Sentences with phrase «austerity policies»

Services for all survivors of sexual violence, whether gender - specific or gender - inclusive, had already been stretched close to breaking point by years of austerity policies.

The fact that Labour supports the pay freeze and austerity policies shows that the current leadership are on the wrong side of history — and public opinion.

The unprecedented post-war European economic crisis which began in 2007 and the resulting fiscal austerity policies are generally considered to have had a negative impact on public health.

This has probably been the case throughout history, but the 2008 economic crisis and the implementation of austerity policies that followed it has sent this process into overdrive.

Germany could help by reversing its own austerity policies and accepting higher inflation, but it won't.»

The cost of neglecting this dimension through austerity policies and the democratic deficit in the EU, has led to the rise of the far right in Europe.

Opposition Social Democrats won Lithuania's parliamentary election on Sunday after campaigning on promises to reverse unpopular austerity policies and boost social spending in the recession - scarred Baltic state.

«These achievements render even more appalling the Coalition Government's dismantling of the 14 - 19 education strategy which secured these improvements, its limiting of the chances of disadvantaged young people by scrapping the EMA, and its damaging economic austerity policy, which will leave young people, regardless of their A level grades, facing bleak future employment and education prospects.

Voters will be responsible for austerity policies unless they vote against Boris Johnson this week, a Labour MP has claimed.

Greek people stage a protest against the government's austerity policy at the Sintagma square in Athens, Greece on May 22, 2016.

Khan's rival, the Green party candidate Sian Berry, describes it as a «George Osborne austerity policy».

As in the other cases, painful austerity policies have given wings to the CUP — and it finds itself possibly holding the key to the aspirations of Catalan separatists determined to sever centuries - old ties with Spain.

Portugal's minority center - right government collapsed this week after the three leftist parties that won the majority of seats in September month's general election refused to support its continuation of bailout - dictated austerity policies.

Critics of the German - led austerity policies have called for boycotts of German products and have suggested that Ms. Merkel and Mr. Schäuble had unjustifiably humiliated Greece and its prime minister, Alexis Tsipras.

When Latvia's government imposed neoliberal austerity policies in 2009 - 10, wage levels plunged by 30 percent in the public sector, and private - sector wages followed the decline (Sommers et al 2010).

J. Bradford DeLong, an economics professor at University of California at Berkeley, sees few signs of a rebound, adding that Washington's austerity policies only «dig the hole we are in deeper.»

«The deadend austerity policy has created a lot of divisions, we do not want to create one more between the North and the South,» the Greek leader said, alluding to German opposition to Athens» drive for a new debt agreement.

The Trust warned that this was only a partial picture of food poverty, and concluded that the rise was due in large part to the impact of government austerity policies that have either reduced or delayed benefit payments.

«Spread», «bailout», «rating agency» have become terms that Europeans have become acquainted with, while austerity policies have hit them as it has not happen for decades.

And it is clear that the EU will face many more protests as its ongoing austerity policies bite across the continent, with unemployment levels high and still rising in many countries.

The impact on UK growth has so far been negligible, and these ill - timed austerity policies have created a mood of pessimism and rising public discontent.

EU austerity policies were also met with rising frustration in Ireland, a country which quickly responded to the crisis but it is still saddled by high bank debt.

Yes, the very same institutions that are backing strikes and protests against ConDem austerity policies stood aside when it was suggested to Labour's three - day national policy forum in Milton Keynes that Labour should not stick with Tory spending cuts in 2015/16.

The need for a senior minister to knock heads together across Whitehall comes after a period which has seen youth and community services in England seriously eroded by the Tories» austerity policies since 2010.

As Chancellor, Osborne pursued austerity policies aimed at reducing the budget deficit and launched the Northern Powerhouse initiative.

«Our determination to oppose Tory austerity policies, and our successes in pushing them back on tax credit and police cuts show that Labour is getting results for working people.

TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said that the government's austerity policies like tuition fees and the scrapping of the EMA have made things worse for young people.

Austerity policies represent an assault on the mass of the population in the interests of the rich.

«This week is about Angela Merkel's austerity policy going global via G - 20,» said Jan van Aken, a member of the German Parliament from the far - left Die Linke party.

Corbyn says McMahon's success came from standing against Conservative austerity policies and indicates Labour's strength

Speaking outside his polling station, Mr Corbyn accused the Conservatives of killing children with «heartless» austerity policies today as he ramped up the rhetoric for the local elections.

The debate on this fateful association was reignited by the 2008 economic crisis and the subsequent austerity policies in many countries.

Civil legal aid was one of many unnecessary victims of austerity policy along with libraries, social services, a freeze on benefits and much else which benefitted the less well off.

Family justice minister's statement signals Liberal Democrat party's unease over impact of coalition austerity policies

Since the imposition of austerity policies on Portuguese society, I face a worse social situation in this small country, probably the poorest in Europe, every time I go back there.

And whilst Fianna Fail's vote had marginally recovered from their last general election collapse as a result of their own austerity policies and the catastrophic economic situation which saw the public pay the price for the bank bailouts, the population were clearly not returning in significant numbers, and on the contrary were turning against the right wing establishment parties.

Called the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA), the oversight board has suggested that the best way to deal with the crisis is through austerity policies that, more often than not, are hurting the very people already living in poverty.

They had elected their first MP, the government were implementing unpopular austerity policies and Labour were constrained in their opposition to cuts by a desire to establish their own economic credibility.

Chris Keates: «Once again we see the stark reality of the Government's economic austerity policy and deregulation which is impacting adversely on the provision of vital public services».

The UK chancellor was hot - off - the - mark to assure everyone that the Greek election result should not be interpreted as a rejection of austerity policies:

Popular dissatisfaction with austerity measures could compromise the effectiveness of austerity policies.

A long recession and growing disillusion with mainstream parties fed a bitter public mood that saw more than half of Italian voters back parties that rejected the austerity policies pursued by Prime Minister Mario Monti with the backing of Italy's European partners.

But monetarist politicians single - mindedly blamed the inflation on not following their austerity policies even more stringently and not cutting government spending by even more!

A recession triggered by low oil prices and austerity policies has brought private sector growth down near zero, and bank lending has been shrinking.

The austerity policy imposed in the EURO in recent years demonstrates this, and even the IMF now understands that it is not possible to solve a debt problem without economic growth.