Sentences with phrase «under coalition government»

In spite of the severe cuts to public funding implemented under the coalition government, the mood of the assembled legal aid lawyers remained defiant and optimistic.

On the first sitting day of Parliament under a Coalition Government, I will introduce legislation to repeal the Carbon Tax.

Regardless, the Salby and the Spash cases provide an excellent opportunity for those of you who believe anything much is going to change under a Coalition government, to prove your point to us heathen unbelievers who are planning to vote for Themm this election.

Although school funding was maintained in real - terms per pupil under the Coalition Government, all additional funding was provided via the Pupil Premium, targeted at particular pupils and therefore distributed unevenly.2 Many schools had to use Pupil Premium funding simply to plug the gaps caused by cuts in the value of other funding.

But under the coalition government the country would become an «aspiration nation» once again, he said.

The number grew dramatically under the coalition government, from 203 in May 2010, and has continued under the present Conservative government.

«We know that this was an issue under the coalition government, when chains already known to be struggling were asked to take on more schools.»

Details of the first 16 «free schools» to be set up under the coalition government have been given by Education Secretary Michael Gove.

The pressures for universities and colleges to change the way they work have continued under the coalition government.

I will also be examining the impact this scheme had on the number of university applications, before turning my attention to the subsequent evolution of the academies and how they grew and developed under the Coalition Government with its converter and sponsor academies.

Luke Sibieta, Programme Director at the IFS and author of the report, commented: «School spending in England has been one of the most protected areas of public spending under the coalition government.

The future under a Coalition government looks very different.

Under the coalition government, half of secondary schools have become academies: schools that are more autonomous and funded directly by central government rather than through local authorities.

Yet these developments must all be kept in the context of the near - death experience which the House of Lords faced under the Coalition government.

Under the Coalition government, the Lib Dem MP was the Under - Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs and for Women and Equalities.

The social mobility commission, set up by Nick Clegg under the coalition government, advises ministers on the issue and monitors progress.

Especially under the coalition government (2010 - 15), select committees became important venues for discussing controversial issues.

Following Baroness Ros Scott's decision not to seek a second term as Party President, the race is on to become the Liberal Democrats» first new President under the Coalition government — a role that is increasingly significant given the Party's participation in said Coalition.

«The progress made in England under the Coalition Government is not being repeated here in Wales due to poor economic management by the Labour Party in Wales over the last decade or so.»

«Private sector employment has jumped by 1.3 million to a record high of 24.1 million under the Coalition Government — while public sector employment has fallen by 423,000.

The legislation will be put before the Commons in the autumn and will be the Department of Energy and Climate Change's first bill under the coalition government.

Energy secretary Chris Huhne has said new nuclear power stations could be built under the coalition government.

Under the coalition government's stated plans to establish the same proportions along party lines as in the Commons, the chamber's membership would increase to 1,100.

Britain deserves a thorough, coherent, robust opposition, especially under a coalition government, especially under such severe economic cuts.

Chris Keates: «Teachers have had their pay cut by thousands of pounds over the last four and half years under this Coalition Government».

PT: The only minority that has gained under the coalition government is LGBT people with the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill.

«What is clear is that even though we're heading in the right direction by reducing unemployment, the leaps forward made elsewhere in the UK under the Coalition Government are not being repeated here in Wales due to the poor economic management by the Labour Party in Wales over the last decade or so.»

More recently, under the coalition government, regional schools commissioners were created to bridge the widening chasm between Whitehall and the regions as more schools become autonomous under the academies programme.

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?»

The opposite was true with the 2010 SDSR under the coalition government.

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 cuts, which began under the coalition government, have led some forces to share services while many have also reduced costs by closing police stations, reducing procurement costs and reorganising the workforce.

Businesses and the third sector will not face additional regulatory burdens from September 1st under the coalition government's «one - in, one - out» rule.

We believe by offering a progressive economic alternative to austerity, Labour can best reach out to a broad coalition of voters whose living standards have declined under this Coalition government.

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.

As for the former, the regulation of the parliamentary party has been modified under the coalition government and Cameron has faced an unprecedented scale of persistent backbench revolts throughout his first term.

The cost of going to university could double under the coalition government's plans to introduce a graduate «contribution», a union has warned.

The sell off plans were stopped under the coalition government and will need to be stopped again.

The committee's report also found that flood prevention and wildlife protection had got worse under the coalition government.

In the first major act of rebellion at the autumn conference voters clearly rejected schools minister Sarah Teather's attempt to water down a motion stating that «conference is concerned by the establishment of academies and free schools under coalition government policy».

Not exact matches

«Many smaller businesses might be on the cusp of being defined as a large employer — namely those having 50 full - time equivalents — and thus being under this law,» says Christine Pollack, vice president of government affairs for the Retail Industry Leaders Association in Arlington, Va., and a spokesperson for an industry coalition called Employers for Flexibility in Health Care (E-FLEX), which was formed two years ago to fight for changes to the Affordable Care Act.

For the past six months, New Democracy and PASOK have been uneasy bedfellows in a coalition government cobbled together under technocrat Prime Minister Lucas Papademos.

Under this agreement, the Liberals and NDP agreed to form a coalition government, which would be supported by the Bloc.

Even the Syrian National Coalition, an umbrella group which several western governments have recognised as the legitimate representative body for Syria, includes the Muslim Brotherhood, whose recent treatment of the Christian minority under President Mohamed Morsi in Egypt is hardly encouraging.

The Daily Mail says a spokesperson from The National Council of Resistance of Iran, a political coalition which opposes the government, said: «The silence of the world community, especially of western countries, vis - à - vis these medieval punishments under the excuse of having nuclear talks with Iran has intensified the brutal and systematic violation of human rights in Iran.

While the former Labor government promises Simplot financial help to expand food processing centres, it has not received any handouts under the Coalition.

The Liberal Democrats under your leadership are playing an essential role in ensuring that the coalition government reflects liberal values at home and abroad.

I am under no illusions about the significant political risks both parties in the Coalition are now taking by now facing up to these difficult decisions in government.

An under - fire Miliband lacking the overall majority any prime minister needs would be at the mercy of journalists eagerly exposing the rifts of minority or coalition government.

Members of the public could block council tax increases under proposals unveiled by the coalition government.