However, the BBC reports successive governments in Madrid have refused to negotiate.

For many years successive governments have neglected Our Lady's Hospital in Crumlin.

But successive governments failed to provide an alternative and efficient bus service.

Ever since then, successive governments have pushed in broadly the same direction.

The over-heated market has been the failure of successive governments, Stretton said.

He said successive governments had been trying to address the problem.

Today's report says child poverty has remained a low priority for successive governments.

In terms of housing policy, Ireland has been poorly served by successive governments.

Garry Webber said successive governments have been promising a roading upgrade since 1998.

It accepts there were systemic failures in the regulatory regime across successive governments.

It just shows how successive governments have continued to fail communities like Croydon.

But there would be a lot more if successive governments were really intent.

At each stage successive governments have given a little more away.

So successive governments have felt compelled to fill the gap with state-backed funds.

What we've had in this country is successive governments refusing to implement it.

When you examine successive governments' policy on Irish teaching, it's hard not to.