Sentences with phrase «over public services spending»

The row over public services spending between the Conservatives and Labour has escalated in recent days.

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This is because the province has accumulated a large public debt that given the prospects for an economic slowdown and / or rising interest rates will potentially increase fiscal pressure via debt service costs which in 2016 - 17 totaled $ 11.7 billion or just over 8 percent of total government spending.

Prior to founding Arlington Capital Advisors, Vann spent over a decade with the big four accounting firm Deloitte, starting his career in the audit services group working with both public and private companies from $ 250 million to $ 2 billion in revenue.

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The size of the NHS — almost # 1 in every # 5 of public spending, employing over a million people — makes problems in the health service hard to manage even for governments with a healthy majority.

Meanwhile, Ed Milliband has called for Labour to end its caution over tax, telling the Independent newspaper that the balance between public spending cuts and tax increases for the rich should be shifted in favour of public services.

Blair rejected suggestions that he had allowed Brown to go on a spending spree over tax credits and public services that has allowed the deficit to spiral out of control.

George Osborne dismissed appeals by senior Liberal Democrat council chiefs yesterday to slow down the pace of spending cuts as coalition unity shattered over public service cutbacks.

He added: «It would not be right to turn the remarkable and necessary period of catch - up in public service provision over which Labour has presided into some kind of eternal doctrine: that social democracy is about high growth in public spending for its own sake, against which everything else we do is secondary.

«By reining in excessive property tax costs and building on accomplishments achieved over the past six years, our efforts to reduce wasteful spending and increase public involvement in local government with these shared services plans will lessen the tax burden for residents and ensure New York remains the greatest state in the nation.»

Much progress has been made in the NHS and public services over the past few years, it would be self - defeating to throw all that away by cutting spending now.

The Tory leader said the move was part of the government's «pattern of deception» in the recent row over future spending on public services.

We have introduced an indicator on bullying which underpins the Child Safety public service agreement (PSA 13, NI69), and made clear that we expect the proportion of children and young people who experience bullying to go down over the Spending Review period.»

He promised # 30bn in extra in spending on public services in Scotland and # 40bn on infrastructure over the next decade, financed by heavier taxes and borrowing.

«We're all sick over this,» said John Egan, the state's master builder, who spent five decades in public service under both Republican and Democratic governors.

In addition, 80 per cent of those questioned said they were satisfied with their GP while the public perception of A&E and outpatient services in hospitals has risen over the past decade as spending tripled under Labour.

Given the cuts to Government spending that are kicking in everywhere, is it time to ask what role green groups should play in a shrinking state?Transition Movement Gets Political I started pondering this question having read a heart - felt and passionate account by Sarah Nicholl and Marietta Birkholtz over at Transition Culture of how climate change and peak oil activists are fighting swinging cuts to schools, libraries and other essential public services.