If shown to be accurate, it would lend considerable credence to Labour arguments that the Tories are
cutting public spending too quickly and deeply.
On 13 March, the Liberal Democrats said they would not support any plan to
cut public spending too early in the next Parliament.
Not exact matches
Here, the
public essentially said the following: (a) the
cuts were necessary; (b) the
cuts were good for the economy; (c) the
cuts were being done unfairly (with many agreeing they were being done
too quickly); (d) Labour's high -
spending was largely to blame; and (e) they would sooner have David Cameron and George Osborne in charge than their Labour equivalents.
He admitted «
cuts» would be needed to halve the
public deficit in four years but argued that the economic outlook was
too uncertain to carry out a government - wide
spending review.
There, well before the fiscal crisis struck home, the leadership argued for
cutting public spending on the basis that it was
too high.
Ex-chancellor wades into row over
cuts to disability benefits, saying
too many areas of
public spending have been ringfenced
The former chancellor said that the government had protected
too many areas of
public spending after the new work and pensions secretary, Stephen Crabb, appeared to indicate that ministers would rule out
cuts to the welfare budget for the rest of the parliament.
WASHINGTON — With
public schools
cutting back on
spending for physical education, some members of Congress want to intervene, worried that the nation's schools are churning out
too many fat kids.