Sentences with phrase «budget spending review»

Labour should be absolutely clear with the public that it will stick to the coalition's spending plans and hold a zero - budget spending review.

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These concessions are popular with families but Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page is calling for a review of the government's use of such «tax expenditures» on the grounds they don't receive as much review by Parliament as program spending, among other reasons.

The program review» process was transpafrent and accountable, unlike the spending reviews undertaken by the Conservative government since 2010, and for whichthe government has refused to provide the information to the Parliamentary Budget Officer.

Fixing the date of the budget is necessary, but far from sufficient to give Parliament the capacity to review government spending and hold the government to account.

What can the government do to improve the transparency and accountability of the budget process; the effectiveness of Parliament in reviewing the budget and government spending; and, the understanding of Canadians, as to what the government is actually doing in its budget and financial planning?

Budget Omnibus Bills should be restricted to proposed tax changes only and all proposed spending initiatives should be presented either through the Main Estimates or through separate legislation, submitted to the applicable Parliamentary Committee for review.

The commitment in Budget 2011 to undertake a Strategic Operating Review to find $ 4 billion in annual savings followed the Budget 2010 initiatives which restrained growth in national defence spending, capped funding of the International Assistance Envelope, forced departments to absorb the increase in annual federal employees» wages for 2011 - 12, and froze their operating budgets for 2011 - 12 and 2012 - 13 at their 2010 - 11 levels.

Unfortunately, Tuesday's Update wasn't simply an Update; it was really a mini - budget including new tax and spending initiatives along with a tedious review of accomplishments since taking office.

The Compensation Committee periodically reviews amounts budgeted and spent for the CEO security program.

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Sure Start Children's Centres» budget was protected in cash terms in the Government's Spending Review, but the ring - fencing of the money was removed.

When seeking the appropriate crib mattress, you should always do comparisons and check reviews in an attempt to discover the mattress which fits your needs and spending budget.

We have had a budget for the future; our spending review is aimed squarely at the future too.

And the reason is simple — the 2010 Budget and Spending Review, which were supposed to make things better, have in fact made things much worse - choking off the recovery, crushing living standards and flatlining the economy.

The defence cuts follow an eight per cent overall reduction in the MoD's budget in the comprehensive spending review.

First came the emergency Budget, then the comprehensive spending review.

The DfT said today that the calculations in the memo referred to the department's «long - term funding guideline» and not to actual budgets, which will be set in the next comprehensive spending review.

Today marks the first anniversary of the comprehensive spending review, which protected DfID's departmental budget from the cuts seen across the rest of Whitehall.

With no new money committed to capital spending over that announced in March's Budget, however, the Social Liberal Forum is concerned that further cuts to current spending in the Chancellor's Spending Review are unlikely to repair public finances in the absence of robust economic rspending over that announced in March's Budget, however, the Social Liberal Forum is concerned that further cuts to current spending in the Chancellor's Spending Review are unlikely to repair public finances in the absence of robust economic rspending in the Chancellor's Spending Review are unlikely to repair public finances in the absence of robust economic rSpending Review are unlikely to repair public finances in the absence of robust economic recovery.

A new report «Spending in the Shadows» by Citizens Union found «$ 2.4 billion in opaque funds in 80 «lump sum» pots in the state budget» which allow spending decisions to be made without an appropriate level of transparency, scrutiny and review after the budget hasSpending in the Shadows» by Citizens Union found «$ 2.4 billion in opaque funds in 80 «lump sum» pots in the state budget» which allow spending decisions to be made without an appropriate level of transparency, scrutiny and review after the budget hasspending decisions to be made without an appropriate level of transparency, scrutiny and review after the budget has passed.

Speaking of yawn, there's a lot of economic to and fro detailed here over a series of budgets, autumn statements and spending reviews that may be of interest to anoraks and historians but not the common reader.

The defence secretary, Phillip Hammond, made efforts before the last spending review to blend some of his budget with that of overseas aid, but was repulsed by the very tight international definitions of overseas aid set by agencies such as the OECD.

In its 24th annual New York State budget briefing, the Fiscal Policy Institute reviews the major spending and tax reduction proposals contained in Governor Andrew Cuomo's 2014 - 15 Executive Bbudget briefing, the Fiscal Policy Institute reviews the major spending and tax reduction proposals contained in Governor Andrew Cuomo's 2014 - 15 Executive BudgetBudget.

