Sentences with phrase «public spending since»

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

Liberal Democrat insiders point to the fact that Kennedy and his supporters emerged from the SDP, the old Social Democratic breakaway party, but that in seeking to «break the mould» of British politics and merging with the Liberal to become the Liberal Democrats in the 1980s, never in their wildest dreams expected to end up supporting a minority Conservative Government intent on the most swingeing cuts in public spending since the Second World War.

That is now changing, with the longest period of low or no - growth in public spending since the Second World War.

The Wall Street Journal pegs the total cost of his platform, which includes sharp increases in Social Security and Medicare, plus free tuition, at $ 18 trillion over 10 years, the biggest increase in public spending since the Second World War.

In June, U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne readied skeptical Britons for the deepest hack to public spending since the Second World War by painting an almost utopian picture of the Canadian experience.

Not exact matches

President Donald Trump is slated to speak about his $ 200 billion infrastructure plan in Ohio on Thursday, in his first public appearance since begrudgingly signing a $ 1.3 trillion spending package last week.

Digging down into the data on public construction, the only uptrend since 2009 is in spending on health care facilities.

Kean's are the first public comments on the project since the company announced it was suspending all non-essential spending on the pipeline two weeks ago because «this particular investment may be untenable for a private party to undertake.»

Public Works and Government Services Canada has increased its spending on external «Other» professional services by 212 percent since 2006/07, equivalent to 18 percent compound annual growth — a total increase of $ 332 million per year.

Public Works and Government Services Canada has increased its spending on external «Business Services» by 150 percent since 2006/07, equivalent to 14 percent compound annual growth — a total increase of $ 188 million per year.

Meanwhile, spending on research and development in the private sector has been increasing at a clip of 4.9 % a year since 2007, up from 4.1 % the decade prior, while public and private R&D as a share of GDP recently hit an all - time high.

The government recognizes that since 2006 spending has risen dramatically as has the size of the public service.

For the first time since 2001, someone other than Hugh MacDonald will serve as chair of the important Public Accounts Committee, which has ability to scrutinize government spending.

Since 2011, American Transparency, a nonprofit, has built and operated OpenTheBooks.com, the largest private repository of U.S. public - sector spending.

The flat reading for public construction spending was due in part to Federal construction spending rising by 2.2 % to the highest value seen since September 2011, which worked to offset the 0.3 % decline in state and local spending.

«I want the church family to know that all is well in the Dollar household,» he said, in his first public comments since spending more than 12 hours in jail.

Let's face it goalkeepers tend to march to the beat of a different drum and Szczesny certainly fell into that category, but most of his antics were relatively harmless and simply reflected a certain level of immaturity that isn't uncommon for someone thrust into the limelight at such a young age... lord knows we've seen that happen with numerous players throughout the years and very few were ever banished for such behaviour... the only on - field action that drove me crazy was his inability to take a deep breath and not try to rush the play with an ill - timed throw at certain points in the game when common sense suggested holding the ball and slowing things down... the fact that he continued to do this probably had a lot to do with the glaring lack of coaching time spent with the goalkeepers... ultimately he made the fateful decision to take his frustrations out into the public sphere and paid dearly for it... in the end, his services were wanted by several of the best Italian squads, which is significant considering the historical importance placed on the defensive side of the ball in Serie A... all I know is that if someone asked me to pick the most athletically gifted goalkeeper we have had in our squad since the arrival of Wenger, without hesitation, he would be my pick and for that reason his departure is more than a little disappointing... what else is new though

Since most countries have free government supported public schools, your education cost is less (even if you spend time helping your school do fund raising).

The story here is about a millionaire government axe - wielder who decided that the best way to spend # 40,000 of public money was on his own relationship who then orchestrated one of the most intensive attacks on the public sector since Thatcher.

Since 2010, the UK has been subjected to one of the longest periods of public spending restraint over the last century.

When we look back at the historical data summarised in Figure 1 below, we find the period since the mid-1980s has been one in which successive governments have opted for small, year - to - year reductions in the growth of overall public spending, rather than greater reductions over a shorter period.

Another long - term pattern in the historical evolution of fiscal squeezes is that an episode of hard revenue squeeze in order to fund extra public spending has not been experienced in the UK since the mid-1970s.

