Sentences with phrase «doing cutting public spending»

Seemingly without irony, Clegg told the conference floor: «To those who ask, incredulously, what we — the Liberal Democrats — are doing cutting public spending, I simply say this: Who suffers most when governments go bust?

Not exact matches

We see tax cuts and public spending driving faster growth, but that could hasten the economic expansion's expiration date if it does not come with productivity gains.

'' «I think we have made the biggest cuts in public spending that any democratically elected government has tried to do in modern times,» said Mr Clarke.

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.

It does sadden me that, excited as he is, under a Conservative government there will be extensive cuts to public spending of the Arts.

Although the Lib Dems were braver than their new Conservative allies in specifying cuts in their manifesto they did not get anywhere near the quarter of public spending about to be slashed.

But on the Tory commitment to cut public spending immediately, he said: «You've got to ask yourself, would either of the other parties be prepared to do that?»

If this is true (and it hasn't been denied), it does reveal that New Labour were also planning to tackle the deficit overwhelmingly through public spending cuts, albeit slightly less so than the Tories.

«If we do not implement these changes it will be impossible to rally people behind public sector spending cuts and any serious attempt to cut the deficit will fail.»

Bloomberg will likely issue a plea for lawmakers to restore some of NYC's $ 300 million in aid to localities Gov. Andrew Cuomo axed in his 2011 - 2012 spending plan and also ask for the repeal of «last in, first out» rule when it comes to laying off public school teachers, which he says the governor's cuts will force him to do if they're allowed to stand.

Impact assessments may not make for great sound bites or lurid tabloid headlines, but they do result in better policy, and at a time of severe cuts, there is a pressing need to ensure all public spending is as effective as possible.

Nearly half of voters thought a Labour government would be cutting public spending by less than the coalition is currently doing.

And when we're done with these cuts, spending on public services will actually still be at the same level as it was in 2006.

The backlash from the student fees debacle will still do him harm, as will the impact of local spending cuts and public sector job losses.

The mayor has so far been muted in his criticism of the governor and his budget, declining to attack him in public, although he did issue a statement calling the zeroing out of NYC's revenue - sharing aid on top of the education spending cuts «unfair.»

Asked whether he was prepared to go into the next election with the Conservative party proposing public spending cuts while the government pledged to increase spending, Cameron replied: «I don't care what the government does any more.

Turning to the economy, he says: «I don't think anyone in this room came into politics with their number one aim to cut public spending.»

I believe the right thing to do is, as Labour proposed in the election, to give inflation and then have a more balanced approach to public spending so that we don't have huge cuts for councils, police and schools.

Cuts to bits of public spending we don't like?

What the government has promised to do is cut the nation's structural deficit - the public sector spending deficit that exists even when the economy is operating at its full potential.

Conservatives don't always agree about raising new wealth and property taxes, but tend to do so about cutting the rate at which public spending is rising further.

Did Brown characterise the public spending battle lines as Labour investment versus Tory cuts?

Criticising the government's decision to tackle the deficit through cutting back on public spending, Mr Barber's alternative Plan B would tax higher earners more rather than targeting «the poorest and most vulnerable,» which, he argues, is what the current public sector cuts are doing.

First, the measures have been announced but not yet implemented; second, we do not yet know which specific public services will feel the pain of spending cuts; third, we don't yet know whether the economy will keep growing or slip back into recession.

A Texas judge last week cut off state fund ing for the public schools and threatened to halt local spending as early as next Monday legislators do not produce an acceptable solution to the state's intractable education - finance dilemma.