare policies than Labor governments.

With the coalition keen to promote its agenda for economic growth this month, it should listen to calls by SMEs for a bit more Vince (Cable) and a little less George (Osborne) as we approach the busiest time of the year for retailers — and to ensure the government's messages about the economy are more relevant to Joe Public than Hooray Henry.

Despite the coalition's determination to get the legislation passed quickly, enabling same - sex couples to marry as soon as this summer, the government may find it harder than it expects to get the bill through parliament.

Jay: Your evidence suggests a Labour government would have been friendlier to a BSkyB bid than a Tory / coalition government.

At the book's heart is criticism of the incoherence of coalition strategy: the understandable dominance of US policy and resources, a policy driven by the Pentagon rather than the State Department; an Afghan government that lacked institutions or the ability to govern the provinces directly; Afghanistan's part in Pakistan's strategic conflict with India; and criticisms of the UK deployment to Helmand.

«The Coalition Government has cut back on promised additional investment for universities, which now means that fewer places are available than are needed.

Evoking memories of the end of the John Major's administration, ministers are pulling up the shutters, with the coalition government spending a third less time on legislation than the last Labour government.

Her fear is that anything other than an outright majority will hobble his plans with the distractions of coalition government.

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.

He said he needed more details about how the coalition would work, but emphasized that he does not want to negotiate details of government with a committee rather than a single leader.

Professor Philip Cowley and Mark Stuart have calculated the share of parliamentary votes in which a government MP rebelled: on this measure, every year of the coalition has seen more revolt than any year of the Major government of 1992 - 97, which was itself a record holder.

If there is to be a coalition government then it will need more than anything else the support of Conservative Party members.

Lashing out at the coalition's record youth unemployment, which has reached more than one million, Labout leader Ed Miliband will accuse the Government of cutting opportunities for young people.

The system is unfair and I am delighted that, under the coalition Government, it will change to reward those who strive in the face of adversity, rather than those who sit back and ask, «What can I have for as little effort as possible?»

[86] However, the Labour Party would have had to form a coalition with more than one other smaller party to gain an overall majority; anything less would result in a minority government.

Whilst the Coalition Government is working better than I think anyone expected, the truth is that if we want a Conservative Government which has a working majority we need to win another 35 - 40 seats — but from where?