Sentences with phrase «public spending»

The VAT increase will be taking effect, and the construction sector will start to feel the pain of public spending cuts.

The coalition government was right to announce cuts in public spending in 2010 to show the financial markets and the public that the government was serious about cutting the deficit.

It has to be more hard - headed about the proportion of public spending in the overall economy — and thus about the level of taxation — that it thinks is good.

The government is very clear that there are obviously tough choices to be made on public spending over the coming years.

Voters showed a preference for public spending cuts rather than tax rises.

Why are your calls for increased public spending on education any different?

Nearly half of voters thought a Labour government would be cutting public spending by less than the coalition is currently doing.

It also supports the adoption of policies to reduce public spending on meat products while financially supporting local ecological farmers.

Let us take the central electoral issue of public spending plans.

But with public spending under a squeeze, this is not what officials want to hear.

By attacking the three principle causes of rising public spending at source.

This multi-year totaling ought to be simply eliminated from all discussions about public spending because it is deeply confusing and misleading.

Some have described his plan to mix targeted public spending with fiscal discipline as a Nordic model.

Whilst it takes time to integrate immigrants into the labour force, even in the short term, higher public spending needed to cope with the crisis could support growth.

But to cut total public spending further would suck demand out of the economy and harm growth.

«What the chancellor said yesterday doesn't necessarily mean further public spending reductions over and above what we've already announced,» he added.

It would give the prime minister useful extra guidance on people's public spending priorities.

Analysts expect unemployment to rise significantly when public spending cuts begin later in the year.

For instance, public spending per pupil in real terms has more than doubled in both primary and secondary schools over the past 40 years.

And as we share the proceeds of growth between public spending on the one hand and lower taxes on the other hand, we can give business the lower tax regimes that they need.

Even if there were no deficit, we should still reduce public spending because at close to 50 % of gross domestic product it is too high.

The top line is this: the Conservative manifesto implies the largest sustained cut to departmental public spending since the second world war.

This would still leave substantial scope for reducing overall public spending.

As public spending falls, those employees are in jeopardy.

More specifically, it is time to consider reforms that ensure public spending delivers results in the longer term.

The coalition government is conscious of the fact that such an unpopular tax rise would be highly damaging to public support in an environment where public spending is being drastically cut back.

That has triggered question - marks about the coalition government's economic policy of drastic spending cuts to eliminate the country's public spending deficit entirely.

In an age of austerity, public spending across the Western world is continually being reduced.

If there's one area where politicians can lie without consequence, it's public spending numbers.

As a result we are set to spend # 97 billion on new nuclear weapons at a time when public spending faces deep cuts.

In the beginning, the concern with national public spending, led to severe budget cuts in 2011 and 2012.

A first - term Conservative government will then have the freedom to bring public spending under control, reduce borrowing and introduce economy - boosting tax relief during the remainder of the parliament.

Public spending grew during the 2000s at the same time as private and voluntary sector service provision became more and more popular.

The only public spending necessary would be $ 80 million to finish cleanup of the landfill site.

Tax cuts, deep public spending cuts and rewards for those folk who work hard and save.

Family support services also cut down on future public spending because families become more self - sufficient.

These provide additional public spending power, which governments may choose to use to a greater or lesser extent.

The expansion in public spending resulted in an economy distorted towards sectors driven by debt or by public expenditure.

Reducing public spending even further is an unbelievably backward move.

It should be a no - brainer for both chambers to get behind the reform: Major public spending ought to be done in a transparent and accountable way — which requires independent oversight.

The second gang of policy makers admits debt is a problem, but it insists any reduction in public spending today will only make matters worse.

Of that total he wants roughly # 12 billion to be made up of welfare cuts, in an effort to halt the ever - increasing proportion of public spending taken up with benefits.

The country's austerity drive is now set to continue well beyond the next general election, and later this year the coalition is expected to unveil further public spending cuts.

It keeps revising its forecasts to adjust for anticipated public spending that doesn't happen.

If expectations are very forward - looking, people might even look at the deficits as future tax increases, and offset public spending by increases in private saving.

In contrast, British public spending has continued to grow since 2007, and the deficit has been reduced by a quarter.

Of every form of public spending military spending is the least Labour productive.

The first job the new government has given itself is to address public spending and the deficit.