"real terms" means the true or actual value of something, taking into account factors like inflation or changes in buying power over time.
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So funding
in real terms in 2013 - 14 had dropped by $ 0.4 billion, from $ 5.6 billion to $ 5.2 billion.
According to the union, the Conservative education plans would result in a # 8.9 billion
real terms cut in education by 2022 when taking into account inflation and growing pupil numbers.
I would resist a 10 per cent cut in
real terms over the coming parliament and seek to reverse the 25 per cent reduction in funding for the foundation stage.
The coalition government's first Spending Review in 2010 set an ambitious target to reduce running (administration) costs by 34 per cent in
real terms by 2014 - 15.
Homeowners had to pay debts out of their take - home wages, which have not risen in
real terms for over thirty years now.
And, independent forecasts show that close to one million more children will be in poverty by 2020 as a result
of real terms cuts to in work tax credits and other benefits.
It also talks about the «
real terms increase» in the budget without mentioning the real - terms increase in pupil numbers.
This is because nobody wants to put their money in a «safe» investment just to find out they lost money in
real terms at the end of the process.
Instead, budgets were being cut in
real terms as the government had frozen per pupil funding and loaded on extra costs such as higher pension contributions, the statement added.
The party said it was protecting per pupil spending in
real terms so that teachers have the money they need to deliver great lessons.
Schools need # 2 billion a year extra funding to restore
real terms per pupil funding to 2015 - 16 levels.
And while you might lose money in
real terms if rates rise your probability of losing money in nominal terms is fairly low.
We also agree to a longer term policy objective of further increasing the personal allowance to # 10,000, making
further real terms steps each year towards this objective.
After every fire loss, the take rate in the affected community increases dramatically because they see the need in
very real terms.
In five of the six countries where overall wage pressures are lower, inflation is forecast to be higher in 2017 than in 2016, which will limit
real terms wage growth.
It offers plenty of other handy online tools too, including a restaurant finder and a «sustainability calculator», to show in
real terms how eating less meat can help the planet.
So the cost of an apartment in
real terms within your budget is relative to the sort of work you do and whether you can reasonably do it in or near the city.
The 2.5 per cent pay award is below the three per cent demanded by officers and, critics claim, in
real terms amounts to a below - inflation 1.9 per cent pay rise.
We did much better in the past, and we paid teachers less in
real terms back then.
Third, properly separating your operating company from your asset holding company greatly increases your protections in
real terms against a plaintiff's recovery.
In
real terms oil prices remain quite low, around the average level recorded since the mid 1980s.
In
real terms service exports have been growing at an average annual rate of close to 20 per cent over the past 10 years.
However, this is likely to translate into somewhat stronger growth in
real terms given falls in equipment prices, in part due to the appreciation of the Australian dollar.
Schools and colleges are experiencing
major real terms cuts, with the biggest cut in education spending since the 1950s.
At a time when schools budgets are being cut in
real terms across the country, this sudden loss of money will have a significant effect.
It increased in average
annual real terms between 2008 - 09 and 2012 - 13 by 1.0 per cent per year.
The average salary is down 8.5 % in
real terms since 2010, according to new figures released by trade unions.
Central government police funding will reduce by 20 % in
real terms by 2014 - 15.
Families receiving child benefit would continue to see the value of their payments fall in
real terms for the first two years of a Labour government.
The cost of the welfare system has steadily increased in
real terms over the last 30 years.
But the MPs found that because
of real terms cuts to local authority spending, social service departments will need to make savings of between 2 % and 3.5 % to avoid service reductions.
This is because nobody wants to put their money in a «safe» investment just to find out they lost money in
real terms at the end of the process.
Due to inflation risk, you are likely to lose money in
real terms if you keep building in these types of accounts.
After every fire loss, the take rate in the affected community increases dramatically because they see the need in
very real terms.
Protecting per - pupil education spending
in real terms over the next parliament and increasing the education budget as a whole.
In England, the public sector pay freeze of recent years has meant
real terms pay cuts for many teachers.
This was a rise of 72 % since the period 2011 - 12 and allowed for increases of 4.3 % to the most deprived schools, while leaving those in the least deprived areas
with real terms losses of 2.5 %.
«The NASUWT has argued consistently that the quantum of school funding intended to accompany the National Funding Formula was too low, and has maintained that no school should lose
real terms funding as a result of changes to the National Funding Formula.
This equates to an average
real terms loss of # 74,000 per primary and # 291,000 per secondary school.
«With nine out of ten schools
facing real terms cuts per pupil, the Government is telling parents today that their children deserve less than was spent on children in previous years.
«Despite the Government's claims to have protected school funding, most schools will
see real terms cuts.
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