Sentences with phrase «annual budget hikes»

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He has pledged to eliminate state budget rules that lock in annual increases to educational programs and Medicaid — a 13 percent hike this year.

Millions of teachers, NHS staff and police officers lost their automatic annual pay hikes in last month's budget, another attempt by the chancellor to force Miliband to decide on his position.

Such permanent rate hikes and formulas ensure that spending in areas like education and Medicaid continue to explode despite annual budget cuts.

Then, on 1 June 2011, the whole prevailing NRSA pay scale, which includes step raises for each year of experience and, except in very bad budget years, an annual across - the - board hike, becomes the minimum standard for all subsequent hires.

He said that DOE will need 300 to 400 reviewers in the next 6 months to handle the expected flood of grant applications triggered by DOE's share of the $ 787 billion stimulus package and the hike in its annual budget for 2009.