Sentences with phrase «of local government budgets»

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Speaking at the first Prime Minister's Questions since the general election earlier this month, Corbyn said years of Conservative government cuts to local authority budgets had put public safety at jeopardy and had played a part in the fire that destroyed a tower block in Kensington, west London earlier this month, killing at least 79 people.

He is a strong proponent of a smaller local government and supports cuts to certain popular programs and caps on entitlements to township employees to keep the budget in balance.

These retirement tax breaks amount to a significant loss of tax revenue for federal, state, and local government budgets.

Even assuming, as the Parliamentary Budget Office does, that Ottawa's debt will steadily shrink and disappear around 2040, provincial, territorial and local governments are on track to swell Canada's total public debt to the equivalent of 100 per cent of GDP by 2070.

In contrast, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer, the provincial, territorial and local government sector does not have a sustainable fiscal structure, even though their aggregate debt - to - GDP ratio is currently under 30 per cent, but expected to rise significantly due to the impact of an ageing population on their finances.

In the 2006 Budget, the government promised to reduce the deficit by $ 3 billion per year; to reduce the federal debt - to - GDP ratio to 25 per cent by 2012 - 13; to eliminate the total government sector debt (which includes the federal, provincial and local governments as well as the Canada and Quebec pension plans) by 2021; and finally, to keep the growth in program expenses below the rate of growth in nominal GDP.

For state and local governments, the statutory requirements for balanced budgets meant that fiscal policies turned restrictive relatively quickly once budget surpluses and rainy day funds were exhausted, and this was only temporarily mitigated by federal transfers to the states as part of the initial fiscal stimulus program.

In response to these strains, state and local governments have cut infrastructure investment, slashed support for higher education, cut spending on K — 12 education, cut spending on social benefits other than Medicaid, reduced administrative staff and reduced most other areas of the budget.

'' The government sector has been a drag, there is still one more budget fight coming in the next few weeks and that's going to be a challenge, but if we get through that we are into the part of the election cycle where government drag turns into a small boost, we are already seeing some rehiring at the state and local level and that is significant as well.»

While the Better Government Association has claimed Illinois» budget contains no fat to trim, a deeper analysis reveals the state has many areas of expensive inefficiency to reform in state and local government costs, the Medicaid program and K - 12 Government Association has claimed Illinois» budget contains no fat to trim, a deeper analysis reveals the state has many areas of expensive inefficiency to reform in state and local government costs, the Medicaid program and K - 12 government costs, the Medicaid program and K - 12 education.

As the budget deficits of the federal, state and local governments increase, the possibility of taxing church property also rises — despite the long history of tax exemption.

Obviously, the frugal Franciscan Friars who take a vow of poverty and who run the topic University need to balance the school budget, something our federal, state and local government obviously are not capable of regarding their own budgets.

However, as local, state and federal governments manage strained budgets, continued investments in the health and well - being of our children and our schools is not a given.

Local governments had raised concerns with the program as proposed by Cuomo's initial budget presentation, pointing to the costs they've managed to contain over the years as well as the lack of increased state aid over the years.

De Blasio's testimony this morning before a joint legislative budget committee in Albany marked the kick off of what's known as «Tin Cup Day» at the Capitol — typically a day in which mayors and other local government officials from around the state provide their reactions to the governor's budget proposal.

The budget for the Department of Communities and Local Government is set to face severe spending constraints over the coming years.

The Scottish Government has a duty to control the overall yield of local taxation, as it is responsible for balancing the government budget overall, and also for any controls such as those suggested above to equate the yield of the new taxes in year 1 with the yield of the old taxes Government has a duty to control the overall yield of local taxation, as it is responsible for balancing the government budget overall, and also for any controls such as those suggested above to equate the yield of the new taxes in year 1 with the yield of the old taxes government budget overall, and also for any controls such as those suggested above to equate the yield of the new taxes in year 1 with the yield of the old taxes in year 0;

Councils and local government, in particular, have to determine how best to maintain effective services in a climate of austerity, accepting that rising demands and tighter budgets require new delivery tools and new models of provision.

The data series in which we found serious discontinuities or complete breaks are not trivial or obscure, but are (or should be) of major importance to the evaluation of government of any political stripe, such as total public sector capital investment, local government spending (on which the Office for Budget Responsibility and the government differ whether it is rising or falling), how much the government costs to run, and how much the civil service costs to employ.

Its practical application, and that of the Coalition's Localism Bill, can be seen to have shifted responsibility for delivering services and managing budgets onto the local and community level, while effectively withholding power through enforcing cuts and strengthening government oversight, as with Gove's current dominion over education provision.

Sir Richard Leese, who has led Manchester for Labour since 1996, told politics.co.uk the results of a «whole place community budget» pilot scheme in which local authorities share their resources with government departments showed it may be possible to achieve a «complete transformation of how public services are delivered».

The leaders in the Republican - led Senate and Democratic - controlled Assembly on Monday indicated they would push to change Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to require local governments to develop ways of sharing services and scale back his efforts to expand his office's powers over the state budget.

