Sentences with phrase «austere times»

Do the Conservatives sincerely believe that fairness in austere times means cutting inheritance tax?

The belt - tightening that individual UK residents make on their own charitable contributions in austere times makes it all the more important that government picks up the slack.

Schools can talk about cuts in real terms and that's a reasonable case but a hard one to answer in austere times when other areas of national spend are seeing actual cuts.

From The Chicago Tribune: A new $ 26 million charter elementary school on the Southwest Side of Chicago shows that in economically austere times, schools don't have to have boring, unimaginative architecture.

Managing the Teacher Workforce in Austere Times: The Determinants and Implications of Teacher Layoffs

My mum was so resourceful and always well dressed at such an austere time; she even made herself cami - knickers out of parachute silk!

Yet to his detractors, he was the Labour chancellor primarily responsible for overseeing the City of London's financial recklessness that brought the UK economy to its knees and resulted in the austere times in which we now live.

But the momentum of events in Manchester — plus the lure of extra government funding in these austere times — have concentrated neighbouring council leaders» minds wonderfully.

We have welcomed the decision of the Local Government Association's chief executive to take a cut of # 200,000 a year, and we hope that more town hall chiefs will follow his example in these austere times.

Continue reading «Alistair Thompson: It's the economy, not Compassionate Conservativism, that counts in these austere times»»

These are, as we know, austere times.

Cameron's cheery optimism has always been a great electoral strength but some fear in these austere times it's not appropriate.

In austere times, we seem over keen on spending other people's money, whether that of taxpayers or private businesses, and disinclined to make savings.

Alexander also believes that a cash - strapped populist campaign, bereft of helicopters and glitz, matches the austere times.

Such is the case that we scientists need to reinforce in the austere times that we face.

Each single element came to smoothen and complement another and form a complete picture that reinforced a different idea of femininity while opening a whole new range of emotions and faith in promises yet to be fulfilled in these austere times that we are living.

DOMINIC COOKE: It's about a very particular moment, a particular moment in a couple's life but also a particular moment in history - 1962, before the kind of revolution of the»60s kicked in and Britain was still stuck in a very sort of repressed, austere time.

In these austere times, it is easy for the household finances to get out of control so you find yourself in debt.

Alistair Hudson, Director, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, said: «In austere times it is becoming increasingly difficult for museums to add to their collections and this award enables us to make sure our collection continues to talk to our communities and the challenges we face.

Eva Frankfurther @ Ben Uri gallery Eva Frankfurther uses a drab, dull palette of browns and greys — perfect for her paintings of refugees and working people in austere times, Dockers have a meagre lunch and families go about their day to day lives.

Second, in these austere times the Ministry of Justice needs the money.

Even in austere times, there is public support for valuing the enormous contribution that kinship carers make in bringing up vulnerable children,» said Katherine Rake, chief executive of the Family and Parenting Institute.

The broader SES — ADHD association could translate to poorer health and educational outcomes for children growing up in disadvantaged socioeconomic circumstances, which is increasing during these austere times.

It was the post-war era and the fresh designs were in stark contrast to the austere times and rationing.