Sentences with phrase «of drastic cuts»

Workers with higher wages, whose awards for temporary disability and schedule loss improved slightly in 2007 at the expense of drastic cuts in permanent disability benefits, would give back most of their limited gains.

BARCELONA, SPAIN — Following several years of drastic cuts, the Spanish government plans to be a little more generous to science in 2014.

Vince Cable warned before the election that «the danger of drastic cuts in public spending right now is that it would make the recession worse and it would make the deficit worse» — but he signed up to them.

It was decided that if by the end of this year no compromise is reached, a number of drastic cuts to defence spending and entitlements will happen automatically.

Not exact matches

His view contrasted with a number of analysts who are projecting a quicker rise in inflation after the Trump administration approved sweeping tax cuts last December that include a drastic decline in corporate tax rate to 21 percent from 35 percent.

Morgan Stanley is hoping that a drastic cut in this kind of compensation will spur brokers to sell more products, such as mutual funds, loans and financial planning services, to those clients, according to several Morgan Stanley advisers.

The lacklustre sales are part of the background to an ongoing dispute between the company, known for drastic cost - cutting measures at the chains it acquires, and the Great White North Franchisee Association, which formed in March 2017 to give voice to frustrated restaurant owners.

Tens of thousands marched in Madrid at the weekend to protest against drastic cuts, including a 7pc cut in public wages.

While federal and provincial governments will continue to play an important role investing in infrastructure, they simply do not have the resources to meet the demand — pegged at somewhere in the neighbourhood of $ 500 - billion — without a large increase in tax revenues or drastic cuts to social programs.

Large U.S. banks are finally emerging from the wreckage of the financial crisis, on the back of rising profits, a recovering economy and drastic cost cutting.

They insisted more on the priority of the monetary discipline and fiscal reforms and less on the drastic cuts of social expenses.

The different governments lead by Mrs. Thatcher restrain the emission of the monetary mass, raise the rate of interest, reduce in a drastic way the taxes on the highest incomes, abolish the control of the financial flows, strongly raise the rate of unemployment, provoke strikes, put in place an anti-unions legislation and cut the social expenses.

The economist points out that a drastic cut in pay of this sort is a massive hardship.

Bringing it back round to where you started, because cutting hair can be such a drastic and obvious marker of change, it is part of military induction / indoctrination process.

«Ultimately the weakest will be hit three times over,» Ryan writes, «by rising costs, by drastic cuts to programs they rely on, and by the collapse of individual support for charities that help the hungry, the homeless, the sick, refugees and others in need.»

New research showing that 98 % of homes have packaged food that exceeds the recommended amount of sodium, despite drastic reductions in the last 15 years, should be a wake - up call for manufacturers to cut back on the mineral even more and for consumers...

But given there is no specific fight between CCA and Woolies, it appears that CCA is being caught in the broader push by the supermarket giants to make drastic cuts to the number of different products (known in the trade as stock keeping units or SKUs) in a bid to simplify their ranges, increase private label sales and — perhaps most importantly — cut costs.

However, this is a drastic cutting of his odds, with the 28 - year - old previously as high as 16/1 for a reunion with his former club.

It is interesting to hear Wenger state in the last few days that he hoped Cesc will be with us for a good 2 or 3 seasons, just when it coincided with Barcelona declaring that they are making drastic cuts to their wage bill on and off the field.They literally have no cash to spend and though asset rich, the effects of the Spanish economy are taking affect.I think Cesc has accepted that and will show full commitment to Arsenal.He is pivotal to any success we may achieve.His whole body language has changed, he looks generally much more content, and he can put to the back of his mind, at least for the time being any proposed move, and that for us is a good thing.Barca are disguising their troubles by saying yet again they have made no official approach to our club, purely to save face.

I can't say I've ever regretted a drastic haircut because I'm too chicken to cut a lot of it off!

Still, we celebrate every avoided diaper dunk and the drastic cut it has made in our pile of dirty prefolds!

«At the top of the Conservative party, the narrow vote in favour of leaving the EU has now been interpreted as the pretext for a drastic cutting of ties with Europe, which would have dire economic results - and as an excuse for the most toxic rhetoric on immigration we have seen from any government in living memory,» the statement reads.

«Instead, he chose to single out New York City for drastic cuts to CUNY, Medicaid and more that could impact hundreds of thousands of hard working families.

In advance of the Chancellor's Autumn Statement, Conservatives have repeatedly expressed their desire to pursue further deficit reduction measures spanning this Parliament and the next through further drastic cuts to the welfare budget.

The president and congress are threatening to dismantle decades - old federal entitlement programs, make drastic cuts to programs that help millions of struggling New Yorkers, and create a hostile environment for the state's four and a half million immigrants.

The cuts to Close to Home and foster care are, in terms of dollars, «the most drastic cut we've seen to child welfare in decades,» said David Hansell, commissioner for the city's Administration for Children's Services, which administers Close to Home and foster care.