Cuomo has long sought to consolidate and scale back the size of local governments in New York, which he has blamed for the state's high property taxes — an assertion budget watchdogs say is more tied to the cost of programs like Medicaid or employee pensions.

Local authorities have been forced to face the biggest spending cuts by central government, with 26 % of their budget slashed.

He pledged to veto all unfunded mandates on local governments if he's elected, and also nix any bill — be it Democrat or Republican — that increases spending and throws the budget out of balance.

Tentative deals have been reached on parts of a new state budget, including about $ 1 billion in additional funding for public schools, a work - around for some higher - income New Yorkers to reduce the impact of new federal tax deduction limits, and a freeze on what Albany sends to local governments around the state.

Miner has been critical of the pension smoothing plan that Cuomo proposed in his initial budget plan that allows local governments to lock in stable rates now at the expense of future savings down the road.

Cuomo's budget includes non-spending measures such as his slate of ethics reforms, allowing ride - hailing apps like Uber and Lyft to operate outside of New York City and a plan to encourage local governments sharing services to reduce property taxes.

President & CEO of the Long Island Association Kevin S. Law said, «Tough times calls for tough decisions and Governor Cuomo has shown courage and leadership with his proposed budget that lowers spending, does not propose new taxes and supports a property tax cap along with mandate relief to our schools and local governments.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders are negotiating a new anti-sexual harassment policy for state and local government officials as part of the state budget.

«Sometimes, some of these issues take a lot longer to negotiate and compromise with, and you shouldn't be holding up funding for our schools, and funding for our roads, and funding for local governments to keep property taxes down, because of some of these major, broader public policy issues that should be kept out of the budget.»

The stable pension contribution rate for local governments and schools, submitted as part of the Executive Budget, will provide a new tool for local governments to access the long - term savings from Tier VI and have greater predictability in their fiscal planning.

But the budget encourages efficiency and innovation through the competitive award of $ 79 million for local government consolidation and performance improvements that will help jump - start the Governor's vision of partnering with local governments to deliver smarter and more effective services to New Yorkers at lower cost.

The 2013 - 14 Executive Budget and Management Plan builds on two years of balanced, fiscally responsible budgeting and invests in economic development, education reform, rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy, provides support to local governments and school districts, and includes no new taxes or fees.

Because the NHS, schools and other central government budgets are protected then some parts of local government will be cut most but is David Blunkett really wanting hospitals to be cut too?

The state has nearly run out of cash three times since December, requiring budget officials to withhold tax refunds and payments from local governments.

Though there is much pain to go around, this decision spares local governments the worst of the budget cuts.

The ride - sharing authorization would be tucked into the 2017 - 18 state budget — as long as lawmakers can settle one remaining sticking point: should local governments get a share of the taxes / fees that services would have to pay the state, Cahill said.

The hearing on Tuesday is part of «tin cup day» at the Capitol, in which local government officials — namely the mayors of the state's largest cities — comment on the proposed state budget.

The New York State Association Of Counties released its to - do list of budget priorities for the coming fiscal year, with the local government officials backing a variety of measures aimed at easing the burden on municipal - level officials and taxpayerOf Counties released its to - do list of budget priorities for the coming fiscal year, with the local government officials backing a variety of measures aimed at easing the burden on municipal - level officials and taxpayerof budget priorities for the coming fiscal year, with the local government officials backing a variety of measures aimed at easing the burden on municipal - level officials and taxpayerof measures aimed at easing the burden on municipal - level officials and taxpayers.

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino in a radio interview on Monday blasted the plan approved in the 2017 - 18 state budget that encourages local government consolidation and sharing of services.

«Years of decreasing, stagnant or slow economic growth have led local governments to cut vital services and tap their rainy day funds to balance budgets, a practice that is not sustainable in the long term,» the comptroller said.

The plan approved in the finalized budget is aimed at nudging county government leaders to have local municipalities develop ways of consolidating functions in order to reduce property taxes.

Local government and devolved administration budgets are also likely to be slashed, while public sector pay is also likely to bear a big burden of the cuts.

The mid year financial report released by Cuomo's budget office says options to close the gap include more cuts to state agencies, delaying payments to local governments and schools, suspension of some construction projects, and even borrowing money short term to pay for operating expenses.

State Senator James Seward was named co-chairman of the general government / local assistance budget conference

The potential for substantial cuts in domestic spending poses gargantuan challenges for the state budget and budgets of local government entities throughout the state.

The final budget was all set to go but then yesterday local Government minister Sajid Javid adjusted the amount of money that he was giving to various authorities around the country.

Public employee benefit costs in New York are incredibly out of line with those in the private sector, and impose enormous pressure on state and local government budgets.

The governor recommends a gradual state takeover of county Medicaid costs in his budget, something the local government leaders had been requesting, saying they could not afford to pay their share of the health care program after Cuomo and the legislature imposed a 2 % property tax cap in 2011.