Sentences with phrase «in times of austerity»

It would be fair to say that the Scottish economy is dependent upon the public sector to a greater extent than is the case for many regions south of the border and that brings its own challenges at all times but particularly in times of austerity.

In times of austerity and with increases in court fees, negotiating is a «must do».

Others, like Alexander Heller of Leila Heller Gallery, are advising collectors to stick to blue - chip works in these times of austerity.

On the other hand, armed with a large dollar cost that could be avoided in these times of austerity, the argument sounds sagely responsible.

In these times of austerity, to get the best value for money and the largest number of schools being redone, we are batching together schools in particular areas so we can get contractors who will agree to rebuild a whole series of schools.

The need for contraction in public education is bound to continue, write James W. Guthrie and Elizabeth A. Ettema in «Public Schools and Money: Strategies for improving productivity in times of austerity.»

In times of austerity, arts slips down the agenda.

In these times of austerity of course we need to cut our cloth on all spending; however, the government's proposals for the design and construction of future schools are far too restrictive with too much focus on short - term savings.»

Why, in times of austerity, are scientists around the world rushing to solve the mysteries of the cosmos (7 January,...

In times of austerity, they would almost certainly argue, we need to do everything we can to ensure productive enterprise, and that includes giving businesses flexibility when it comes to making wage decisions.

The speech fills a political vacuum and introduces a degree of gravitas to a government which has been tainted by the accusation of pursuing issues which don't matter in times of austerity, such as gay marriage and Lords Reform.

Especially in times of austerity, they want to demonstrate that as much as possible of the taxpayers» hard - earned cash goes directly on «programme» activity (such as health care, teaching, policing) and as little as possible on «administration costs.»

Local resident Marian Kamlish, 92, said: «In times of austerity, this vanity project is an insult to those in the NHS, in education, in the fire services and the police force, all suffering cuts while this rich man's railway sucks up our money.»

History, and current pressures on the Pentagon to justify its budget in a time of austerity, suggest that the Pentagon is not really opposed to an attack on Iran, only very shrewdly letting someone else get the music started.

B.C. taxpayers can't afford these sorts of sweetheart deals in a time of austerity, especially when the Minister of the Environment admitted that the fees paid by Nestle and oil and gas companies likely wouldn't even pay the government's bill for administration related to the legal changes.

The public is also well aware that, in a time of austerity, maintaining a large and active armed forces costs money — and people always prefer to spend money on domestic priorities where a choice has to be made.

«This issue has now gone beyond Stephen Hester, this is about a prime minister who promised to rein in excess and says to the country in a time of austerity, when his economic policies have choked off growth, that we are all in it together - how hollow is his rhetoric in light of what we have just seen today.

Confusingly, in a motion entitled Generating Jobs and Growth in a time of Austerity — due to be debated on Monday (24th September) at the party's Brighton Conference — the Lib Dems appear to want to do both.

And Alexander today in a policy motion speech to conference certainly did his damnedest to defend the coalition, opposing an amendment to his «Generating Growth and Jobs in a Time of Austerity» motion to abandon the coalition's fiscal mandate.

The Social Liberal Forum therefore calls on the Government to revive demand in the private economy by investing directly in skills training and small business development, as outlined by the recent Liberal Democrat conference motion Fairness in a time of Austerity.

The prime minister insisted the cost of Trident was not prohibitive in a time of austerity, saying it was less than 1.5 % of our annual benefits bill.

The Government want a time limited debate to ensure the issue does not drag on whilst opponents of the bill claim that democratising parliament is the wrong thing to do in a time of Austerity as it is a distraction from debating the economy or watching video's of Chloe Smith on Newsnight.

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The cost saving to the UK is not a cost we can ignore in this time of austerity.

I don't think anyone ought to stand up anywhere in politics and say there is a group that are so wealthy that they should be given a free ride and should be excluded from having to carry the kind of burdens that other people have, particularly in a time of austerity like this.

