Sentences with phrase «over benefits reform»

They argue — as Corbyn does when he claims credit for U-turns the government has performed, such as over benefit reform or economic policy — that in holding to the faith they have exercised power, because power is simply the ability to make or to prevent things happening.

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Reports of weak phone component orders and the fading benefits of tax reform cast a shadow over the company's future.

Moreover, we understand that you support entitlement reform, but do you believe that it is politically realistic for the Republicans to actually achieve your goal when it would entail asking seniors to sacrifice by cutting Social Security and Medicare shortly after Republicans argued that we could afford to add over a $ 1 trillion to the deficit for tax cuts that largely benefit corporations and high - income households?

JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon said that tax reform will probably add $ 1 trillion to the U.S. deficit over the next decade, but the benefits will far outweigh the cost.

In addition to the short - term profit growth from tax reform, SNA stands to benefit over the long - term from growth in the automotive industry.

The increasingly bitter row over housing benefit reform hits the Commons today, just as it caused significant splits in the Tory party.

Over time, it will then become clear that loopholes in those «reforms» will undermine many of their asserted benefits.

The property tax cap adopted last year, and this year's pension reform, will produce benefits over time.

Many of the welfare reforms and reductions are likely to prove temporary as Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, is developing plans for a radical «universal credit» which will replace all out - of - work benefits over the next decade.

Over the next decade, a wide range of progressive social reforms were enacted, [68][69] with millions lifted out of poverty during Labour's time in office largely as a result of various tax and benefit reforms.

Several of his ethics reform proposals were approved in the most recent state budget, including forcing legislators to reveal all outside sources of income over $ 1,000 and the loss of pension benefits for elected officials convicted of corruption.

Incumbent Senate Democrats also had a good night: Gustavo Rivera crushed a challenger who benefited from over half a million in spending from education reform groups, Queens» James Sanders beat back a challenge bolstered by his own county's party officials, and Toby Ann Stavisky cruised to a second straight double - digit victory in Flushing.

And with that entirely predictable performance from either side, the prime minister went back to the business of government (quibbling over the semantics of benefit reform) and the Labour leader returned to the good work of opposition (donning a charming little tux with a maroon metallic sheen, dealing out the cards, and raking in the chips).

A reader forwarded this mailer touting the governor's MRT plan he received over the weekend that's part of a campaign in support of the spending cuts / reform proposals that's being paid for by two health care industry big fish that stand to benefit: SEIU 1199 and the Greater New York Hospital Association.

«Tenney has taken over $ 96,000 from Wall Street and benefitted from outside spending by special interests pushing for tax reform, so when it was time to support this bill, Tenney knew exactly what she had to do.

What about the message this sends out to the public only a week after the passing of the controversial and feared welfare reform bill set to remove benefits from over half a million genuinely sick and disabled people?

But two rows behind Callaghan, elegant as always, is the redoubtable Barbara Castle, champion of the new child benefit — it was then only payable to women, not men — and recently sacked as social security secretary by Sunny Jim, an old enemy from their battle over trade union reform.

«Our reforms will put an end to people being left on sickness benefits year after year; they will eradicate the trap that has left so many better off on benefits than in work; and they will ensure the benefits bill is sustainable over the longer term... I am proud of this record.

«We plan to increase capital investment in house building, reform housing benefit, and build up to 400,000 affordable homes over the coming decade.»

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In an early benefit assessment pursuant to the «Act on the Reform of the Market for Medicinal Products» (AMNOG), the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) examined whether this new active ingredient offers an added benefit over the appropriate comparator therapy.

In an early benefit assessment pursuant to the Act on the Reform of the Market for Medicinal Products (AMNOG), the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) has examined whether this new drug for MS offers an added benefit over the appropriate comparator therapy specified by the Federal Joint Committee (G - BA).

So they see virtually no benefit from test - based reforms and see significant impingement on control over their child's education.

