Sentences with phrase «pressure on public services»

In the last decade or so, we have seen record levels of net migration in Britain, and that sheer volume has put pressure on public services, like schools, stretched our infrastructure, especially housing, and put a downward pressure on wages for working class people.

«Uncontrolled, mass immigration makes it difficult to maintain social cohesion, puts pressure on public services and can drive down wages for people on low incomes.

Some demographers had feared the baby - boomer generation could suffer because its larger numbers could put pressure on public services.

A Labour administration would focus on three things to help ease pressure on public services and wages including better enforcement of the minimum wage, cracking down on recruitment agencies who only supplied workers from particular countries and looking at areas and types of jobs where there were large numbers of foreign workers.

David Cameron pledged to reduce immigration to «tens of thousands» rather than «hundreds of thousands» in order to ease the pressure on public services and the former Labour welfare Minister, Frank Field, supported this.

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As Bloomberg pointed out last month, Spotify's recent deal to raise $ 1 billion in convertible debt valued the company at roughly $ 8 billion and put additional pressure on the streaming service to go public.

After I wrote a series of articles about the industrially - processed convenience foods being served in my daughter's elementary school here in the District of Columbia I heard that Tony had been reluctant to talk to me because he thought I was putting too much pressure on Whitney Bateson, the nutritionist for Chartwells, the giant food service company contracted to provide meals for D.C. public schools.

Of course, it is true that population growth of any kind puts pressure on infrastructure, but in reality falling investment in public services represents a political choice by the current Conservative government, which has opted to spend the tax revenues generated by immigrants and refugees on tax cuts for businesses and reducing the deficit rather than expanding healthcare and education provision.

A # 50m fund to ease the pressure of immigration on public services has been scrapped by the government without any publicity.

By showing that we are alive to people's concerns, this allows Labour to start having those crucial conversations with the public about what they are really upset about which are things that Labour cares about — pressures on local health and social care services; a lack of local investment and housing; not sharing the wealth and opportunity that London has; systemic inequality; culture; integration.

So Conference, at a time when the public services that pensioners rely on are under such pressure, we can not continue paying the winter fuel allowance to the richest five per cent of pensioners.

No specific timetable has yet been identified regarding the return of water pressure for customers; however, information on service restoration will be made public as soon as it is available.

The service was launched in 1998, as a means of extending public access to healthcare services, to relieve pressure on increasingly hard - pressed GPs and accident and emergency departments, and to iron out regional inequalities in service provision.

In fact pressure on spending in public services without change would produce the worst outcome of all.

On the other side, exerting no less pressure, is the prime minister and some of his closest political advisors wanting an upbeat tone and promises to go on spending in key areas of public service provisioOn the other side, exerting no less pressure, is the prime minister and some of his closest political advisors wanting an upbeat tone and promises to go on spending in key areas of public service provisioon spending in key areas of public service provision.

The Greater Accra regional passport office has in recent times come under intense pressure and criticisms from the general public on the poor service rendered to applicants.Source: Tv3network.com

Her claim heaps more pressure on ministers amid the Windrush scandal, in which some migrants who came to Britain from the Caribbean before 1971 have been threatened with deportation by the Home Office and lost access to public services.

The additional cuts to local government, transport and public sector pay will squeeze already - strained public services, making a mockery of the localism agenda and adding more pressure on the cost of living.

Thankfully, Britain has come a long way since 1968, but unease remains, and it could well build up again if the economy fails to grow as pressures increase on public services.

The key section would allow Britain to restrict in - work benefits to EU migrants for up to four years if the number of incomers «are putting an excessive pressure on the proper functioning of its public services».

Unsurprisingly, pressure on jobs and public services feature most.

He warned of the extra pressure this could put on housing and public services, adding: «This is just the latest in a long line of examples showing how the government patently does not have control of the immigration system.

A # 50m fund to ease the pressure of migration on public services was introduced by Gordon Brown in 2008 and scrapped two years later by David Cameron under the coalition in summer 2010.

Sturgeon said: «The SNP opposes Trident, not just in principle, but at a time when our public services and the vulnerable in our society are under so much pressure, spending tens of billions of pounds on weapons of mass destruction is the wrong choice.

Chief executive Steve Thomas said: «The financial and service demand pressures being placed on our already fragile local public services mean that there simply will be no other pay offer made to employees.

The aim is to cut the deaths and disease associated with heavy drinking, and the huge pressure this puts on public services.

Rising affluence has turned more Brazilians and Chileans into taxpayers, which increases pressure on the government to provide better public services and to meet citizens» demands.

Risks and uncertainties include without limitation the effect of competitive and economic factors, and the Company's reaction to those factors, on consumer and business buying decisions with respect to the Company's products; continued competitive pressures in the marketplace; the ability of the Company to deliver to the marketplace and stimulate customer demand for new programs, products, and technological innovations on a timely basis; the effect that product introductions and transitions, changes in product pricing or mix, and / or increases in component costs could have on the Company's gross margin; the inventory risk associated with the Company's need to order or commit to order product components in advance of customer orders; the continued availability on acceptable terms, or at all, of certain components and services essential to the Company's business currently obtained by the Company from sole or limited sources; the effect that the Company's dependency on manufacturing and logistics services provided by third parties may have on the quality, quantity or cost of products manufactured or services rendered; risks associated with the Company's international operations; the Company's reliance on third - party intellectual property and digital content; the potential impact of a finding that the Company has infringed on the intellectual property rights of others; the Company's dependency on the performance of distributors, carriers and other resellers of the Company's products; the effect that product and service quality problems could have on the Company's sales and operating profits; the continued service and availability of key executives and employees; war, terrorism, public health issues, natural disasters, and other circumstances that could disrupt supply, delivery, or demand of products; and unfavorable results of other legal proceedings.

The Fitch bond ratings agency has warned that California's protracted drought could put financial pressure on public - power entities in their ability to service their bond debts.

We put pressure on Nebraska's Public Service Commission, which had the final say over whether the pipeline would be permitted to be built in Nebraska, in advance of their hearings in August.

Legal Action Group (LAG) welcomes the increased pressure on the government regarding this issue, but we are warning that action needs to be taken urgently, as civil legal aid is becoming a narrow collection of specialisms dominated by child protection, with shrinking provision for the type of early advice services needed by the general public.

Competition makes support services methods of production mandatory, as does public pressure on the medical profession to make doctors and hospitals always available, using the best of medical science.

He stated that although the UK believes in an open economy, it is finding it increasingly difficult to cope with all the pressures that free movement can bring — on our schools, our hospitals and our public services.

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I will continue to monitor this and to put pressure on the Australian Public Service Commissioner to utilise their powers to monitor and promote awareness.