Mr Morgan argued that the cuts package unveiled in the emergency Budget in June, far from drastically trimming the state, will only bring public spending back down to 2009 levels, while the spending review was described as «modest».

«Through the Budget and the Spending Review we've taken some really tough decisions to rescue our public finances and fundamentally change the direction of our economy.

«The budget includes the flexibility to react to needs that emerge during the fiscal year, and every dollar of spending must meet the statutory and program requirements established within appropriation language and be subject to a rigorous agency review process,» said Morris Peters, a spokesman for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget office.

The Labour party introduced the comprehensive spending review system in 1998 after a year in office, and quite rightly sought to move away from a hand - to - mouth or «short - termism» budgeting culture.

George Osborne is expected to unveil sweeping cuts in the comprehensive spending review out on October 20th which will quickly reduce government budgets for 2011/12.

in 2018 - 19 and # 884million in 2019 - 20, on top of the core school budget set in the last spending review.

The council will spend the next three weeks reviewing spending for each city department before submitting its budget.

I am looking forward to reviewing the results so we have a clear understanding of how the library has been spending its budget and what improvements can be made.

A year on from the emergency budget and spending review it is becoming abundantly clear that public opinion has slowly shifted, both in Britain and Europe towards an opposition to austerity and an alternative vision for society.

NIFA approved County Executive Edward Mangano's 2016 budget in December after the administration agreed to submit to quarterly reviews to determine if revenue and spending goals are meeting targets.

Skelos noted — correctly — that the budget is far from done because the revenue bill that will fund the spending plan has only passed one house, adding: «I can not, in good conscience, review what has happened in this session yet because, as far as I'm concerned, and I believe the Republican side of the aisle, the session's not over.»

I look forward to reviewing the budget and adopting a spending plan that best serves the residents.»

The Legislature passed an amendment to HCRA that granted the leaders of each house the ability to spend up to $ 8.5 million on discretionary grants, none of which had to be disclosed or explained or go through a review process in the state's budget.

Of course, we won't really know what the full implications for the Scottish Budget are until the spending review is announced, but you do not need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing.

With ministers in open revolt about June's Spending Review, next week's Budget is the least of the government's worries - it should be most afraid of the coming summer

Culture secretary Maria Miller paved the way for spending cuts to the arts budget as her department braces for more belt - tightening in this summer's 2015/16 spending review.

Just a few short months have passed since the chancellor presented the comprehensive spending review to parliament, slashing government departments» budgets by an average of 19 %.

Mr Osborne has little more than a fortnight to complete the comprehensive spending review, which will implement departmental budget cuts of at least a quarter in a bid to tackle Britain's deficit.

Not many Lib Dems went into politics to slash the size of the state, yet that's exactly what the coalition government will do on October 20th when it unleashes details of a comprehensive spending review set to cut most government departments» budgets by at least 25 %.

But as the larger charities with significant ad spend review their marketing priorities our sense is that some are already starting to evaluate whether they get value from their ad budget and are considering where a targeted PR strategy would be suitable in delivering results at a fraction of the cost, while complementing remaining ad spend.

The emergency Budget and the autumn spending review will be far more important milestones.

All parties must produce a new timeframe with clear actions and milestones for achieving the eradication of child poverty and these need to be monitored by the OBR and at each Budget and Spending Review.

After months of review, city leaders are trying to get some control of the spending allotted in the 2010 budget.

A BBC source tells me the corporation recognised they had to contribute to the Spending Review process, and bringing the World Service within the overall BBC budget was a logical move given the fact that BBC and World Service journalists will soon share the same building.

If you look at the numbers in the emergency budget, which are due to be fleshed out in the Comprehensive Spending Review tomorrow, there is just no way that the Government's spending cuts will balance the books on thSpending Review tomorrow, there is just no way that the Government's spending cuts will balance the books on thspending cuts will balance the books on their own.

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Transport minister Norman Baker has accepted that family budgets are being «squeezed» and the situation is «not ideal» but was keen to highlight that David Cameron had diverted from the 2010 Spending Review; reducing the planned, recommended rise from three per cent above inflation - incidentally the amount Labour had abided by - to one per cent above inflation until 2014.