Sentences with phrase «further budget reductions»

Commission chairman, Professor Graham Zellick, says changes to the investigatory body's systems had helped speed up the case closing process and had reduced waiting times — but he warns that the prospect of further budget reductions means the successes of the current year are unlikely to be carried over into subsequent years.

Not exact matches

The Senate budget resolution calls for significant deficit reduction that would put debt as a share of GDP on a downward path, but the most likely part of the budget to be acted on would widen deficits even further.

The remaining $ 41 billion is in future budget outlays, unless congress or the president tinker with the reduction further.

Even if all of the spending and tax - reduction measures announced in the 2015 budget were cancelled — and no opposition party has yet gone so far as to promise that — that still would not be enough revenue to prevent a return to deficit.

The Government's business rate changes in last November's budget were appreciated, but in the current environment, SMEs would welcome more incentives to address skills shortages or further tax reductions.»

The bailout extension deal does away with further «reductions in salaries and pensions, with measures that lead to recession and with exaggerated (primary budget) surplus (targets),» the prime minister said.

It said it would conduct a further formal review of the rating in 2013 incorporating next spring's Budget, effectively giving Osborne six months to restore confidence in the UK economy's deficit reduction drive.

Further, Miner has made it clear that even with this temporary reduction in pension payments, the city still can not balance its budget and faces cuts that would compromise the gains made in the last decade.

House Republicans are seeking to cut the U.S. Education Department's budget by $ 2.4 billion, or 3.5 percent — a substantial reduction, though far smaller than the $ 9.2 billion in cuts that Trump proposed.

In advance of the Chancellor's Autumn Statement, Conservatives have repeatedly expressed their desire to pursue further deficit reduction measures spanning this Parliament and the next through further drastic cuts to the welfare budget.

«Your budget examination unit will contact you with revised targets, and with further details on the process for submitting your proposed reductions.»

That this House expresses deep concern at the impact of the UK Government's policies on Wales; notes the UK Government's real - terms reduction of the Welsh Budget by # 1.5 bn; notes that Wales currently suffers from the lowest average rates of pay in Britain and has the highest proportion of individuals affected by cuts to social security including the Bedroom Tax; further notes that Wales suffers the highest energy bills in the UK and that these, along with low pay, have compounded the cost of living crisis in Wales; and calls on the Government to immediately scrap the Bedroom Tax, freeze energy bills and undertake measures to increase pay rates in Wales.

«Nick Clegg signalled a fresh battle over budget cuts with George Osborne on Sunday after warning that it would be «wholly unrealistic» for the coalition to pursue further reductions in welfare spending without increasing taxes on Britain's richest 10 %.»

The statewide teachers union has tallied projected reductions from 232 districts that have crafted their budgets so far and determined they collectively plan to eliminate 13,560 positions — mostly through layoffs.

«Potential reductions to UConn and UConn Health included in the budget proposals released so far range from significant to drastic,» said Stephanie Reitz, a UConn spokeswoman.

George Osborne's declaration that he would make a further # 25bn of spending reductions in the next parliament, half of the cuts to come from non-pensioner elements of the welfare budget, was gratefully seized on by Mr Clegg as another opportunity to put distance between his party and the Tories.

Assessing options and scenarios to proactively address potential significant additional budget reductions in 2011, including one of several options listed in the current Erie County Four Year Financial Plan to balance projected funding gaps that would reduce the Library's 2011 allocation by a further 10 % ($ 2.2 million); and

Gov. David Paterson criticized the lawmakers» $ 2.7 billion deficit reduction plan and said it does not go far enough to fill the approximate $ 3.2 billion budget gap the state faces, but Senate President Malcolm Smith (D - St.

«The combination of new revenue and further reductions to the expense budget provides $ 35.8 million of actions to offset the possible risks that have been identified by NIFA,» Mangano wrote.

Further spending reductions are called for but unlikely; the Legislature and Paterson had enough trouble «cutting» the budget down to a small increase over last year.

