Sentences with phrase «said public sector reforms»

Gordon Brown today said public sector reforms must go «wider and deeper» to provide a more personalised service.

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Bill English, New Zealand's deputy prime minister and finance minister, says the country is doing well because of tax and public sector reforms.

The state government has invited the public to have a say on red tape reform through its #ShredTheRed campaign, while highlighting a number of efficiency improvements in the transport sector.

The latest measures to reform India's public sector banks are merely «fine tuning» of some internal processes, said an analyst at Moody's.

But rather than supporting the idea that all Canadians should have comfortable retirements — say, by reforming CPP, and protecting private sector employees against company bankruptcy — the authors see public sector pensions as just more «premium.»

Commenting on remarks made by Ed Miliband on public sector pension reform during his Question & Answer session at TUC Congress, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said this:

To his credit, Prime Minister David Cameron and his ministers have been robust in defending the reforms, saying that the changes are designed to make public sector pensions affordable for the long term and failure to reform will bankrupt the whole system, a point even many on the Labour benches recognise.

«We understand the government's determination to deliver a substantial programme of reforms across the public sector, but we can not afford to get policing wrong, and unless greater clarity emerges in the very near future I fear that we run the risk of compromising the safety of citizens for reasons of expediency,» he will say.

Mr Blair added: «With the best will in the world, change and reform within the public sector is going to be a continual process - you're not going to get to the state where you say, that's it.

Government reforms have reduced the average value of public sector pension schemes by around three per cent, from 24 per cent to 21 per cent of salary, the Pensions Policy Institute (PP) has said.

Responding to the report published today by Policy Exchange arguing for reform of the public sector pay and pensions frameworks, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: «This report appears to be another example of supporters of the Coalition Government seeking to rally support for localised pay in the face of a dearth of evidence to back up the Coalition's proposals for the abolition of national pay frameworks for public services.

It said: «In this British election the overwhelming necessity of reforming the public sector stands out.Government now accounts for over half the economy, rising to 70 % in Northern Ireland.

McCluskey said industrial action and protests were a valid response to the government's public sector pension reforms and pay freezes.

****** I am saying to people that Reform basically has two priorities this year — public sector productivity, and moving from recession to recovery.»

In her book, Servon says, «it's time to launch a movement that will pressure the public and private sectors to reform the consumer financial services industry in ways that make financial health attainable and sustainable for all Americans.»