[71][87] Support for Labour slumped during the recession, and the general election of 2010 resulted in a coalition government being formed by the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, which made
deep spending cuts in order to ease the budget deficit.
A Tory Chancellor will struggle to get majorities for
deep spending cuts in the new Commons.
With the government's strategy over the past few months apparently focused on undermining the Wildrose Alliance by stealing from its agenda, many had expected the Tories would further woo disaffected right - wing voters with
deep spending cuts in this year's budget, which was unveiled on Feb. 9.
Not exact matches
Royal Dutch / Shell and BP on Tuesday joined peers
in reporting higher than expected earnings by making further
deep cuts in spending to cope with an oil price downturn now
in its third year.
Even after the proposed
cut, agriculture would remain the largest
spending area, with
deeper cuts pencilled
in for infrastructure investment
in the bloc's poorest regions as well as research.
Markets have been increasingly volatile since Greek voters last weekend rejected political parties that imposed the
deep spending cuts required
in exchange for bailout money to keep the country from bankruptcy.
It is you who have lost your way
in a relationship that's offered more hurt than love,
in a job that leaves you depleted and
spent, or
in the guilt of not being good enough, pretty enough or smart enough for someone whose judgment
cuts deep.»
We support a balanced budget, but to do so will require
deep cuts in the mandatory
spending that account for two - thirds of federal
spending — not much smaller discretionary accounts like foreign assistance, which represents less than two - thirds of one percent of the budget.
Backing Ryan's past budget proposals, which included
deep cuts to Medicare
spending, have been tricky wickets for New York Republicans
in the past.
Big firms are able to afford expensive advisors, consultants and lawyers, while HMRC has few staff members with
deep knowledge of tax affairs and stands to lose employees and funding as
spending cuts bite
in the new year.
In those more recent fiscal squeezes, year - to - year cuts in public spending have been notably less deep than those imposed after both world wars or the «Geddes Axe» cuts initiated by the Conservative - Liberal coalition of the early 1920
In those more recent fiscal squeezes, year - to - year
cuts in public spending have been notably less deep than those imposed after both world wars or the «Geddes Axe» cuts initiated by the Conservative - Liberal coalition of the early 1920
in public
spending have been notably less
deep than those imposed after both world wars or the «Geddes Axe»
cuts initiated by the Conservative - Liberal coalition of the early 1920s.
Turner told me
in an interview Tuesday morning that while he voted for the latest version of the Paul Ryan budget — which includes
deep cuts to socials service
spending — he expects a compromise on revenue - generators might be needed.
They will be duty bound to push for their manifesto commitments and although the Liberal Democrats argue that they would help reign
in Labour profligacy, it is hard to imagine they would force a second election because public
spending cuts are not
deep enough.
For example, the fiscal squeeze that began with the «Geddes Axe» under the UK's last Liberal - Conservative coalition
in 1921 - 2 (and implemented
in the following three years under three different governments) was also based on
spending cuts alone, and went far
deeper even than the plans announced by George Osborne.
ALBANY, NY (03/02/2011)(readMedia)-- Sixteen New Yorkers were arrested today
in the first major act of civil disobedience since Governor Cuomo took office during a protest of his corporate - backed agenda of tax
cuts for millionaires and
deep spending cuts to healthcare, education and social services.
The WFP largely sat out the battle over the so - called millionaire's tax, which other lefties were pushing very hard to see reinstated
in full to offset the
deep health care and education
spending cuts Cuomo had proposed.
Politicians are falling over themselves to tell us how hard, how fast and how
deep they will
cut public
spending in order to rein -
in the spiralling Budget deficit.
The IFS said that the Conservative plans to get rid of «the bulk» of the deficit over the course of the next parliament will involve the biggest
spending cuts since the second world war, while Labour and Lib Dem plans will result
in deeper cuts that at any time since the 1970s.
Liam Fox has urged a
cut in NI, financed by
deeper spending cuts.
Cuomo has long warned that
deep cuts to federal health care
spending could rip huge holes
in the state's budget and devastate health care coverage for New Yorkers.
Democratic legislators, who opposed
deep cuts in social services and education
spending to close a $ 10 billion deficit, tried to alter the tax by introducing a «true» millionaires tax on the highest income earners.
But, the main problem is that the Democrats, who have a majority
in the state legislature, refuse to consider
deep spending cuts to improve the budget mess.
Fiscal autonomy - which is what the SNP called for - would mean that they would have to deliver over # 7 billion
deeper spending cuts or tax rises
in Scotland than under the Tory plans.
