Sentences with phrase «for public spending cuts»

Voters showed a preference for public spending cuts rather than tax rises.

By 36 - 24 %, voters still blame the last Labour government more than the present coalition government for the public spending cuts.

Where two years ago Cameron the «liberal Conservative» seemed to be Nick Clegg's kind of guy, they are now at odds over the need for public spending cuts.

Mr Davis also hinted that he was also planning to speak out on other issues in future, such as the need for public spending cuts.

Not exact matches

And while public dissatisfaction with the legislation has been focused on the notion that the Republican tax cuts are deeply skewed toward the wealthiest Americans and the corporations they run, Barkan, who has spent years galvanizing support for a more diverse and inclusive Federal Reserve, wants to remind Americans this legislation also includes cuts to their healthcare.

Publicly traded oil companies have lost billions in market value, and both public and private firms are moving aggressively to cut capital spending budgets for 2015 — laying off thousands of workers and shutting down hundreds of rigs.

As talk about the economy has largely focused on tax cuts, the U.S. budget deficit and the potential for trade tariffs, one of the biggest things investors and the general public seem to be missing is the increased spending soon to be pumped into the U.S. economy by the government.

And for that he would need a «fiscal problem» that he could fix with tough spending cuts and public service layoffs.

As Europe's banking crisis deepens, Greece's and Spain's fiscal crisis spreads throughout Europe and the US economy stalls, most discussions of how to stabilize national finances assume that only two options are available: «internal devaluation» — shrinking the economy by cutting public spending; or outright devaluation of the currency (for countries that have not yet joined the euro, such as Eastern Europe).

The Spanish government outlined an austere 2014 budget that includes further cuts in spending by its ministries and a salary freeze for public employees despite the country's emergence from recession.

The government, it said, remained on course for a # 10 billion surplus in 2019 - 20, but only by delaying capital investment, promising further cuts in spending on public services, and bringing forward a one - off boost to corporation tax receipts into 2019 - 20.

The peak industry group, which represents more than 60,000 businesses across manufacturing, engineering, telecommunications, mining, airlines and related sectors, will caution the Turnbull government against large cuts but call for careful spending reductions across aged care, health, the pension system and the public service to fund a company tax cut as a key priority.

A modelling exercise for the Resolution Foundation by the Institute for Employment Research and the Institute for Fiscal Studies finds that on the basis of annual average UK growth of 2.5 per cent from 2015 - 2020 — an optimistic scenario — and no further cuts in public spending, living standards will fall for low and middle income households by between 3 and 15 per cent (Brewer et al., 2012).

Despite our tough plans for cuts in public spending, we have stuck to the previous Government's commitments on capital investment, apart from some small savings made in May.

It's possible that the cuts will have taken such a toll on public services by then that we'll be hollering for more spending, but I see no sign of it just yet.

Of course, it is true that population growth of any kind puts pressure on infrastructure, but in reality falling investment in public services represents a political choice by the current Conservative government, which has opted to spend the tax revenues generated by immigrants and refugees on tax cuts for businesses and reducing the deficit rather than expanding healthcare and education provision.

Where the big society is seen by many as a cover for spending cuts, some of the provisions of the Localism Bill aim to make local authorities more accountable for the way public money is spent.

The latest Construction Trade Survey published today, shows that the cuts to public spending, announced by the government last autumn, have finally started to impact on construction activity, confirming the fears the industry has warned about for some time.

Both Clegg and Alexander will today outline detailed plans for # 16 billion of cuts to public spending and # 8 billion of tax increases if they form part of the next government.

I've just written a piece for Comment is free arguing that in, at least, four areas of public spending the Government has not cut out the fat:

Changes could be on the way for the traveling public both in the air and on the ground if the $ 85 billion worth of spending cuts take effect as planned.

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.

The coalition agreement has allowed the leadership to pursue its zeal for cutting public spending.

