The WEP believes its campaigning on the violence and harassment women face while travelling on public transport helped persuade the British Transport police to reverse proposals to disband its sex crimes unit – though Khan also spoke out on the issue.
Vaizey says he has not intervened because a few authorities have managed to reverse proposals for widespread cuts after a judicial finding against them; therefore, he airily asserts, campaigning works.
Duncan on Friday said some Republicans are pushing what he called a "Robin Hood in reverse" funding proposal that "would exacerbate the existing problem by allowing even greater cuts to districts that need the most help".
The federal Office of Management and Budget has reversed a proposal for interpreting census data that would have made New Jersey a statistical nonentity.
The Conservative-run county council reversed its proposal to abolish the service last year after criticism from opponents and staff.
In a related matter, a federal judge in Montana a week ago chastised the agency for yielding to political pressure when it reversed a proposal to list the wolverine -- then ordered it to protect the species as soon as possible.
To what extent do current proposals reverse these trends?
The government suffered a humiliating reverse last year over proposals to detain terrorism suspects without charge for up to 42 days.
Experts say the proposal reverses a decision by the I.R.S. in February that suggested that taxes were owed only on the cash value when a policy was terminated.
The proposal reverses the position of the executive director, Doug Allen, on how to proceed in the union's effort to reach a new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents the major Hollywood studios.
