Sentences with phrase «much deeper spending cuts»

The shadow chancellor, Ed Balls claimed in the Guardian that the Conservatives were planning much deeper spending cuts than needed by the deficit.

Like Littlewood and others, he favours a more authentically bold approach, a «rescue plan for the country» involving much deeper spending cuts, a loosening of the planning system and reduced employee protections.

Not exact matches

We support a balanced budget, but to do so will require deep cuts in the mandatory spending that account for two - thirds of federal spending — not much smaller discretionary accounts like foreign assistance, which represents less than two - thirds of one percent of the budget.

Today, the Appropriations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives passed a spending bill that wouldn't cut quite as deep — just 6.4 % — but that's not doing much to dull the pain.

But while the people reel from the impact of the major tax increases and deep spending cuts to vital services that are part of the new budget, there is one group that is overjoyed with the state budget that is receiving so much criticism from across the political spectrum.