Late last month we found 79 %, little changed on the 77 % recorded
in June 2009, backing the protection of
spending on some services even if that means bigger rises
in taxation and / or
deeper cuts elsewhere.
It's a first salvo
in what's expected to be a protracted budget battle as Gov. Andrew Cuomo gears up to fulfill his pledge to make
deep spending cuts — most likely by goring the ox of some heretofore sacred cows, including the public employee unions and education aid.
Here's the full text of Cuomo's e-mail, which was forwarded by a reader (interestingly, it speaks
in very general terms about the budget and «realigning»
spending, but makes no mention of the
deep education and health care
cuts, which opponents say will lead to service reductions):
President Donald Trump's proposed budget that includes
deep cuts to domestic and discretionary
spending is likely to see a major rewrite
in Congress.
Trump's first budget for the federal government is a blueprint that would make
deep cuts in the Environmental Protection Agency and other domestic programs while significantly increasing
spending on the military.
Republican leaders
in the U.S. House of Representatives are ready to break a hard - fought budget deal with Democrats as they try to quell a revolt by conservatives who are insisting on
deeper spending cuts ahead of the November elections.
ELIZABETHTOWN — President Trump's budget blueprint calls for
deep cuts in domestic programming
in favor of steep increases
in defense
spending.
The state is grappling with a $ 4.4 billion shortfall, which has led to Cuomo proposing $ 1 billion
in new taxes and fees to shore up revenue and avoid
deep cuts or flat growth
in education
spending.
«Whilst Gordon Brown's NHS
cuts bite
deep in local maternity services and A&E s, millions of pounds are being
spent on bankrolling Tony Blair's vast entourage of staff and spin doctors,» said shadow constitutional affairs secretary Oliver Heald.
Malloy has proposed
deep cuts in state
spending for many cities and towns as well as state agencies, saying those reductions would have to take effect if the budget impasse continues through October.
This, The Sunday Times tells us, «is higher than the 49.7 % peak reached when Denis Healey had to turn to the IMF for help
in 1976, and underlines the scale of the crisis
in the public finances and the even
deeper cuts in spending that will be needed after the election.»
Amid noisy scenes
in the Commons he declared: «We've seen people cheering the
deepest cuts to public
spending in living memory.
Ed Miliband is warning Britons to be braced for the pain of
deep spending cuts — and accuses Coalition ministers of being callous
in how they wield the axe.
Is the budget plan, which seeks
deep cuts in federal
spending over the next several years, that was approved by the Republican House so overwhelming to Americans they would oppose candidates who support it?
It included
cuts to domestic
spending, but the
cuts were not as
deep as those that had been proposed
in the original compromise.
The government is already relaxing a little the
deep cuts inherited from the Labour government
in capital
spending.
However,
in the wake of his defeat
in the referendum on the voting system, the Lib Dem leader is anxious to avoid seeming obsessed with constitutional matters at a time of
deep spending cuts.
With no state budget and Albany leaders passing emergency
spending bills that keep the state government running, the mayor has
cut school budgets for next year on the assumption that the
deepest cuts to education being contemplated
in Albany will come to pass.
Lib Dem voters broadly agree with Labour voters
in rejecting
deeper spending cuts, but are even keener than the Tories
in opposing tax
cuts that add top borrowing.
Hundreds protested Cuomo's
cuts, some were arrested, an intensity of unrest unseen
in Albany since Republican Gov. George Pataki made
deep budget
cuts in hard times
in the 1990s, after a campaign that called for an end to tax - and -
spend Mario Cuomo.
Democrats need 17 seats to regain control of the House this November and entered the race this spring with email blasts painting both GOP candidates as enemies of the middle class, women and senior citizens, hinging them to the Ryan Budget, a blueprint would seek to erase the deficit with
deep cuts in domestic
spending.
Michael Gove's education department will make
deep cuts to # 13.9 bn of centrally - funded programmes
in next week's
spending review to help pay for top - up payments for poorer pupils.
The shadow chancellor, Ed Balls claimed
in the Guardian that the Conservatives were planning much
deeper spending cuts than needed by the deficit.
Trump wants to
cut about $ 1.7 trillion
in federal
spending over 10 years through
deep spending cuts to entitlement programs, according to a budget preview provided by the White House.
The proposed $ 152.3 billion
spending plan includes
deep investments
in infrastructure, a middle class tax
cut and free tuition at all state schools.
Alan Johnson, the shadow chancellor, attacked «the
deepest cuts to public
spending in living memory», which he warned could end up «stifling» the economic recovery.
As new chancellor he is preparing to make
deep spending cuts and tax hikes
in next month's emergency Budget.