Within his first hour after being sworn into office, Bill Owens broke four campaign promises when he decided to support a government takeover of healthcare that included massive tax hikes for middle class families, taxes on benefits, drastic cuts to Medicare, and a government - run option that would result in rationed care.»

It is feared that even if the carrier programme goes ahead, the fighters they are designed to support will not be spared George Osborne's axe - while the Royal Navy may be forced to make drastic cuts to the rest of the surface in order to compensate.

Meanwhile, politicians from Scotland of all stripes, where many contracts and defence industries are based, have made their case to the defence secretary against cuts - arguing that the result would be drastic economic decline.

The president and congress seem poised to make drastic cuts to programs that help millions of New Yorkers, and create a hostile environment for the state's four million immigrants,» said Ron Deutsch, executive director of the Fiscal Policy Institute.

Rozic stood beside city elected officials, including Assemblyman David Weprin (D - Fresh Meadows) to call on the MTA's reversal of drastic $ 93 million annual cuts made in 2010, which included the slashing of 32 bus routes and reduction of three subway lines.

Members of staff of the Peoples Democratic Party at its national headquarters in Abuja are currently groaning under heavy debt following drastic cut in their monthly salaries, investigation by SUNDAY PUNCH has revealed.

The city's hulking public housing towers are perhaps the most visible sign of the federal government's initiatives here, and the cuts to them have been drastic.

«Drastic funding cuts have inevitably led to service cuts for Nassau County residents who often have no alternative means of transportation, meaning even longer waits and longer commutes,» said Vincent Pellecchia, associate director of the tristate Transportation Campaign, a nonprofit advocacy group in Manhattan.

Randi Weingarten, president of the United Federation of Teachers, criticized the Senate version of the bill for cutting about $ 40 billion from money «targeted to help states avoid drastic education cuts and teacher layoffs,» as well as $ 20 billion from construction aid to schools and colleges and $ 1 billion from new aid for Head Start and other early childhood education programs.

Washington (CNNMoney)- AFL - CIO President Richard Trumka accused House Speaker John Boehner of blackmailing America for withholding his vote to raise the debt ceiling unless there are drastic spending cuts.

President Trump's recently released budget includes a drastic 16 % cut to the Department of the Interior, which oversees the National Park Service, and a 7 % cut to the park service itself.

«While we were recently able to pass an on - time and fiscally responsible budget, our pragmatic approach to closing the budget gap has caused extreme hardship in the form of cuts to schools, health care, energy and environmental programs and a drastic reduction in the state workforce,» Avella said in a statement.

Steve Webb, Liberal Democrat energy and climate change spokesman, said: «If the Department for Transport continues to allow unchecked airport expansion we could find that growth in aviation will gobble up all of the available emissions, forcing the rest of the economy to make even more drastic cuts.»

«Ring - fencing health will mean deeper and more drastic cuts to important investment elsewhere, without the benefit of clear justification.»

«The national leadership of the apex students governing body, National Association of Nigerian Students, frowned at the drastic reduction of the JAMB unified cut off mark to 120, for admission into Nigeria universities.

In testimony last week before the House Armed Services Committee, Army Secretary John McHugh — who represented Stefanik's district in Congress between 1993 and 2009 — and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno warned that drastic funding cuts could harm the Army's ability to meet its most basic combat goals.

Administration for Children's Services Commissioner David Hansell said Gov. Cuomo proposed «some drastic cuts» in his new budget to ACS child welfare programs and assistance the agency offers to juveniles accused of crimes.

«Before making drastic service cuts and talking about fare hikes, the MTA has to maximize the value of its real estate holdings by advertising their availability and ensuring that it's receiving market - rate rents for prime properties.

BOSTON (AP)-- A new report is urging Massachusetts officials take more drastic steps to combat Lyme disease, from launching aggressive public education campaigns to exploring expanded crossbow hunting to cut down on the number of deer that may be carrying ticks.

In 2009, the board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority responded to the fiscal hardships of the Great Recession by voting for drastic cuts to subway and bus service.

In a statement, Collins called the proposed $ 5.8 billion in NIH cuts «drastic,» saying he will «do whatever I can to ensure that the Appropriations Committee recognizes how crucial medical research is to Western New York and the millions of Americans whose lives could be saved with better medical research.»

It's the first PMQs of 2010 and, having launched a poster campaign promising to cut the deficit, David Cameron may well decide to attack Gordon Brown for his unwillingness to take more drastic measures to control borrowing.

So essentially, the GOP is demanding that the Democrats in Congress cave in to their demands for drastic cuts to Medicare and other social programs under threat of default on our federal debt, the downgrading of our international credit rating, and a likely plunge into economic depression.

Canvassers will talk to thousands of New Yorkers in State Senate and Assembly districts in Saratoga, Troy, Syracuse, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Yonkers, Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, New York City and Long Island about how extending the additional income tax surcharge on the state's highest earners could prevent more drastic budget cuts, and create opportunities to invest in job creation and infrastructure in New York State.