Sentences with phrase «with coalition ministers»

With a coalition minister so silent on the problem that even a staunch politico might struggle to name Mark Prisk, the coalition government has lost its momentum since Grant Shapps — a man more fond of announcement than action — was reshuffled away to prevent him making another promise he couldn't keep.

Not exact matches

Chancellor Angel Merkel could lead a minority government if current coalition talks with the German Socialist party collapse, according to the country's deputy finance minister.

France's defense and foreign ministers were in the United States on Wednesday for talks with other members of a U.S. - led coalition on increased military efforts against the group, which has urged followers to attack France, among other enemy countries.

«It's a given that the foreign minister will quit,» the government source said, adding that he expected Prodi to call a confidence vote with the hope of forcing his divided coalition to join ranks to avoid collapse.

That has cranked up pressure on Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi to resolve a political crisis or risk losing control of parts of Baghdad even as the military wages a counter-offensive against Islamic State in Iraq's north and west with the help of a U.S. - led coalition.

The 9948 Coalition has requested a meeting with Finance Minister Jim Flaherty to discuss the concerns of Canadian importers about this unfair retroactive enforcement action by the CBSA.

Grey brought ministers from conservative denominations to a meeting with the United Methodist bishop, and eventually forged a coalition that won a referendum by a slim margin.

Instead, a coalition of politically conservative business leaders forged ties with likeminded ministers, evangelists, and politicians to fight against New Deal liberalism, Communism, and immorality.

The arrests raise the question whether the quota - 32,000 tonnes of boxed beef this year - has become simply a bribe - raising exercise for PKS, which is part of Indonesia's governing coalition, with two cabinet ministers, including the communications minister.

As mischievous and calculating as ever, the Dark Lord is telling his old friend the Prime Minister to play hard to get with Nick Clegg in secret coalition talks.

The deputy prime minister Matt Cooper (comedian Thom Tuck)-- more of a perpetually enraged and contorting Basil Fawlty - cum - Mark Corrigan than Nick Clegg sombrely going down with his ship — is playing what he calls «coalition chess» with No 10, but is inevitably being played all along.

Rebel peers have agreed to defer their clash with ministers over the coalition's NHS reforms until close to Christmas.

Spending cuts caused by the coalition's austerity drive are driving down ministers» ability to deal with this problem.

In the meantime, the deputy prime minister will couple his assault on Labour with that repetition of the coalition's austerity defence.

Nick Clegg has broken ranks with the prime minister on drugs reform, just five days after his coalition partner ruled out a royal commission on decriminalisation.

It will be a choice between strong and stable leadership in the national interest, with me as your Prime Minister, or weak and unstable coalition government led by Jeremy Corbyn, propped up by the Liberal Democrats, who want to re-open the divisions of the referendum, and Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP.

Thus, «one of the consequences of having a fixed - term Parliament [is] that the Prime Minister loses that bargaining power, the ability to be able to threaten a recalcitrant minority coalition partner with the consequences of an early election» (House of Commons, PCRC, 2013, HC440; Ev.

Cabinet Office minister Chloe Smith suggested an exodus of civil servants away from Whitehall could be necessary as the coalition presses on with its deficit reduction agenda.

Polls at the time mistakenly suggested the election was on a knife edge, with Ed Miliband standing a good chance of becoming prime minister of a minority, or coalition government.

But with no coalition and no deputy prime minister, Johnson might have expected that Theresa May would grant him sole use of the Kent mansion.

Under the coalition, then foreign secretaries William Hague and then Philip Hammond were made to share with deputy prime minister Nick Clegg.

Speaking on Saturday, Hassan Omar, the interior minister, said Omar Elmi Khaireh, the opposition coalition (USN) candidate, came second, with seven percent, or 9,400 of the 133,356 votes cast.

The decision to impose minimum pricing has been a difficult one for the coalition, with many Tory ministers, including health secretary Andrew Lansley, preferring industry self - regulation.

Now the dynamics identified in your post (together with the simple fact of Tory numerical supremacy within the coalition) mean that those issues not decisively closed off in the agreement will tend to be decided by the Tories in their own favour, and even those items that are dealt with in an apparently decisive way in the agreement will be pulled in a more «Tory» direction in their implementation, especially where being implemented by a Tory cabinet minister (or by David Laws, which amounts to the same thing...).

