Sentences with phrase «in a time of austerity»

Professor Paul Collier, one of the leading experts in the field of world development, explains why it is important that the UK continues to provide aid to developing countries, even in a time of austerity.

The regressive nature of the Welfare cuts certainly go against the recent motion passed (as above) «Ensuring Fairness in a Time of Austerity»: particularly Item 9: «Ensure that any cuts to welfare benefits are progressive in nature: reducing benefits enjoyed by the most affluent before cutting benefits for the poorest and most vulnerable.»

YLAL Social Mobility Report: On 13 March, we launched our new social mobility report — «Social Mobility in a Time of Austerity».

Perhaps the Government didn't want to give the wrong impression in these times of austerity as the bunting budget clearly didn't stretch very far.

I don't think anyone ought to stand up anywhere in politics and say there is a group that are so wealthy that they should be given a free ride and should be excluded from having to carry the kind of burdens that other people have, particularly in a time of austerity like this.

History, and current pressures on the Pentagon to justify its budget in a time of austerity, suggest that the Pentagon is not really opposed to an attack on Iran, only very shrewdly letting someone else get the music started.

B.C. taxpayers can't afford these sorts of sweetheart deals in a time of austerity, especially when the Minister of the Environment admitted that the fees paid by Nestle and oil and gas companies likely wouldn't even pay the government's bill for administration related to the legal changes.

It's easy then, to see hospitality as an optional extra which is more trouble than it's worth, or something to scrimp on in times of austerity.

Especially in times of austerity, they want to demonstrate that as much as possible of the taxpayers» hard - earned cash goes directly on «programme» activity (such as health care, teaching, policing) and as little as possible on «administration costs.»

«This issue has now gone beyond Stephen Hester, this is about a prime minister who promised to rein in excess and says to the country in a time of austerity, when his economic policies have choked off growth, that we are all in it together - how hollow is his rhetoric in light of what we have just seen today.

Confusingly, in a motion entitled Generating Jobs and Growth in a time of Austerity — due to be debated on Monday (24th September) at the party's Brighton Conference — the Lib Dems appear to want to do both.

The speech fills a political vacuum and introduces a degree of gravitas to a government which has been tainted by the accusation of pursuing issues which don't matter in times of austerity, such as gay marriage and Lords Reform.

And Alexander today in a policy motion speech to conference certainly did his damnedest to defend the coalition, opposing an amendment to his «Generating Growth and Jobs in a Time of Austerity» motion to abandon the coalition's fiscal mandate.

The prime minister insisted the cost of Trident was not prohibitive in a time of austerity, saying it was less than 1.5 % of our annual benefits bill.

The Government want a time limited debate to ensure the issue does not drag on whilst opponents of the bill claim that democratising parliament is the wrong thing to do in a time of Austerity as it is a distraction from debating the economy or watching video's of Chloe Smith on Newsnight.

The cost saving to the UK is not a cost we can ignore in this time of austerity.

The term, coined by James Doran, refers to the rapid capitulation of a social democratic heavyweight in times of austerity, taking its name from Labour's Greek sister party, who collapsed from a party of government to scraping a few percent for signing up to New Democracy's austerity programme.

In these times of austerity of course we need to cut our cloth on all spending; however, the government's proposals for the design and construction of future schools are far too restrictive with too much focus on short - term savings.»

The need for contraction in public education is bound to continue, write James W. Guthrie and Elizabeth A. Ettema in «Public Schools and Money: Strategies for improving productivity in times of austerity.»

Carr also explained that local school districts aggressively engage in competitive grant programs because in a time of austerity, it's imperative they find other revenue streams to support the needs of their traditional public schools.

Good sustainble local schools with motivated teachers and pooled resources, is what my clever children need in this time of austerity.

[The American Heiress is] good, plain old pleasure reading that provides an escape to a world that is opulent and glorious, which is a welcome digression in times of austerity and economic flux.

On the other hand, armed with a large dollar cost that could be avoided in these times of austerity, the argument sounds sagely responsible.

Others, like Alexander Heller of Leila Heller Gallery, are advising collectors to stick to blue - chip works in these times of austerity.

It also shows that even in times of austerity, an annual holiday is still required and still very popular, with Jamaica being a top destination of choice.»

The Social Liberal Forum therefore calls on the Government to revive demand in the private economy by investing directly in skills training and small business development, as outlined by the recent Liberal Democrat conference motion Fairness in a time of Austerity.

The Criminal Bar Association and Young Legal Aid Lawyers are asking for pledges to raise funds so that every single Member of Parliament can be sent a copy of Stories of The Law and How It's Broken and a copy of the Young Legal Aid Lawyers report on Social Mobility in a Time of Austerity.

It would be fair to say that the Scottish economy is dependent upon the public sector to a greater extent than is the case for many regions south of the border and that brings its own challenges at all times but particularly in times of austerity.

Such a modestly - stated aspiration of the Attlee government seems the heights of heady idealism compared to our reduced commitment to access to justice in a time of austerity.

Local resident Marian Kamlish, 92, said: «In times of austerity, this vanity project is an insult to those in the NHS, in education, in the fire services and the police force, all suffering cuts while this rich man's railway sucks up our money.»

The public is also well aware that, in a time of austerity, maintaining a large and active armed forces costs money — and people always prefer to spend money on domestic priorities where a choice has to be made.

In these times of austerity, we're constantly told that there isn't enough money to pay hospital staff a decent wage or to build enough schools to educate our kids, but when it comes to laying hundreds of miles of new tarmac, money appears to be no object.

This is the biggest challenge ahead — especially because, in times of austerity, citizens tend to disengage from, turn against and blame politics.

In times of austerity, they would almost certainly argue, we need to do everything we can to ensure productive enterprise, and that includes giving businesses flexibility when it comes to making wage decisions.

In a time of austerity are the British people going to support that?

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that in these times of austerity where cut backs are affecting all members of public service there should be no difference in the world of lords and the institution for Ermin and knighthoods.

In a time of austerity, he said Labour's approach must be based on the desire for national «renewal and prosperity» not just an «ideological» predisposition towards reducing the size of the state.

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«In a time of austerity, when greens spaces are possibly under threat due to pressure on council funding, we have demonstrated that these areas are important to people's health.

In these times of austerity, we want to do science alone, no matter how much insignificant, so that we can win the race of «the survival of the fittest.»

In times of austerity, arts slips down the agenda.

In these times of austerity, to get the best value for money and the largest number of schools being redone, we are batching together schools in particular areas so we can get contractors who will agree to rebuild a whole series of schools.

«One of the great issues for us in a time of austerity is going to be cost control and delivering justice in an efficient way.

In times of austerity and with increases in court fees, negotiating is a «must do».

It seems counter-intuitive to think that in a time of austerity that publicly funded legal advice should be shrinking, but that is what appears to be happening.

This week Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL) will publish its third report on social mobility in the legal aid sector, «Young Legal Aid Lawyers: Social Mobility in a Time of Austerity».