Sentences with phrase «us aid spending»

Three - in - ten (31 %) say the country is at or close to that figure, while just one - in - four (26 %) correctly identify Canada's foreign aid spending as below the target

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Afghan President Hamid Karzai signed a long - term partnership that will increase Australia's aid spending in Afghanistan from $ 165 million to $ 250 million p...

But with roughly half of all departmental spending in ringfenced areas like schools, the NHS and aid spending, the remaining departments will have to make cuts of around 3.6 %.

As far as aid spending is concerned, this is about leadership — the chance to set the clearest example to other wealthy countries to persuade them to join us in the commitment.

Even countries such as Germany, where fiscal constraints have been less severe, faced increasing pressure on the visibility of national aid spending and have become more suspicious of channelling aid through multilateral channels, especially the EU.

The government guarantee of 0.7 % of GDP on aid spending, which functions as a litmus test of the Conservatives» moral responsibility in an age of austerity, also creates perverse incentives.

The incoming secretary of state, Andrew Mitchell, ordered a root - and - branch review of our aid spending, which resulted in 16 countries that no longer needed our aid, including Russia and China, being dropped altogether once existing commitments are fulfilled.

Yesterday, Philip Davies MP made the case against, and on Monday Jessica Epsey made the case in support of UK Aid spending.

Advocates of increased aid spending - including Andrew Mitchell, when he was International Development Secretary - appear to have fallen victim to a fallacy.

Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan says he likes the extra school aid spending, but his GOP conference is not on board with extending the millionaire's tax, but he's not completely ruling it out.

For instance, Nick Clegg has made a great deal of his proposal of free school meals, shouted his pro-European credentials and is now showing his vigorous support for a private member's bill that seeks to enshrine in law the United Nations overseas aid spending target.

The Green Party condemned UKIP's proposal to cut aid spending from 0.7 % of national income to 0.2 %.

We can try and get out of the situation where voters resent welfare claimants, aid spending and the rich allegedly getting a free ride.

Thanks to aid spending from around the world, we have seen massive breakthroughs in reducing global poverty, and especially the number of child deaths.

The foreign secretary backed president Hamid Karzai's proposal to be given more control over aid spending in the country in return for intensified training of Afghan security forces.

We don't just think the coalition is being bold by protecting aid spending is brave in today's economic climate, we think it's being guided by good old British values of common sense and justice.

But it was DfID's decision to continue aid spending in India that set pulses in Westminster racing this week.

When the last Labour government created DfID, not only did it treble aid spending, but it made sure the foremost goal of UK aid became the alleviation of poverty.

There are massive problems with UK aid spending, with money being invested in luxury shopping malls in Kenya, for example, or profit - making private consultants securing lucrative multi-million pound contracts to implement projects of questionable benefit to poverty reduction.

A consultation on aid spending is seeking to establish the most effective ways in which Britain use its aid budget to help lower the number of maternal deaths and newborn deaths caused by a lack of access to basic family planning methods.

The Daily Mail leads the pack, commonly referring to the UK's aid spending «madness» and running sensational stories of taxpayers» money being «squandered overseas».

But the 2013 spending round saw chancellor George Osborne announce an extra # 800 million for aid spending in 2015/16, most of which will come from DfID.

While charity ActionAid welcomed the Conservative's commitment to aid spending, they were also highly critical of the vouchers scheme.

«It is in everybody's interests for the government to make informed decisions about aid spending,» committee chair Sir Malcolm Bruce said.

The budget includes $ 1 billion in additional school aid spending, bringing the state's total to more than $ 26 billion.

«Gordon Brown made a firm commitment to enshrine the 0.7 % target for aid spending in statute, but just seven weeks on he has abandoned that promise,» Moore said.

Both the Assembly and the Senate significantly increase school aid spending from Cuomo's budget, with the Assembly recommending a $ 1.8 billion increase, and the Senate proposing $ 1.9 billion more.

Health and aid spending will be ring fenced, while defence and education will face cuts of between 10 % and 20 %.

Overseas aid spending would increase to a 2013 target of 0.7 per cent of national income.

Fellow Tory MP Peter Bone is also critical of the Government's move since 2010 to protect and raise aid spending to the United Nations target of 0.7 per cent of national income.

Even in the last parliament, when unusually the coalition had a majority in both houses, the Lords tried to block cuts on legal aid spending and the benefit cap.

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Global poverty: During the last recession Ken Clarke, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, cut international aid spending.

Both the Assembly and the Senate significantly increase school aid spending from Governor Cuomo's budget, with the Assembly recommending a $ 1.8 billion dollar increase, and the Senate prosing $ 1.9 billion more dollars.

Financial aid spending by the federal government includes about $ 35 billion in Pell Grants, which provide students from low - income families up to $ 5,645 per year to defray college expenses.

An international expert panel calculated that $ 1 of overseas aid spent on family planning in a developing country can be «worth» $ 120 of other aid.

Since 2008, the global economic crisis has made it even more necessary to ensure that development and aid spending is used wisely, where it can make the biggest difference.

The alternative is unilateral foreign aid spending on 19 important goals that have a cost benefit / cost ratios greater than 15.

According to the Law Society's review, the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) was underpinned by the need for «significant cuts to legal aid spend», at a time when the government ring - fenced certain politically sensitive expenditure (health and education) but not justice.

Criminal Defence represents by far the largest element of our remaining legal aid spend, where we are still spending over a billion pounds a year.

In that time period, legal aid spending went up about four per cent overall.

LASPO aimed to cut legal aid spending by # 450m.

Legal Feeds Ontario tops legal aid spending as revenue lags Legal Aid spending in Canada is up 15 per cent over the last four years to $ 780 million in 2011, but revenue has only increased by seven per cent, according to new numbers from Statistics Canada.

The report says that it was estimated that the LASPO provisions would cut # 450m from the legal aid budget, but «last year, legal aid spending was actually # 950m less than in 2010».

According to figures obtained by the Fabian Society, LASPO aimed to save # 450m per year when it was introduced but last year's legal aid spend was # 950m less than in 2010.

Among other things, the 25 - page report, entitled «An Agenda for Justice,» recommends an $ 18 - million increase to the budget of the Legal Services Society over the next election cycle to bring per - capita legal aid spending in B.C. in line with the Canadian average.

In the longer term, it says it will take $ 50 million to get legal aid spending in the province back up to pre-2002 levels, after accounting for inflation and population growth.

After adjusting for inflation, legal aid spending was up about 6 % from the previous year

[ix] See the CBA's, Equal Justice, Balancing the Scales, November 2013, at page 53, «Return on Investment for Legal Aid Spending»; and its Special Committee Report, Crystal Clear, Strategic Directions for the CBA, August 2006, at pages 28 and 52.