Over the past year, many city authorities have added local tourism taxes on top of government charges, increasing costs for domestic and international visitors alike. (breakingtravelnews.com)
At the same time, as we have seen, there are few signs of running costs as traditionally measured falling at the very top of government. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
This is on top of the government's protected per - pupil spending. (schoolsweek.co.uk)