Sentences with phrase «at cutting public spending»

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Chicago Public Schools has increased property taxes the past two years, a move Emanuel has justified in part by talking about cost - cutting initiatives at the central office and the need to emphasize greater spending on the city's children.

But abolishing the CTF was part of the Lib Dem manifesto in 2005 - and at the time the money was going to go to cutting primary school class sizes, not reducing public spending.

I've just written a piece for Comment is free arguing that in, at least, four areas of public spending the Government has not cut out the fat:

«I think we should also have been looking far more at progressive taxation rather than the kinds of cuts we're talking about here to public spending.

As a result we are set to spend # 97 billion on new nuclear weapons at a time when public spending faces deep cuts.

With the reasonableness of the provincial lawyer that he is, Darling muses that if Brown had come clean with the British public about the depth of the economic crisis and the urgent need to cut spending in the coming years, this could have brought success at the 2010 general election.

Its leaders trumpet the advantages of maintaining the UK's credibility, but at the cost of sweeping cuts affecting every area of public spending.

Remarks he had made at a private meeting of Conservative Way Forward - in which he suggested that the party could make greater public spending cuts than those to which it had publicly committed itself - were leaked to the media and his resignation as a party deputy chairman was not enough for Michael Howard.

Not only will the effect of the coalition's public spending cuts have set in, but the party is preparing for losses at the local elections in May.

We are the only party that will increase health spending in line with growth in the economy at this point, because the Conservatives will still be cutting public spending and Labour won't have balanced the books.

At one point in the electoral cycle there was a substantial difference in the two main parties» approach, with the Tories demanding cuts to public spending and Labour veering towards promises of greater investment.

A source close to the mayor said: «It is impossible to justify spending hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayers money on pensions at a time of severe public sector cuts and wage freezes.

Impact assessments may not make for great sound bites or lurid tabloid headlines, but they do result in better policy, and at a time of severe cuts, there is a pressing need to ensure all public spending is as effective as possible.

Alexander confirmed that the Treasury would make plans to cut welfare spending, pointing out that at # 220 billion it represents one - third of all public spending.

It seems rather incongruous that he should spend half of his time on seemingly narrow tasks like trying to get local councils to cut out waste and be more efficient at providing public services, and the other half of his time on «Communities» - ie religion.

Have things reached the perverse situation where in order to get elected Labour have to cut public spending for their first term although they want to increase it and the Conservatives have to increase public spending in order to get elected, usually when people vote for a different party it is because they expect something to be different from the way it was, such plans leave it wide open for the Liberal Democrats to come out and propose a series of economy measures and be the one of the 3 parties proposing the lowest levels of public spending and tax cuts targeted at the poor.

Where two years ago Cameron the «liberal Conservative» seemed to be Nick Clegg's kind of guy, they are now at odds over the need for public spending cuts.

Dems will be working hard to prevent Mitt Romney from achieving separation from the House GOP, arguing that the Dem emphasis on a mix of tax hikes and spending cuts, along with more public investment to keep the recovery going, is far more balanced than the Romney / House Tea Party emphasis on gutting government at all costs.

Conceding once again that public spending would have to be reined in, Brown said the government would raise tax «at the very top, cut costs... and make savings where we know we can» to protect frontline services.

«The question at the general election is not who will cut spending, but which team has the vigour to deliver the intelligent public spending cuts to protect the country for our future.

And when we're done with these cuts, spending on public services will actually still be at the same level as it was in 2006.

Addressing the Greater London Association of Trades Councils at Congress House, general secretary Brendan Barber said trade unionists had to unite to fight public spending cuts.

Yesterday we saw 120,000 largely public sector workers marching through Dublin in protest at the Irish government's cuts in state spending.

Far from endorsing the tax cap, most speakers at the sparsely attended public hearing urged the board to forgo proposed budget cuts or, in certain cases, even increase spending.

The No - Turning Back Group will call for tax cuts: «David Ruffley, a leading member of the group, said: «Some of us would like him to cut public spending even more in order to fund tax cuts to inject a fiscal stimulus int o the UK economy at the Budget.»»