In a time of austerity, he said Labour's approach must be based on the desire for national «renewal and prosperity» not just an «ideological» predisposition towards reducing the size of the state.

Carr also explained that local school districts aggressively engage in competitive grant programs because in a time of austerity, it's imperative they find other revenue streams to support the needs of their traditional public schools.

Good sustainble local schools with motivated teachers and pooled resources, is what my clever children need in this time of austerity.

The VW Dome 2 is another example of the ways that even in a time of austerity, U.S. art museums are continuing to expand beyond their walls.

YLAL Social Mobility Report: On 13 March, we launched our new social mobility report — «Social Mobility in a Time of Austerity».

The magazine, titled «Justice in a Time of Austerity», will be aimed at the public and launched at a series of events across the country.

«One of the great issues for us in a time of austerity is going to be cost control and delivering justice in an efficient way.

Such a modestly - stated aspiration of the Attlee government seems the heights of heady idealism compared to our reduced commitment to access to justice in a time of austerity.

It seems counter-intuitive to think that in a time of austerity that publicly funded legal advice should be shrinking, but that is what appears to be happening.

The Criminal Bar Association and Young Legal Aid Lawyers are asking for pledges to raise funds so that every single Member of Parliament can be sent a copy of Stories of The Law and How It's Broken and a copy of the Young Legal Aid Lawyers report on Social Mobility in a Time of Austerity.

Not exact matches

But austerity in a time of economic stagnation has displacement effects too.

President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Chuck Hagel as defense secretary — calling him «the leader our troops deserve» and a man who could make «tough fiscal choices» in a time of increasing austerity.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

It is also worth noting that austerity has constricted both the supply and liquidity of bonds, making them scarce in a time of high demand.

The second problem is that in order to get some of its debt absolved, Puerto Rico agreed to impose the harsh austerity measures — reducing education and health spending, for instance — that hurt growth at the same time that thousands are fleeing to the mainland in search of economic opportunity.

Industrial capitalism has passed through a series of stages of finance capitalism, from Pension - Fund capitalism via Globalized Dollarization and the Bubble Economy to the Negative Equity stage, foreclosure time, debt deflation, and austerity — and now what looks like debt peonage in Europe, above all for the PIIGS: Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain.

«The UK government will effectively be asking taxpayers to pay a Westminster premium to crowbar a modern parliament into a Victorian building at a time of austerity when Tory policy is hitting some of the poorest in society, and political uncertainty when this UK government has no plan for the UK outside the European Union.»

In times of financial austerity, military spending is constrained by the willingness of a society to pay for its security and interests.

It also included an evening session going beyond economics and political science to look at how times of fiscal austerity were reflected in film, cartoon and gallery art, with experts exploring these issues from the perspective of social history.

At the same time, though, diplomacy is getting weaker because of austerity, because of Iraq and Afghanistan, because of a sort of inward - ness in Europe — look at the Brexit debate — and there's a retreat generally from world leadership on lots of issues by the leading power.

Shockingly, the UK political establishment looks poised to loosen further what already looks like a very lax fiscal regime, at a time not only of straitened public finances and austerity (and a high burden of personal taxation), but also of extraordinarily high petroleum prices (2011 was the first year in history when the international price of crude averaged over 100 dollars per barrel, 2012 was the second, 2013 the third, and 2014 looks dead set to be the fourth).

Indeed, one justice minister admitted that the cuts were made urgently and without time for research, in fundamental contradiction to what international human rights law and standards require, which is a thorough assessment of the likely impact on people and their human rights prior to the introduction of retrogressive austerity measures.

They have since U-turned on both the timing and the scale of the austerity measures; Cable claims he was persuaded of the case for deep and early cuts, «not by other politicians, but by talking to the most senior officials in the government and the central bank [who said] that we had to act».

Culture secretary Maria Miller's arts speech, «Testing times: Fighting culture's corner in an age of austerity.»

Speaking of Sarah Teather's «very sad» decision to quit as an MP, Farron described being in government as «tough... it's a stressful thing to do, to be in government at a time when you've got to deal with austerity.