Sentences with phrase «of budget squeezes»

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The maker of electronic smart boards was squeezed by shrinking school - board budgets and a failed foray into the business market.

That discretionary part of the budget has been squeezed over the past few years, while Republicans controlling Congress have largely ignored the ever - growing tide of automatic - pilot spending on benefit programs like food stamps, student loans, and Medicare.

Canadians have faith, Flaherty told the House of Commons in his budget speech, «that their government will be a benign and silent partner in their enterprise, not an overbearing behemoth squeezing them at every turn.»

«Retailers could be impacted as producers are under immense pressure to offset price rises caused by the weakened value of sterling and higher import costs, squeezing already tight budgets and resources and potentially cornering them into using cheaper global suppliers that may be more vulnerable to fraud.»

It identifies 5800 km of council controlled A roads which deserve special recognition, but risk losing out as budgets continue to be squeezed.

But youth justice projects are being squeezed or forced to shut down in the face of cuts to local authority budgets, NOMS, the YJB and YOTs.

This ideologically - driven experiment is hard to justify at a time of school budget cuts in addition to the loss of vital local authority services for SEN pupils, the squeeze on libraries and Sure Start amongst others.

Instead of trying to squeeze every penny out of hard - working upstate residents, the Governor should be reprioritizing budget issues so that we can fund public transit systems through more appropriate budgetary means, starting with the legislation he vetoed that would have helped identify more long - term funding sources for upstate transit systems.»

Whether we're talking about the «squeezed middle», the «cost - of - living crisis» or cutting the «biggest budget deficit in our peacetime history», it's fair to say that many Brits will be feeling pretty taxed already by the time the chancellor stands up to deliver his budget speech on Wednesday.

The projected rate hike is the first increase after three years of reductions and would put the squeeze on district budgets.

The squeezed middle, the working poor (6.5 million in their households today) and the jobless are afflicted by pay freezes and pay cuts, energy bill hikes, accelerated private rent increases, a swelling housing benefit budget that subsidises rich landlords but not the tenants, waiting lists for a home swollen by the bedroom tax and only half the houses needed being built, nearly a million of the jobless sanctioned last year and deprived of all their unemployment benefit for 4 or 13 weeks for trivial infringements, the seriously disabled suffering big benefit cuts for not getting jobs they manifestly can't do, to name but some.

Paterson spokesman Morgan Hook said yesterday that the governor would not return 10 percent of his salary — or $ 17,900 — to the state treasury, as he did last year in a «symbolic» gesture of solidarity with budget - squeezed public - employee unions.

Health makes up 40 % of the # 15 billion devolved budget, itself squeezed through the Barnett formula.

«Every department has to do everything they can to do more with less and squeeze every ounce they can out of their budgets,» Meyers said.

As school budgets continue to feel the squeeze, the notion of employing cheaper unqualified teachers may seem attractive but it is wrong.

The Police Federation threatened that up to 40,000 police jobs could be cut as a result of the squeeze on budgets.

Schools minister David Laws has said the cost of school uniforms was often «unnecessarily high» at a time when family budgets were being squeezed.

«These fare rises squeezing commuters are the direct consequence of the Tory - led government's decision to cut too far and too fast, and travellers are having to pay more to plug the gap in the transport budget,» shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle said.

Over 100,000 disabled people who need support to wash, get dressed, leave the house, go to work - the essentials of a dignified life, are now being denied this most basic of support as a result of the squeezing of social care budgets.

Hanging over everything was the Republican tax overhaul and possible federal budget cuts, both of which could squeeze state education funding.

The UK Women's Budget Group, a group of independent experts, released analysis by Howard Reed of Landman Economics, showing the poorest 10 % of households will, on average, lose 1.9 % of their weekly income, and the second poorest 10 % will lose 1.6 % from the benefits uprating squeeze.

The Democratic governor is set to release his 2017 - 18 budget proposal over lunch with state senators and dinner with members of the Assembly — and, perhaps, some kind of public presentation squeezed in.

The latest reforms, tot - alling an extra # 7bn by 2014, come on top of the # 11bn chopped from Iain Duncan Smith's department in June's emergency Budget through cuts to the disability living allowance, housing benefit, child benefit and a # 3.2 bn tax credit squeeze.