For a start, the next Labour leader will have only 13 days to agree a policy on spending cuts: the new shadow cabinet won't be announced until 7 October, while the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review, which will reveal the biggest cuts to public expenditure since the 1930s, is scheduled for 20 spending cuts: the new shadow cabinet won't be announced until 7 October, while the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review, which will reveal the biggest cuts to public expenditure since the 1930s, is scheduled for 20 Spending Review, which will reveal the biggest cuts to public expenditure since the 1930s, is scheduled for 20 October.

ComRes has been continuously tracking public attitudes towards the economy for ITV News since the spending review was announced in October 2010.

Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams (D - Freeport) called Armor's tenure at the jail a «dark period» in the facility's history, but also said Tuesday legislators would have to vet the proposed NUMC contract carefully and there should be a public hearing «since it looks like it could be a 100 percent increase in spending» over the previous jail contract.

«Indeed, it is one thing to respond to a record deficit after a long period of rising public spending, as we have since 2010.

Since then, millions of dollars have been spent, the public response has been divisive and the amphitheater has sprung up almost out of nowhere.

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As the Institute for Fiscal Studies has recently described, the Conservatives» plans for public spending from this year onwards would make it the «tightest five - year period since (at least) World War Two» whilst Liberal Democrat and Labour plans would see the «tightest four - year period since April 1976».

The public accounts committee criticised the Skills for Life strategy, which has spent # 5 billion since 2001 aiming to achieve improvements.

Public records show the company has spent more than $ 300,000 since 2009 on lobbying officials in New York regarding the Lockport data center.

He said, since that one is not public money he can chose to spend it anyhow.

E.J. McMahon, research director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, said that for the first time since Cuomo took office in 2011 — when he reached a wide - ranging pact over Medicaid spending with various interest groups — such spending could be a major issue in the 2018 budget.

But total lobbying spending declined slightly since 2016, with groups spending $ 2.6 million less in 2017, according to a report released Wednesday by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

The nearly $ 18 billion sale of the Long Island communications giant Cablevision to the European company Altice could spend another month before the state Public Service Commission, which has been examining the transaction — technically a merger — since late last year.

In the run up to last Thursday's London Mayoral election Sadiq Khan pledged to freeze fares on public transport for the next four years, increase spending on cycling and he has since promised to introduce a new one hour bus ticket allowing unlimited changes within an hour.

Mahama has spent his time delivering public lectures abroad since he lost the 2016 election to President Nana Akufo - Addo.

At a time where there is advocacy on managing Ghana's resources, this is not the time for the Akuffo - Addo Administration to pioneer the dissipation of public purse since he has been the number one lobbyist of judicious spending.

«The subject was, ostensibly, another - the experiment in public spending that the Labour Government has conducted since the turn of the century.

Indeed such is the need for austerity that public spending plans will mean the smallest government spending relative to the rest of the economy since the 1930s.

More than 200,000 public sector jobs have already been axed or are now on the line since the massive spending cuts began, research from GMB union showed today.

When we recall that public spending has risen by five percentage points of GDP since 1999, all this might be considered a tentative step in the right direction.

Cuomo has said in his campaign that he would take on special interests including public worker unions to cap local property taxes and reduce state spending and other measures that the labor - backed Working Families Party has fought since 1998.

Antonacci has been comptroller for Onondaga County, which includes Syracuse, since 2007, and says he would use his skills as a certified public accountant and attorney to scrutinize state spending by the governor and the legislature, and speak out when he sees waste.

Let's be clear about what we inherited: an economy built on the worst deficit since the Second World War: the most leveraged banks; the most indebted households; one of the biggest housing booms; and unsustainable levels of public spending and immigration.

In their campaign to sway state lawmakers, DraftKings and FanDuel and their related trade associations spent just under $ 800,000 on lobbying expenses since last autumn, according to records filed with the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

The period since the election has highlighted the point that public spending cuts hit growth.

Nearly 500,000 public sector jobs will be slashed over the next four years as the government tries to clear its deficit with its biggest round of spending cuts since World War II.

As Tony King points out in his commentary, support for Cameron must be largely image based, since the majority (61 %) of the public had little idea on what Cameron's views were in regard of levels of public spending on reform of public services.

Bill Mahoney, with the New York Public Interest Research Group, has spent the days since the legislative session concluded analyzing streams of data.