The Coalition starts the new parliamentary year with its lowest level of support since Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull took the top office, trailing Labor in the latest opinion poll.

Regarded as one of the most left - wing of Lib Dem Cabinet ministers, the Business Secretary is often touted as a possible partner for Ed Miliband if the party went into coalition with Labour.

During the coalition, Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister, had joint use of it with the foreign secretary, first William Hague and then Philip Hammond.

The coalition agreement had seemed a done deal on Wednesday, but hit a snag Thursday after Jewish Home representatives skipped a final meeting with Likud - Beytenu negotiators, over the issue of whether Bennett would be afforded a «deputy prime minister» title.

Holland, a minister, noted that he would be the first African - American man to lead the GOP ticket in New York and that his «historic candidacy» would «not only help with the funding gap by getting earned media but also... put together the winning coalition that is needed to win the statehouse as a Republican.»

Clegg wanted Cable to speak in favour of the call not to break from the coalition's agreed deficit reduction plan, with his aides pointing out that the deputy prime minister expected all Lib Dem MPs to turn up for the vote.

It seems unlikely that Labour would enter into any kind of formal agreement that allowed SNP MPs to become ministers or play a direct role in the management of government departments — indeed, Miliband has ruled out a coalition with the Scottish nationalists.

But if May has not secured a deal with another party by Monday morning, there will be pressure on her to call off the talks, particularly if Labour can show it can form a coalition with other parties to form a working majority and send Corbyn into Downing Street as Prime Minister.

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.

David Cameron became Prime Minister on 11 May after Gordon Brown's resignation and the Liberal Democrats formed a coalition government with the Conservative Party, with Nick Clegg as Deputy Prime Minister and other Liberal Democrats in the cabinet.

In a message directed at the Tory right, many of whose supporters have never accepted the coalition, the prime minister said: «In a world of uncertain markets does anyone think we would be better off with a minority government that couldn't carry its legislation, that couldn't make rapid decisions?»

«The Israeli prime minister publicly supports a two - state solution, but his current coalition is the most right - wing in Israeli history, with an agenda driven by its most extreme element.»

Following the general election of 2010, the Liberal Democrats formed a coalition government with the Conservatives, resulting in party leader Nick Clegg becoming the Deputy Prime minister and many other members becoming ministers.

Heath did not resign until March 4, after confirming that a coalition with the Liberals was impossible, and Harold Wilson became the prime minister of a minority Labour government.

«Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough)(Con): The whole country will be grateful for what the Prime Minister has done, especially because he has said, if I have understood him correctly, that when he is returned as Prime Minister, without the pesky Liberal Democrats in coalition, he will renegotiate with the European Union and put a referendum to the people in which they can vote yes for the renegotiation or no to come out.

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In October 2000, following a series of close votes, the parties formed a coalition, with the Liberal Democrat leader in the assembly, Michael German, becoming the Deputy First Minister.

The view that the Liberal Democrats will be «wiped out» is a result of declining popularity for the Liberal Democrat and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg since entering into coalition government with the Conservatives.

Many Conservatives, up to and probably including the Prime Minister, are frustrated with coalition politics at Westminster.

The prime minister is in the difficult position of not wanting to harm relations with his coalition partner while also desperately trying to avoid a Conservative defeat in Eastleigh, which goes to the polls today.

There's no point in alarming these centre - right voters by reminding them that in a hung Parliament Sir Menzies would angle for a coalition with the next Labour Prime Minister.

But Mr Clegg was more detailed in his assessment of his relationship with the prime minister, with whom he becomes increasingly close as the coalition continues.

If the Government's economic medicine is perceived to have worked, he knows he may well need to form a coalition with the third party to have any hope of becoming prime minister.

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.

It was not immediately clear whether Mr Cameron's offer could involve a formal coalition with Lib Dem ministers in a Cameron Cabinet.

These reservations are shared widely in the Liberal Democrat Party, and have given rise to separate reports that Business Secretary, Vince Cable, who is a former member of the Labour Party, was deeply unhappy at the time of the deal being struck and made last ditch appeals to outgoing Prime Minister Gordon Brown in an attempt to strike a Coalition deal with Labour.