Sentences with phrase «increased public spending»

Some senior MPs, however, insist the party can manage a balancing act between promises of increased public spending and appealing to wavering Tory voters.

«The Labour government increased public spending significantly as a share of GDP in the mid-2000s, arguing this would be paid for by an increase in tax receipts that then did not fully materialise.»

It appears that the struggle to move politicians away from the formulation that «Increased public spending = All that is Good and Virtuous» still has some way to go

Mr Powell, who was chief - of - staff to Tony Blair, throughout his 10 years in Downing Street, explains that in the final year of the Blair government they tried to conduct a Fundamental Savings Review (FSR), to cut out some of the extra waste which he says had «inevitably built up in the years of increased public spending».

Maggie's victory was important because it signalled the end of the cosy post-war political consensus between Labour and Tories in which the state and increased public spending was the solution to every issue.

Proponents of increased public spending refer repeatedly to our «starved public sector,» and they look to the potential peace dividend as an opportunity to return to liberal social programs fallen on lean days because of budget restrictions and the conservative social philosophy of the Reagan and Bush administrations.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, elected late last year on promises to revive the world's third - largest economy, has implemented a policy mix of increased public spending and aggressive monetary easing.

Cynical view: The military represents a large chunk of the US economy; spending more on it is an ideological palatable way for a Republican president to (essentially) increase public spending.

In other words, some potential Labour voters hope you will greatly increase public spending, and others fear that you will.

The Spending Review of 2000 began the trend of substantially increasing public spending.

Have things reached the perverse situation where in order to get elected Labour have to cut public spending for their first term although they want to increase it and the Conservatives have to increase public spending in order to get elected, usually when people vote for a different party it is because they expect something to be different from the way it was, such plans leave it wide open for the Liberal Democrats to come out and propose a series of economy measures and be the one of the 3 parties proposing the lowest levels of public spending and tax cuts targeted at the poor.

The Northern Irish parties are also keen on increasing public spending in Northern Ireland.

The Congressional Budget Office said in a report last year that cutting off Planned Parenthood from federal money would increase public spending by an estimated $ 130 million over 10 years.

The Congressional Budget Office said in a new report on Thursday that cutting off the women's health organization from federal money would actually increase public spending by an estimated $ 130 million over 10 years.

Not exact matches

He hires a bunch of economists and finance gurus to run the numbers on prospective deals while he spends more time talking because he receives a higher return for public appearances (and continues to increase the value of his «brand»).

As economic satisfaction increases, «consumers are more comfortable spending and confident they can manage any new debt,» said Rod Griffin, Experian's director of public education.

The acquisition comes a year after MuleSoft went public and spent the year increasing sales while trying to manage its growing losses.

Tang said the wealth gap was actually widening at a slower pace compared with a rise of 0.004 between 2006 and 2011, thanks to the government's increased efforts to help the impoverished, including an increase of over 40 per cent in welfare spending on public housing and medical benefits for the poor.

Sports events, they argue, increase local government spending on public safety and traffic control.

Instead, the Province will continue a careful review of spending to determine which programs should be enhanced or reduced, while transforming public services to increase efficiencies and improve outcomes.

As talk about the economy has largely focused on tax cuts, the U.S. budget deficit and the potential for trade tariffs, one of the biggest things investors and the general public seem to be missing is the increased spending soon to be pumped into the U.S. economy by the government.

This is because the province has accumulated a large public debt that given the prospects for an economic slowdown and / or rising interest rates will potentially increase fiscal pressure via debt service costs which in 2016 - 17 totaled $ 11.7 billion or just over 8 percent of total government spending.

Retail spending remains subdued following the large increase last year, and commercial construction is weak outside of the boost from public - sector infrastructure spending.

Monetarists recognized that in order to reduce taxes (without increasing the public debt), it was necessary to cut back public spending proportionally.

Under the Canada Economic Action Plan the deficit will be eliminated by 2015 - 16; although total net public debt will have increased by $ 150 billion, the debt ratio will have declined to 33.0 per cent in 2015 - 16 and reach the government's target of 25 percent by 2019 - 20; program spending will fall to below 13 percent of GDP and will continue to fall thereafter; public sector jobs have been eliminated; and income and corporate taxes have been cut.

