Sentences with phrase «coalition on deficit reduction»

But Robert Hutton of Bloomberg has done so - namely, Blair's support for Cameron and the Coalition on deficit reduction.

Not exact matches

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.

If the Liberal Democrats played games on the deficit - reduction programme, it would undermine their hopes of showing that «coalition works» and getting some credit for the economic medicine if it succeeds.

The Autumn Statement was supposed to be a celebratory moment for the coalition government — with its deficit - reduction strategy nearing completion and the 2015 election on the horizon, pre-election giveaways could begin.

But he made clear support for the changes would come at the price of increased union influence on Labour policy - to the extent that the party abandons its support of the bulk of the coalition's deficit reduction measures.

The source rejected claims by Laws that a «truculent trio» of Ed Miliband, Ed Balls and Harriet Harman wrecked any chance of a progressive coalition, and says that a deal was possible on every issue apart from the pace of deficit reduction.

Bridges» article is being viewed as an attack on the prime minister's approach to politics, at a time when the coalition is wrestling with questions on Europe and about how much to make the rich contribute to its deficit reduction strategy.

«This new coalition is founded», Osborne said, «on an agreement to significantly accelerate the reduction in the deficit».

An extract was released overnight (to get maximum coverage from the national newspapers) which suggested he was calling on Britons to pay back their personal debts as soon as possible - to help with the coalition's deficit reduction strategy.

Osborne had always thought that the divisions in the Labour party, in which Blairites felt that Balls was failing to place enough emphasis on deficit reduction, was a great strength for the coalition.

Though voters in the constituency are on balance pessimistic about prospects for the economy over the next few years, they back the coalition's «Plan A» for deficit reduction by a wide margin.

George Osborne's plans amount to a significant attack on some of the most vulnerable people in Britain, and follow the rejection of a range of measures that would help the Coalition to deliver the deficit reduction to which it is committed without falling on the shoulders of the most vulnerable.

In my other blog this morning I give the Coalition low marks for its record on deficit reduction.

Tories will have approved of Nick Clegg's tough line on the deficit reduction plan — he even praised the coalition schools policy that his conference rejected this morning, even if he was riding to the rescue a little after the event.

The growth in spending on welfare over recent years - partly a result of the economy's disappointing performance - has made it harder for the coalition to achieve its deficit reduction aims.

The Coalition (and Cable too, if we take him at his word) is committed to its existing parameters for deficit reduction, and everything that falls within them — the proposals for infrastructure investment or for supply - side reform — would still be subject to the same internal horse - trading that goes on now.

Economics editor Faisal Islam's analysis: Some economists feel that some of the fiscal space that could have been used for faster deficit reduction appears instead to have been used on concessions to glue the coalition together.