For a start, the next Labour leader will have only 13 days to agree a policy on spending cuts: the new shadow cabinet won't be announced until 7 October, while the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review, which will reveal the biggest cuts to public expenditure since the 1930s, is scheduled for 20 OctobFor a start, the next Labour leader will have only 13 days to agree a policy on spending cuts: the new shadow cabinet won't be announced until 7 October, while the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review, which will reveal the biggest cuts to public expenditure since the 1930s, is scheduled for 20 spending cuts: the new shadow cabinet won't be announced until 7 October, while the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review, which will reveal the biggest cuts to public expenditure since the 1930s, is scheduled for 20 Spending Review, which will reveal the biggest cuts to public expenditure since the 1930s, is scheduled for 20 Octobfor 20 October.

George Osborne's plans to cut public spending to reduce the deficit would be «devastating» for the UK, Business Secretary Vince Cable has claimed.

By contrast, Cameron is expected to use this week's reshuffle to placate the disaffected Tory Right who urge for increased tax and public spending cuts.

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.

Critics of the idea have claimed it is a cover for the coalition's spending cuts agenda, by transferring responsibility from the state to unprepared members of the public.

Following the 2008 financial crash, the need to find additional public resources to reduce or obviate the need for painful spending cuts and fund growing long - term demand for public services makes wealth an attractive potential tax base.

A prolonged period of austerity would be disastrous for many women, having already borne the brunt of the recession and the public spending cuts that followed.

Tax cuts, deep public spending cuts and rewards for those folk who work hard and save.

The public are remarkably accepting of the need for spending cuts.

All three main parties are committed to an agenda of cutting public spending and reject the case for increasing public investment.

[6] Correspondingly, classical liberals tended to favour cutting taxes for the poorest in order to increase opportunity, contrasting with social liberals, who would rather see higher spending on public services and the disadvantaged in order to reduce income inequality.

That cutting public spending will not help restore economic growth and is also socially regressive has been outlined by numerous authors elsewhere (for example here and here).

Spending cuts will continue for many more years to come David Cameron said today as he warned that public debt risks pushing Britain «over the brink».

We believe there is an alternative to these spending cuts but, if we have to, it's right and inevitable that we will stand up for the jobs and pensions of public servants, as well as the essential services they provide to the public.»

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In this climate of austerity and the need for public sector cuts, when so many are worried about the possibility that nurses, teachers and other such essential workers will be forced out of work as government tightens its belt, it is worth noting that # 2.8 billion of taxpayers» money was spent on consultancy fees in 2005 - 06 alone.

Among the party's other policies: a # 50bn a year cut in spending, a 31 per cent flat rate of income tax, the abolition of national insurance, a five - year freeze on new immigrants settling in Britain, a ban on wearing the burka in public - and in some private — buildings, and boot camps for young offenders.

The IFS says the fact that all three parties have ringfenced certain public services from cuts, notably the NHS, will pile the pressure for savings onto other areas of government spending.

Meanwhile, the BBC reported that a poll for Newsnight suggested more people believed David Cameron would make the right cuts in public spending than Brown.

«Perhaps the task ahead for our Government today is slightly greater, as Baroness Thatcher never managed to cut public spending.

[172] Other unions have also faced calls from members to reduce financial support for the Party [173] and seek more effective political representation for their views on privatisation, public spending cuts and the anti-trade union laws.

Remarks he had made at a private meeting of Conservative Way Forward - in which he suggested that the party could make greater public spending cuts than those to which it had publicly committed itself - were leaked to the media and his resignation as a party deputy chairman was not enough for Michael Howard.

The sheer magnitude of continued «unspecified» spending cuts forced by the two percent spending cap — $ 1.7 billion in fiscal year 2017, $ 3.3 billion in 2018, and $ 4.8 billion in 2019 — will inevitably starve our schools and public universities and prevent our state from making the investments needed to expand opportunities for those struggling to lift themselves out of poverty.

While Labour has reverted to «tax - and - spend» type, I pledge to cut taxation for the least well - off and spend precious public money more wisely

Not only will the effect of the coalition's public spending cuts have set in, but the party is preparing for losses at the local elections in May.

«There is,» he continues, «a powerful argument for the UK getting on with cutting public spending more aggressively, now, in order to avoid the risk of being forced into far harsher spending cuts later.»

Meanwhile, Ed Milliband has called for Labour to end its caution over tax, telling the Independent newspaper that the balance between public spending cuts and tax increases for the rich should be shifted in favour of public services.