The NHS is facing the biggest challenge in its history because of the squeeze on its budget, the new boss of NHS England Simon Stevens has said.

But he says it was the culmination of a soul - sapping and ultimately unsuccessful battle with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on how to accommodate the rising cost of the James Webb Space Telescope within an overall agency budget being squeezed by efforts to reduce federal spending and shrink the deBudget (OMB) on how to accommodate the rising cost of the James Webb Space Telescope within an overall agency budget being squeezed by efforts to reduce federal spending and shrink the debudget being squeezed by efforts to reduce federal spending and shrink the deficit.

«A bill approved by Italy's cabinet of ministers on 15 October would over 3 years squeeze $ 100 million from a $ 6.7 billion budget for universities and $ 120 million out of a $ 1.6 billion budget for public research centers,» Margottini wrote.

The squeeze on state budgets from the great recession of 2008 isn't the only reason for the overall decline in per - capita state support, however.

Such a partnership was seen as advantageous for U.S. astronomy, especially in light of an impending budget squeeze that could delay NASA's own dark energy mission until 2025 or later.

But those who see cutting science as a necessary part of squeezing the fat out of the budget will not be impressed at all.»

If NASA can not find a way to squeeze more out of its budget, it will have to deep - six some programs.

These professional treatments can cost upwards of $ 75 each putting it beyond many people's budgets and squeezed schedules.

On the one hand, Kinski's attitude sent the film over schedule and over budget, squeezing any breathing room out of the already - confined artistic space in which the director was working.

Christine Blower, head of the National Union of Teachers, said: «in many cases pupil premium funding has been used to plug gaps that have occurred as a result of squeezed budgets».

With the current financial pressures that schools are facing with squeezed budgets and deficits, budget monitoring is becoming an increasingly important and effective element of financial good practice.

Seven out of ten academies are operating with accounting losses, as budgets are being squeezed and schools seek to find cost savings, according to an independent survey of academies.

Ms Rayner pointed to an Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) report from November last year which warned that public sector pay rises in the wake of the lifting of the cap would have to be met by «squeezing non-pay spending and by reducing the workforce».

As states continue to slash education budgets to accommodate declining tax revenues, schools respond by trying to squeeze even more out of their beleaguered teachers.

The Chronicle cites a school finance consultant to the California Department of Education to make the harm to general education parents clear: «This is not sustainable... Special education is a growing portion of budgets in many districts, squeezing out services for other pupils.»

The news comes after a period of particularly strained relations between the two groups, regarding forced adademisation, primary assessment, teacher shortages and squeezed school budgets.

Sir Peter Lampl, founder and chairman of the Sutton Trust, said: «Our new polling adds to the growing evidence from highly credible sources that the squeeze on school budgets is having a detrimental effect on schools.

It revealed that seven out of ten academies are operating with accounting losses, as budgets are being squeezed and schools seek to find cost savings.

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That depends on your perspective, but over time, I suspect higher education budgets will continue to be squeezed in favor of pensions.

Amid a recession that's squeezing state budgets and pushing more families into poverty, teams of officials from 39 states gathered near Washington last week to explore ways to better meet the educational and health needs of young children.

With the current economic crisis placing even more of a tight squeeze on state and local budgets, investing in the future of education is something Mayersohn does not want to be ignored.

Deputy headteacher of Quintin Kynaston, Ross McGill, who is also part of the Teacher Development Trust's National CPD Network, stated that «it is deeply inadequate that schools are squeezed into a corner» and «forced to make a decision to cut, or have no CPD budget available to their staff».

Across the globe, many businesses» training budgets have been squeezed, and they don't have the capacity for staff members to dedicate weeks of time to training.

Weston continued: «Whilst we recognise that schools budgets are being increasingly squeezed, it is vital that senior leaders and governors in schools realise the consequences of not investing in their staff.»

Other key findings include: - Squeezed budgets mean many schools have been forced to shed staff, with further reductions to staff spending expected over the next two years - Teacher shortages seem to be getting worse - Schools that opt for academy status are not embracing the freedoms it brings in terms of curriculum, and teachers» pay and conditions - Secondary governors are using 11 - 16 funding to subsidise their sixth forms, as cuts in post-16 budgets bite

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