Sentences with phrase «what coalition government»

Apparently, Simon is very worried about what a Coalition government will do for his plans for another «Community» wind farm.

«What the Coalition Government should also remember is that prejudice related bullying in schools is not just confined to children and young people.

Not many Lib Dems went into politics to slash the size of the state, yet that's exactly what the coalition government will do on October 20th when it unleashes details of a comprehensive spending review set to cut most government departments» budgets by at least 25 %.

The coalition has rapidly become part of our parlance, considering that before May we had no comprehension of what coalition government meant for modern Britain.

It is also to enhance the electorate's understanding of what coalition government actually entails.

Mr Pickles replied by praising the «rigour» of the NAO and added: «What the coalition government is doing is bringing accountability to this House.»

That's what the Coalition Government is about.»

«We are not sure what the coalition Government's position is on home birth — or whether they are honouring their pre-election promises for adequately staffed maternity services for 3,000 more midwives.

It's not the lefties and the greenies saying that, that's what the Coalition government and some of the biggest businesses in Australia are saying.

Not exact matches

They have built a coalition of small government republicans and pro-choice democrats, none of whom understand what is really at stake.

Lib Dems in government: What would have happened if we hadn't gone into coalition?

You're in the trenches and what the staff officers are doing doesn't really make much difference...» — in Do No Harm he writes that governments turn the life of clinicians into a game of musical chairs, with the coalition's controversial NHS reforms the equivalent of changing the entire orchestra.

«Yes, there are anxieties, yes there are concerns about the damage done to our standing in the polls because of what we've done in coalition government,» Clegg added this morning.

The coalition government is conducting a «national audit» of what the EU currently does and its implications for Britain.

Tory disdain for criticism from within the government could strain coalition tensions ahead of a difficult time for David Cameron and Nick Clegg, as the two parties prepare to go to war in what is expected to be an unforgiving and bitterly fought European election campaign.

The most chilling moment on election night was hearing Theresa May, when asked what she now wanted a Conservative government to do that it had been prevented from doing by having to work with the Lib Dems in coalition, answer that her first priority was to pass legislation that would empower the security forces and the police to conduct surveillance on the scale needed to keep the country safe.

If we had known the answer was an expenses scandal and the prospect of a coalition government, I am not sure what we would have done to arrange that.

Meanwhile at the party headquarters of the far right Laos party, sitting under paintings of classical Greek scenes, vice-president Georgios Georgiou explains why they left the current governing coalition (formed under Lucas Papademos last November when the Papandreou government collapsed): «I suggested we leave the coalition... we said not to touch pensions and wages and to get rid of the two million illegal immigrants... you can not have Germans coming in sitting in ministries ordering ministers what to do.»

«When we first did it, the audience's obsession was much more about the coalition government in 2010 and how that was working out, and now it's much more about what's happening in the Labour party.»

What would a coalition government have looked like?

«The NASUWT will be considering the implications of today's announcement very carefully once the detail has been shared and as there has been no consultation prior to these provisions being introduced will seek to engage with the Coalition Government to identify what support teachers, school leaders and schools will require to enable them to protect fully the children and young people in their care.»

If we get another coalition, deals have to get done inevitably behind closed doors and people don't get exactly what they voted for, and I think people are ready for a majority government: They like the decisiveness, they like the accountability, and I'm going to fight for that pretty hard.

What will happen at Glasgow is a series of votes where Ministers will tell Conference representatives that it would be politically damaging for the party to fight the 2015 election on positions different to those taken by the Coalition Government.

The SNP and Labour may disagree on what that alternative might be, particularly since Labour has, to all intents and purposes, accepted that it will initially inherit the coalition government's policy commitments.

It is, of course, possible that a lot of people don't like the proposed cuts and so disapprove of what the government is doing but are definitely * not * going to vote Labour because they have noticed that New Labour created the appalling mess that the Coalition government is trying to clean up.

What was true a year ago is even truer now: what should matter most to Tories is not the coalition between the parties, but the coalition of voters who will decide whether to elect a Conservative government with an overall majorWhat was true a year ago is even truer now: what should matter most to Tories is not the coalition between the parties, but the coalition of voters who will decide whether to elect a Conservative government with an overall majorwhat should matter most to Tories is not the coalition between the parties, but the coalition of voters who will decide whether to elect a Conservative government with an overall majority.

