The country's austerity drive is now set to continue well beyond the next general election, and later this year the coalition is expected to unveil
further public spending cuts.
Not exact matches
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.
In recognizing the catalysts behind the
public's persistence to save and reluctance to
spend, additional analysis by policymakers should focus on the efficacy of
further rate
cuts on
spending and investment, as well as potential «roundabout» benefits of a more normal rates regime to affirm support toward the
public's saving objectives, with the end goal of boosting
public's risk sentiment and perceptions of future economic stability.
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.
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).
Howe argued that only
further aggressive
cuts in
public spending could revive the economy.
«I think we should also have been looking
far more at progressive taxation rather than the kinds of
cuts we're talking about here to
public spending.
With no new money committed to capital
spending over that announced in March's Budget, however, the Social Liberal Forum is concerned that further cuts to current spending in the Chancellor's Spending Review are unlikely to repair public finances in the absence of robust economic r
spending over that announced in March's Budget, however, the Social Liberal Forum is concerned that
further cuts to current
spending in the Chancellor's Spending Review are unlikely to repair public finances in the absence of robust economic r
spending in the Chancellor's
Spending Review are unlikely to repair public finances in the absence of robust economic r
Spending Review are unlikely to repair
public finances in the absence of robust economic recovery.
Mr Morgan argued that the
cuts package unveiled in the emergency Budget in June,
far from drastically trimming the state, will only bring
public spending back down to 2009 levels, while the
spending review was described as «modest».
Still, it's hoped, stripping more power from central government will enable improvements in
public services which
far outstrip the downsides of
cutting departmental
spending.
«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.»
It was a vision
far removed from the massive
cuts Osborne once proposed for after the election, all of which were due to take place without any tax rises to offset the impact on
public spending.
The
public spending cuts will wound a sector bolstered by injections of funding under Labour from the mid-90s when money was redirected away from universities to early years learning and
further education.
Dems will be working hard to prevent Mitt Romney from achieving separation from the House GOP, arguing that the Dem emphasis on a mix of tax hikes and
spending cuts, along with more
public investment to keep the recovery going, is
far more balanced than the Romney / House Tea Party emphasis on gutting government at all costs.
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Even if - and it is
far from likely - Orbán obtains permission for such a deficit increase, economic realities will leave his government with no option other than to renege on their manifesto commitment not to implement savage
public spending cuts.
Far from endorsing the tax cap, most speakers at the sparsely attended
public hearing urged the board to forgo proposed budget
cuts or, in certain cases, even increase
spending.
But to
cut total
public spending further would suck demand out of the economy and harm growth.
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.»
The prime minister made no mention of chancellor George Osborne's pledge on Monday to freeze working age benefits for two years, but said the plan to eradicate the deficit by 2017 - 18 through a
further # 25bn of
public spending cuts was doable, adding it represents only 3 % of government annual
spend.
Mr Osborne used an interview with the BBC to confirm that
further reductions in benefits would form part of his package of severe
cuts to
public spending to be unveiled on 20 October.
Contending with sharp internal splits about how
far to go in
cutting spending and a reluctance to show their hand, Senate Democrats have not made
public any specifics on their ideas for
cuts, frustrating Republicans who see themselves as making hard, substantive proposals with no corresponding effort in the Senate.
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.