This budget, according to Day, is required to set a course to reaching that goal of deficit elimination and debt reduction without further pain to Rockland's taxpayers.

Ignoring the detailed deficit reduction plan Labour set out in the March budget, the coalition has decided to pay down the deficit far faster — demanding # 22bn of extra cuts by 2012 - 13.

Science and technology programs across these bills — which cover the Departments of Energy, Defense, and Veterans Affairs — fare far better than they would have under the White House budget request, but many programs are still lined up for some reduction, even after several floor amendments added some science and technology funding to different corners of the bill.

The majority of the savings from the automatic spending reductions would stem from further cuts in discretionary spending (beyond those embodied in the new law's caps on discretionary budget authority).

The administration's FY2018 budget went further, targeting reductions in federal education spending totaling $ 9 billion, which would have amounted to a 13 percent cut in the DOE's $ 68 billion annual budget.

If Oregon voters approve the new tax, it is expected to generate $ 387 million over the next two years for the state's financially strapped public schools, which are looking at an 8.4 percent budget cut this fall and further reductions in the future.

Other key findings include: - Squeezed budgets mean many schools have been forced to shed staff, with further reductions to staff spending expected over the next two years - Teacher shortages seem to be getting worse - Schools that opt for academy status are not embracing the freedoms it brings in terms of curriculum, and teachers» pay and conditions - Secondary governors are using 11 - 16 funding to subsidise their sixth forms, as cuts in post-16 budgets bite

A recent report by the Communities and Local Government Select Committee on Public Parks cited that 92 per cent of local authority parks have experienced budget reductions in the past three years and 95 per cent of parks managers expect further reductions in the next three years.

But inspection is far from cheap: since 2004 Ofsted has had to reduce its overheads from an operating budget of # 266m in 2004 - 5 to a mere # 143m by 2014 - 5 — an overall reduction of 46 % within a decade.

Further we are now beginning the long needed reform to our antiquated approach to dealing with critical budget reductions.

As if those budgets weren't already spare enough, libraries are constantly under threat of further cuts, manpower and salary reductions, and outright closure.

So far in this series our discussion on spending has revolved around the elimination of unnecessary spending and the reduction of needed spending by budgeting and other methods (e.g. lowering your electric bill by switching providers).

Calgary - based Wilson says her EI maternity and paternity leave benefits, which max out at $ 547 per week before taxes, are already going to be a drop from her regular paycheque, so the further reduction to take 18 months may not work for her family's budget.

This is so because identifying a percentage reduction by a date in the future would not prevent a nation from far exceeding its budget allocation before the target date even if the percent reduction committed to is achieved by the target date.

Any given emissions budget can be distributed in a way that favors near - term or far - term reductions («front - loading» into the first decades, or «back - loading» to later decades).

Annual savings of nearly # 260m are being demanded, in addition to any further cuts that are imposed a result of ongoing reductions in the MoJ's budget.

(i) BMO reducing its roster of firms from about 800 to 200 with further reductions planned; (ii) the clients of seven sister firms hiring me to help them get control over their legal spend and forge stronger and more value based relationships with their firms; (iii) the many small and mid-sized businesses who hire accountants to do all of their tax and structuring work because it is cheaper than dealing with lawyers; (iv) firms hiring me to help them figure out how to budget, set and meet client expectations without losing money; (v) «clients» who never become clients at all as they do their own legal work based on precedents that friends share with them; (vi) the various forms of outsourcing that are now prevalent (from offices in India to Tory's office in Halifax); (vii) clients hiring me to figure out how to increase internal capacity without increasing headcount in order to reduce external spend; (viii) the success of firms like Conduit, SkyLaw and Cognition (to name a few) who are taking new approaches to «big» and «medium law» work; (ix) the introduction of full time project managers in many firms; and (x) the number of lawyers throughout the profession who regularly don't docket chunks of their time in order to avoid unpleasant fee conversations with their clients.