"Austerity cuts" refers to a reduction in government spending on public services and social welfare programs. These cuts are usually made during times of economic difficulty to help reduce budget deficits and control public debt. They can affect various areas, such as healthcare, education, and social security, often resulting in reduced funding and resources for essential services.
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Whichever way you look at it, the amounts are large enough to make the proposed # 12 billion a
year austerity cuts unnecessary.
Action must be taken now to
ensure austerity cuts do not cause local services to disappear, according to a report out today.
«This likely is the result
of austerity cuts following the Great Recession and the loss of federal stimulus funds which were used to prop up state education budgets.»
Polls indicate the Greek public is close to the breaking point after more than 20 months of
harsh austerity cuts and tax hikes.
«And we will ease the pressure on hard pressed public services - services that are struggling to absorb
Tory austerity cuts, in communities absorbing new populations.»
A guest or host on RT might only be talking
about austerity cuts in Britain, or inequality in the United States, and their remarks might be full of truth, goodness and beauty.
ATLANTA, GA - This is the first time
since austerity cuts began more than a decade ago that the Quality Basic Education (QBE) Formula is fully...
ATLANTA, GA — This is the first time since
austerity cuts began more than a decade ago that the Quality Basic Education (QBE) Formula is fully funded.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras balked at
deeper austerity cuts to the Greek economy, cuts that are a prerequisite for further help from Berlin and Brussels.
It must
reject austerity cuts and embrace investment in infrastructure, education and communities, as Teachout and others in the party's populist wing have.
Instead of scaring they need positive persuasion with something that appeals to their strong preferences for more devolution and
against austerity cuts.
Staff numbers have dwindled
under austerity cuts, but prisoner numbers continue to skyrocket as a tough - on - crime justice secretary stuffs ever more men and women into a system which long ago reached its limit.
This spiraling circle — worse economy means lower revenues which requires the need for more
austerity cuts which means an even worse economy — has hurt the image of Greece and countries in a similar position.
Newspapers had splashed headlines like «Violent protests as Greeks strike
over austerity cuts.»
For injured workers, financial insecurity resulting from
WSIB austerity cuts compounds psychological and physical harm.
In light of the results, New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras, former prime minister of Greece until he was ousted in this January's elections and the man who presided over some of Greece's
harshest austerity cuts, tendered his resignation.
Leader of the SNP, Nicola Sturgeon has accused Nick Clegg of «pushing people deeper into poverty» by backing
Tory austerity cuts.
There was a lot from the debate in tabloids at that time about Greece and Germany,
about austerity cut - backs.
Deal added close to $ 167 million to the state budget, a restoration after years
of austerity cuts.
The government's
austerity cuts have had a huge impact on the number of solicitors taking on legal aid cases, as Chana's experience testifies to.
The austerity cuts across Europe are taking hundreds of billions of euro out of the European economy, pushing the eurozone into its second recession since 2008.
«The Con - Dem's
austerity cuts have led to little growth but higher unemployment.»
Austerity cuts to healthcare and social care may be to blame
Due to
austerity cuts, more than 1,000 women and children being turned away by refuges every six months.
«And the difference between a bonus and a raise is the raise has to be sustainable year over year, and we would not have been able to sustain a raise without the restoration of
those austerity cuts.»