Sentences with phrase «against spending cuts»

The Republican candidate would have to campaign against spending cuts in Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security — an unlikely scenario — to get the former mayor's full support, Koch said.

Single - issue groups, anarchists, student protestors, UK Uncut and others will join trade unions for a mass demonstration against spending cuts.

The march, organised by the STUC, gathered members of workers» unions together in a protest against the spending cuts announced by chancellor George Osborne this week.

This, I would argue, is not a very difficult dilemma, particularly once leftie Labour MPs also start to rebel against spending cuts on this scale.

The first major industrial action against spending cuts took place today, amid frenzied attempts by both sides to dispute the extent of the disruption.

Given the looming March 1 deadline for across - the - board sequestration which would reduce State Department operations by $ 850 million and foreign assistance by $ 1.7 billion, the US» chief diplomat used his speech to defend the foreign policy budget against spending cuts, portraying foreign affairs as the guarantor of American economic prosperity.

Some expressed reservations about Balls, citing his reputation as a poor team player, and what they felt was a dogmatic stance against spending cuts.

Union leaders are demanding a mass movement against the spending cuts as they meet for the annual TUC conference.

But the Labour leader is also keen to harness the anger against spending cuts, as shown by his appearance at the «march for an alternative» in the spring.

This post-election poll shows that Labour's defence of services against spending cuts was falling on deaf ears.

This was a good result for Labour, who are ably picking up protest votes against the spending cuts.

But will David Cameron and his colleagues have the manpower to wield the influence suggested, particularly as the Ministry of Defence's budget isn't ring - fenced against spending cuts?

At a pointy - headed session between the Fabian Society and the Lib Dems» CentreForum, ex-professor of social policy turned lefty Lib Dem MP, Steve Webb, joined forces with the Fabs» Sunder Katwala, to warn against spending cuts which end universal benefits.

Cllr Forbes campaigns against spending cuts - including cuts in welfare spending, especially the welfare cap and reductions in the spare room subsidy.

And the party also faced protests from trade unionsts, who staged a demonstration against the spending cuts.

According to the BBC, head teachers in West Sussex, who are campaigning against spending cuts, wrote last week to all their local MPs asking what had happened to the extra # 500m for schools announced last year by the former Chancellor George Osborne.

Head teachers in West Sussex, who are campaigning against spending cuts, wrote last week to all their local MPs asking what had happened to the extra # 500m for schools announced last year by the former Chancellor George Osborne.