Though the German government is notionally committed to the alliance's 2 - percent defense - spending target, it only spent 1.2 percent of its GDP on defense last year — an amount her coalition partners, the Social Democrats, and more than half the German public oppose increasing.

Public Works and Government Services Canada has increased its spending on external «Other» professional services by 212 percent since 2006/07, equivalent to 18 percent compound annual growth — a total increase of $ 332 million per year.

Public Works and Government Services Canada has increased its spending on external «Business Services» by 150 percent since 2006/07, equivalent to 14 percent compound annual growth — a total increase of $ 188 million per year.

«If he doesn't push the U.S. economy into recession by slashing public spending, Canada's exports might end up as collateral damage in his push to increase protectionism.»

Why would you assume that public spending should increase only at the rate of population growth?

Thereâ $ ™ s a widely held myth now accepted by many peopleâ $» that public spending in Canada has increased steeply and is growing at unaffordable and unsustainable rates.

While public spending increases were important in sustaining activity last year, stronger private spending, particularly personal consumption, has contributed the bulk of the increase in demand in recent months.

Meanwhile, spending on research and development in the private sector has been increasing at a clip of 4.9 % a year since 2007, up from 4.1 % the decade prior, while public and private R&D as a share of GDP recently hit an all - time high.

They affect government spending through increased outlays for public pensions, health, and care for the aged.

OTTAWA — A five - year $ 50 - billion public infrastructure spending initiative would generate a return on investment to Canadians over the long term as high as $ 3.83 per dollar spent, trigger significant private sector investment and stimulate wage increases, according to a new study by an independent economic modelling firm.

On the investment front a positive development has been an increase in spending on public infrastructure, particularly transport.

The first budget of Premier Rachel Notley «s NDP government includes a 15 percent increase in capital spending over the next five years, with a goal to create jobs and tackle the province's aging and neglected hospitals, schools, roads and other public infrastructure.

This is made clear by data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, which show that noninvestment spending in the private and public sector has taken up an increasing share of Illinois» economy.

However, the Liberal platform also envisaged temporary deficits to finance higher spending on social programs such as child benefits, a higher Guaranteed Income Supplement for single seniors, public health care, child care and First Nations programs, and did not increase overall federal tax revenues.

In the context of public health care funding, the Party promises to eliminate health care premiums and ambulance charges; increase funding for home care and other out - of - hospital care services; restore funding for chiropractic and physiotherapy services; fully fund and implement a mental health strategy; and to hold a referendum to prioritize health care spending.

The Wall Street Journal pegs the total cost of his platform, which includes sharp increases in Social Security and Medicare, plus free tuition, at $ 18 trillion over 10 years, the biggest increase in public spending since the Second World War.

Having spent the past three years (up until August 1991) working in the public health department of a Florida city, I can assure you that AIDS can be transmitted through heterosexual intercourse, and that it in fact is being so transmitted at an increasing rate.

By focusing the attention of faculty members now accustomed to routine spending increases, cuts in funding may have the unintended effect of improving the situation of teaching and learning about which a concerned public is justifiably upset.

Given the sad state of our highways, public transportation systems and other material infrastructure, as well as the severe needs of our educational system, increased government spending in these areas could take up the slack in declining defense expenditures while contributing enormously to the potential productivity of the United States.

Finally, in Houston in 2010 — 11, he gave cash incentives to fifth - grade students in 25 low - performing public schools, as well as to the parents and teachers of those students, with the intent of increasing the time they spent on math homework and improving their scores on standardized math tests.

Chicago Public Schools has increased property taxes the past two years, a move Emanuel has justified in part by talking about cost - cutting initiatives at the central office and the need to emphasize greater spending on the city's children.

The IMF facility makes it mandatory for Ghana to restrain and prioritise public sector spending, increase tax collection and strengthen the effectiveness of the Bank of Ghana's monetary policy role.

High levels of unemployment have in turn generated an increase in public spending, mostly due to the kicking in of automatic stabilisers like unemployment benefits.

The 43 pages amount to a complete overhaul of how Britain is run, with rail, mail and parts of the energy sector nationalised, an enhanced role for trade unions and a substantial increase in public investment - or a dangerous spending spree, in Tory parlance.

Cuomo highlighted the issue in his campaign policy book on government reform, wrting, «Like New York City, New York State needs a system of public campaign financing to set limits on campaign spending and to increase participation by qualified candidates who lack the means or the connections to raise significant campaign funds.»