Sentences with phrase «under the coalition»

Voters living standards have dramatically declined under this coalition government.
But under this Coalition change is restricted by the parameters of the Coalition Agreement.
But the truth is the British public have had a good hard look at life under a coalition and they've decided they've had enough.
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.
Especially under the coalition government (2010 - 15), select committees became important venues for discussing controversial issues.
The pressures for universities and colleges to change the way they work have continued under the coalition government.
The committee's report also found that flood prevention and wildlife protection had got worse under the coalition government.
The sell off plans were stopped under the coalition government and will need to be stopped again.
The cost of going to university could double under the coalition government's plans to introduce a graduate «contribution», a union has warned.
The university think tank, Million Plus, raised concerns about tuition fees for students being increased under the coalition.
The future under a Coalition government looks very different.
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.
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.
But he seized the opportunity of forming a coalition with the Liberal Democrats to provide economic stability and to achieve and deliver a lot of Conservative policies under the Coalition Agreement.
«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.»
MPs are to be given the power to effectively fire misbehaving colleagues under coalition plans out today.
Option House resulted from a broad - base of services under the Coalition for Prevention of Abuse of Women and Children.
Universal free lunches for infants were introduced under the coalition government by Liberal Democrat education minister David Laws, now the EPI's executive chairman.
In an interview on The Capitol Pressroom on Tuesday, Skelos pointed to successes of the Senate under coalition rule — ranging from on - time budgets to a property tax cap (a measure that came in 2011, before the formal governing agreement was actually in place).
I am not claiming that the Greek economy under the coalition New Democracy - PASOK government was perfect, but it was certainly improving.
It is too early to speculate what deal would be in the table, however it is possible (but by no means certain) that, in exchange for another shot at constitutional reform the EU referendum could take place under a coalition.
Chris Keates: «Teachers have had their pay cut by thousands of pounds over the last four and half years under this Coalition Government».
In a previous incarnation under Labour, Education included Higher Ed and Skills — Department for Education and Skills which came after Department for Education and Employment, before Dept for Children, Schools and Families or reverting to Dept of Education under the coalition.
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».
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.
And with the Conservative government rowing back on some important green policies brought in under the coalition with the Liberal Democrats between 2010 and 2015, there is a clear clear platform on which to campaign.
Osborne presents an «inconvenient truth» - the rich are paying a greater proportion of their revenues in tax under the coalition than at any time under Labour.
From Roy Jenkins» role in the 1967 Sexual Offences Act to the introduction of same - sex marriage under the Coalition, Liberal Democrats have consistently led the fight for LGBT rights in the UK.
A former accountant and finance manager, she started off under the coalition as Osborne's economic secretary to the Treasury, before a swift promotion to transport secretary in 2011.
A poll commissioned by The Christian Institute found that 11 % thought religious liberty had improved under the coalition government, while four in ten disagreed and half of those surveyed were unsure.
While the former Labor government promises Simplot financial help to expand food processing centres, it has not received any handouts under the Coalition.
Economists say Tories celebrating good employment figures are ignoring the fact that productivity has fallen significantly under the coalition, hitting GDP.
Cameron responds by pointing out the top tax rate is higher under this coalition than it ever was under New Labour.
George Osborne admitted this week that the Thatcher government had been wrong to park unemployed claimants by shifting them onto sickness benefit to massage down unemployment figures, but parking still exists under the Coalition's flagship Work Programme policy.
NPC believes it could make a big difference to charities struggling to cope under the coalition's austerity drive, though.
They rocketed under the coalition and peaked at around 90,000 in October 2013, as the government introduced sanctions of up to three years in the supposedly most extreme cases.
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 polls simply don't bear out the claim that Cameron is suffering from having just four Cabinet ministers out of the 19 he is allowed to choose under coalition rules.
The replacement of the HRA was then relegated to a review under the coalition agreement.
Prison breaks have become more common under the coalition government, Labour claimed last night.
Dr Thérèse Coffey noted that rapists will be given the vote under the Coalition's four year limit
Nearly half of Brits working in the UK are banned from living with a spouse from outside the EU under the coalition's tough new anti-immigration law, new research reveals
The IDC has pointed to a number of key victories they've been able to approved in the chamber under the coalition arrangement, including a package of gun control laws in 2013.
Inspired, Zeldin embarked to explore life under a zero hour contract, a form of employment that has risen to prominence under the coalition government.
Businesses and the third sector will not face additional regulatory burdens from September 1st under the coalition government's «one - in, one - out» rule.
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.
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.
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