Sentences with phrase «form of austerity»

As Miliband was unable to dispel the public perception that the financial and deficit crisis that hit Britain in 2008 had been caused by Labour's overspending, he was forced to accept — albeit reluctantly — some form of austerity.

And over that more recent period (again in contrast to earlier episodes) there were no other forms of austerity imposed alongside fiscal squeeze, in the form of general wage caps, exchange controls or tight money policies.

Not exact matches

Those who suffer in this twisted new form of American austerity will feel the same desire.

However, what is clear from the IMF analysis is that without some form of debt relief, the reforms agreed this week, and even decades more of austerity, could prove meaningless, and costly for both creditors and the Greek economy.

Greece has been unable to form a coalition government since voters gave support to political parties that want to cancel or renegotiate the terms of a massive financial bailout by international lenders that requires harsh austerity measures.

And should we not form alliances with others who are willing to oppose austerity, the privatisation of CalMac ferries or the replacement of Trident even if they have a different view on the national question?

But when there are still millions of people in this country living in poverty, and when the age of austerity means we must focus on the real priorities can we honestly say it's right for people earning over # 50,000 a year to get state benefits in the form of tax credits?

All mainstream politicians today are signed up to one form or another of austerity.

Lucy Anderson from the National Policy Forum said Labour must seek to re-establish a form of local authority control over schools and Heather Wakefield from UNISON said that local government has been the biggest victim of the coalition's austerity binge and that, with privatisation, huge amounts of public funds were wasted when local government contracted out public services.

I did agree initially with the coalition with the tories purely because of the numbers but can not go along with the draconian austerity agenda and lack of any social reform since the coalition was formed.

This continuation of austerity may make it harder for the Liberal Democrats to form a pact with Labour in the event of another hung parliament.

Due to global recession and European austerity, the international cooperation and solidarity in the form of financial and material support to lighten the burden on a hosting state has significantly diminished.47 With this in mind, South Africa does not provide human and social security; it provides rather physical security.

In recent weeks, critics, mostly in the form of Nat Malkus, in his December 19th New York Times Op - Ed, his NPR Op - Ed; his U.S. News & World Report Op - Ed; and the voice of austerity in any related story, have decried the recent federal expansion of 529 accounts.

Those students will become the casualties of this latest form of education austerity.

In timeless spirit and simple form, Julia Haft - Candell's ceramic sculptures recall the mystical austerity of primeval petroglyphs, carved totems and cave paintings.

Two, occasionally three colours in geometric juxtapositions, they balance intensely beautiful hues with austerity of form.

What remains is the austerity of form and movement.

The use of this type of material impedes the design of intricate forms and demands austerity at the moment of creation.

To comment on the fastidious geometry of Stella's work is not to claim its total austerity; his works luxuriate in explorations of endless combinations of colors and forms, often on unconventionally shaped canvases.

In Rachel Kneebone's extraordinary sculptures, human and floral forms entwine and interbreed, the cool austerity of porcelain at odds with the frenzy displayed.

Yet the grinding logic of austerity — passing on the bankers» bills to the people in the form of public sector layoffs, school closures, and the like — had not yet been normalized.

We declare that «austerity» is a fossilized form of thinking that has become a threat to life on earth.