In support of this, he cites a recent Harvard study,» Evaluating Newark's Education Reforms,» that finds more than half of the significant English language arts (ELA) gains in Newark over the past five years can be attributed to students opting for a new or different school, as opposed to benefiting from improvements in their existing school.

ACTA has a number of recommended reforms, the most prominent of which to me is to break the link between accreditation and federal student aid and end the accreditors» control over access to the huge student aid programs, a solution which it seems would have the added benefit of greatly reducing the inflationary college - cost spiral partly driven by these programs.

The final budget bill cut state K - 12 spending by nearly $ 800 million, over7 percent — the largest amount in Wisconsin's history — and limited local governments» abilities to make up for these cuts through property taxes.14 That same year, Gov. Walker passed major tax cuts primarily targeted toward corporations and the wealthy that totaled $ 2.33 billion over 10 years.15 Gov. Walker and Act 10 proponents argued that the bill's reforms would allow schools to offset these cuts by reducing teachers» benefits and hiring lower - paid teachers, preventing budget cuts from affecting students.16 Gov. Walker also argued that eliminating requirements to bargain over salary structures, hiring, and working conditions would give schools additional flexibility needed to attract and retain higher - quality teachers.17

Recent reforms have further whittled away at pensions by cutting benefits and imposing greater restrictions for new hires in an attempt to pay down liabilities accrued over years of inadequate funding and poor returns in the stock market.

Despite the fact that HSUS had worked to kill similar bills in Texas, New York, Florida, and elsewhere, I was more optimistic about shelter reform legislation succeeding in Minnesota because two HSUS representatives — a Board member and Jennifer Fearing, the person in charge of sheltering policies for HSUS — personally assured me at a meeting in San Francisco just over a month ago that the days of HSUS claiming «neutrality» (a sham in and of itself given it benefits the status quo) but then working to kill shelter reform legislation were over.

A 2014 IMF report (covering over 150 countries) provides estimates for taxes on fossil fuel products to reflect pollution and other environmental impacts associated with energy use, while underscoring the large environmental, health, and fiscal benefits from tax reform and the critical role of finance ministries in administration and ensuring efficient use of revenues.

The briefing, Agenda for Reform 2012, highlights concerns over how Congo's mining, hydrocarbons and logging sectors are managed and provides recommendations that would help ensure the resources are used for the benefit of the people, rather than being lost to corruption or mismanagement.

Although I'm not particularly preoccupied with legislation governing banks and corporations, I am concerned about the rules governing civil proceedings and the law on domestic relations, personal taxation, government benefits and criminal conduct, and it seems to me that a major goal of law and justice reform over the next decade should be improving the accessibility of the legislation and regulations most affecting individuals.

The response asserted that controlling costs is not, in and of itself, the goal of the reform programme and that «the aim of improved efficiency and better control over spending is, ultimately, to ensure that more people can be helped by legal aid within the resources available, without any reduction in quality, and in a way that contributes to, and benefits from, improved efficiency in the wider justice systems» (para 33).

Leading Women for Shared Parenting is thrilled to see Shared Parenting receiving such attention across the United States and will work diligently to ensure the voices of the world's top researchers on child custody, child development, child attachment, conflict and domestic violence are heard over the typical opponents to reform, the state Bar Associations whose membership benefits from induced conflict.

My reform plan includes no reduction in benefits for retirees or those nearing retirement; the setting aside of $ 2 trillion over the next decade to protect the fund; and the creation of a «lock box» to make sure Social Security funds are not spent on anything else.

Over the past year, proposals for tax reform have included the elimination of important benefits like the state and local tax deduction, a near doubling of the standard deduction — which would all but nullify the benefits of the mortgage interest deduction — as well as caps to the MID.

Recent debates over tax reform and revenues have speculated about targeting the MID for change and have caused widespread rumors and myths about the vital tax benefit for homeowners and its critical role in the stability of the U.S. housing market and economy.