What's more, since the Syriza - Independent Greeks coalition government assumed power, every day Greece's GDP has decreased $ 22 million, an average of 59 small businesses have closed, and approximately 613 jobs have been lost, not to mention the first - ever default by a developed nation on an IMF payment and three weeks of chaotic capital controls.

Mr Cameron's message will be simple: God knows what Britain will get if Ed Miliband leads a coalition government with Alex Salmond and his SNP lieutenants.

Lunch with a minister at the heart of the coalition cuts operation made me realise just what a holidayfree summer this was for many in government.

Labour's fortune will be dominated by what happens to the coalition government, but also by who it selects as leader.

In this regard, Greece's creditors have reaped what they sowed; by demanding yet more austerity two months before national elections, the IMF, EU Commission, and ECB facilitated the fall of Samaras» coalition government, rise of Syriza, and the chaos that has ensued, almost leading to the dissolution of the Eurozone.

What matters to me is not so much the coalition between the parties, but how to create the coalition of voters who will elect a Conservative government with an overall majority.

More recently, the dread of living through another five years while a Conservative / Lib - Dem coalition destroys what's left of our welfare state, or of seeing a Conservative government march alongside Ukip, has made the idea of feeding my conscience seem a selfish reason for casting a wasted vote.

However, now that he has said that Lib Dem Ministers will vote against Government policy, I wonder what his definition of collective responsibility is within a coalition Government.»

As Rafael Behr commented recently: «one difference between opposition and government for Liberal Democrats has been that, before coalition, no one noticed what they said; now, no one notices what they do.»

It is worth saying to colleagues on the Government Benches who support the Government's proposals and respect the coalition agreement that my hon. Friend's amendment is not compatible with what we set out in the coalition agreement, which was a simple majority referendum, without an outcome - specific threshold.

Not surprisingly, those who expect some benefit from the recovery and understand why austerity is not over — who have some idea of what they government is trying to do and how it will help them, both in terms of their own prosperity and the services they use — are more likely to be part of the «coalition of the willing» who will vote Conservative next May or consider doing so.

Laws makes quite clear that his purpose was to give an account of what he sees as the positive contribution made by the Lib Dems and the sacrifices they made to be in a Coalition government.

If the NPL vote was substantial — say six to eight per cent — it could have the effect of reinstating the current coalition or even produce a majority Conservative government, unless UKIP manages to do on the right what I have suggested a NPL might do on the left.

«After fighting against endless coalition, for intervention in Libya, the irrepressible Mark Pritchard turns his attention to circus animals Main The Government can't say how many non-British EU nationals claim benefits here - or even define what makes them eligible to claim them in the first place»

Two Democratic factions in the New York State Senate say they are joining to form what could be a strong Democratic majority in the Senate, leaving Republicans, who up until now have ruled the chamber in a coalition government, out of power.

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?»

Hilary Benn, shadow communities and local government secretary, told the Ipsos MORI event at the Labour party conference last year that the coalition has made it difficult for Labour to be heard as the media focussed on coalition differences rather than what Labour's view is.

«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.»

Approval ratings for David Cameron and the government fell to their lowest point, after weeks of negative reaction to the Budget, the handling of Abu Qatada's deportation, and internal divisions over what the coalition parties stand for.

«What is abundantly clear, however, is the catalogue of failures by the Coalition Government to put in place effective checks, balances and controls in the current system to ensure that the public interest was safeguarded.»

«We don't know what is normal in this coalition type government,» he explains.

It has been widely reported today that the Conservative party have come to a # 1Bn + deal with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to prop up their minority government, which got me wondering what are the key differences between a «confidence and supply» deal moreover a formal coalition?

He said the party would discuss what happens next and would announce after the bank holiday if they will seek a coalition government.

No - one would dare to argue in advance of the election for a coalition with the Lib Dems when at Westminster they're in government with the Tories, but that would be what some prefer in the absence of a majority.