At the same time, Mr. Cuomo has signaled that he is ready to fight, and has vowed to avoid the fate of his predecessors, who have endured millions of dollars in withering television advertisements from public - sector unions seeking to forestall cuts to state spending.

His statement this weekend, at the Fabian conference, that he endorses Osborne's public sector wage freeze until the end of this Parliament — possibly 3.5 years away — and accepts all the government's spending cuts finally crosses a red line.

He makes the point that with spending cuts at home, it would be unacceptable for the UK to actually increase the amount of public money it is shelling out for the EU's budget.

Blame William Hague for his spineless comments when British jobs were on the line at the Total oil refinery, blame David Cameron for not saying he'd abandon the Lisbon Treaty, and blame George Osborne for talking about public spending cuts at a time when only public sector workers are working.

Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, wants the public to know that much of what he is likely to cut are actually planned spending increases aimed at maintaining current services as defined by law, not cuts to existing spending levels.

The governor says the money is needed to pay for a middle class tax cut, agreed to last year and which is scheduled to begin phasing in later this year, as well as a plan to provide free tuition at public colleges for New Yorkers earning less than $ 125,000 a year and to spend more on public schools.

What the government has promised to do is cut the nation's structural deficit - the public sector spending deficit that exists even when the economy is operating at its full potential.

A quick Google search on Labour and Ed Miliband policies produced these results: - On Welfare - • Ed Miliband sets out plans to cut benefits for young jobless • Ed Miliband to promise Labour cap on welfare spending • Miliband admits public anger at «something for nothing culture» • Labour leader pledges to match Tory plan to cut welfare bill On Immigration - • Ed Miliband's nod to Ukip: We understand people's fears on immigration • Ed Miliband: it's not prejudiced to be concerned about immigration • Labour leader tries to reach out to Ukip voters • LABOUR leader Ed Miliband pledged to tackle the issue of immigration

Conservatives don't always agree about raising new wealth and property taxes, but tend to do so about cutting the rate at which public spending is rising further.

At a time when public spending is to be cut, how vital is it to retain universal welfare benefits, such as child benefit, winter fuel allowances and free bus passes for the over 60s?

At a time when the public are warming towards spending increases - DC lauds the fact he has asked every shadow minister to find cuts!

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«We became interested in studying the effects of economic downturns on public spending during the Great Recession of the late 2000s, when media outlets were filled with stories about states cutting optional Medicaid benefits, increasing school class sizes and reducing course offerings,» said Ho, who is also a professor of economics at Rice and a professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.

At a time when pressure on school places and buildings is increasing, and the public sector is being asked to make more cuts on spending, it is critical that school providers understand current issues on planning if they are to make best use of their built assets, according to Karen Cooksley and Lindsay Garratt from law firm Winckworth Sherwood

States have cut at least $ 4.35 billion in public mental health spending from 2009 to 2012, according to the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors.

This past legislative session, these charter school and education reform entities spent in excess of $ 500,000 successfully persuading legislators to cut their own district's public school funding, at the same time they were sending even more taxpayer money to Connecticut's charter schools, despite the fact that these private institutions have traditionally refused to educate their fair share of students who need special education services, children who require help learning the English Language or those who have behavioral issues.

If you're asking your parents for money, use your budget to show them that you've taken steps to cut back on your spending, for example by taking public transportation and only eating meals at home.

The money, to renovate a building at Sylvania Public School so it used less electricity, was spent on one in a series of projects that appear not to match the Climate Change Fund's main objective: cutting carbon emissions.

Given the cuts to Government spending that are kicking in everywhere, is it time to ask what role green groups should play in a shrinking state?Transition Movement Gets Political I started pondering this question having read a heart - felt and passionate account by Sarah Nicholl and Marietta Birkholtz over at Transition Culture of how climate change and peak oil activists are fighting swinging cuts to schools, libraries and other essential public services.

First, every profession or organisation which provides a public service at public expense is quite properly and understandably pressing its own case in the present round of spending cuts.