Sentences with phrase «hit by austerity»

Health systems in many parts of Europe have been hit by austerity measures put in place after the 2007 financial crisis.

Ms Cooper's down - to - earth feminism defines her politics — she knows that those hardest hit by austerity are women — so her victory would be more than symbolic.»

Many Joiners hit by austerity hope a new Labour government would restore some or all of what they have lost out on.

Not exact matches

Countries experiencing the biggest reductions in expected growth include Brazil and India, whose economies have cooled this year; newly industrialized Asian economies, like Korea and Singapore, hit by a broader global slowdown; and Britain, struck by austerity budgeting.

Exports to China slipped by 7.6 per cent to $ 223 million as a combination of austerity measures imposed by the Chinese government to limit spending by government officials and organisations on luxury products, and a higher dollar, hit sales.

Women have been hit doubly hard by austerity, which is why I want to see a new Women's Employment Hub offering jobs and training opportunities.

It's perfectly possible to argue that if the Chancellor had hit his deficit elimination target by last year — as the coalition had promised — the extra austerity would have meant the Tories wouldn't now have a Commons majority.

«Official forecasts will show George Osborne's emergency Budget hitting growth and costing jobs in the short term, government sources said last night, but the austerity measures will also create a brighter climate for the economy by the end of the parliament.

If she wants to see this in action, she should get out into the communities that have been hit hardest by 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.

The top 10 % of earners pay the most under the government's austerity, the IFS said, though it admitted many of the measures hitting the richest were implemented or devised by the previous Labour government and were continued by the coalition.

«Families hit hard by the recession and the austerity measures are now facing an additional, unacceptable tax on their children's learning.

It does seem that the Treasury has been a little stung by suggestions that George Osborne's harsh austerity message has hit consumer and business confidence, like Nick Clegg yesterday who is trying to show a little «light at the end of the tunnel».