Sentences with phrase «spending on closing the gap»

«We've seen a 3.6 % reduction in smoking rates over that time yet the Federal Budget has reduced spending on closing the gap anti-smoking initiatives,»

Not exact matches

People spend three times more money on iOS shopping apps than they do Android ones, but some of the Pixel's features will help close this gap, according to the bank's analysts.

The Conservatives program review this year will close the gap in expected revenue and spending growth somewhat but will still depend on rather dramatic growth rates in tax revenues.

(As an aside, that fiscal spend boost is probably not coming until Q2 2016 at the absolute earliest — though this is still within the BoC's 6 - 8 quarter projection horizon for getting inflation sustainably back on target / setting policy to close the output gap.)

That's still well short of the $ 7.5 billion to $ 8 billion Netflix expects to spend on content this year, but it's quickly closing the gap.

I do think that our new defensive solidity is a step in the right direction though and the confidence of winning the BPL again, combined with the spending power that the new TV rights deal gives us, should help Wenger to close the gap on the current European big hitters.

Moving on from it all for this season i fear for worst to come next season (just had a deja vu i say the same thing every season around this time) City already are talking spending 600 Million in the next two to three years on new players and you can bet Man - U will follow to try and close the gap, Liverpool can sell one player and buy an entire squad, Chelsea owner Abromovich has started to make noise's about next season so they will be spending, spuds will try to keep their existing players with one or two additions to strengthen and some salary rises to keep the elite, and Arsenal will go head to head with the likes of Burnley Everton Leicester for average players signature, and the board will make sure even if they replace AW they will replace him with AW No2 who will do what the board decides on who and how much to spend

The big question is whether the powers at Sabener Strasse will be happy to accept that demotion to the second row in light of their English and Spanish rivals» superior spending power or if they will embark on a ambitious transfer - market campaign in the summer in an effort to close the gap.

Prior to today's leaders meeting, Gov. David Paterson once again placed the blame on legislative leaders for failing to close the the $ 9.2 billion state budget gap and reach a deal on the 2010 - 2011 spending plan.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled a $ 168 billion budget plan that would close an over $ 4 billion gap by reducing some spending and imposing tax increases on health insurers, big businesses and prescription opioid users, among others.

Cuomo already agreed to raise taxes on the wealthy back in December to close the rest of the gap, but he says «there are no new or increased fees or taxes» in the budget, no one shot revenue raisers, and in a state long known for complicated budget tricks, he says there are no «surprises» in his spending plan.

Cuomo's plan includes $ 1 billion more for schools and the extension of an additional tax on New York's highest income earners, known as the millionaire's tax, in order to pay for education spending and close a $ 3.5 billion budget gap.

The Conservative - controlled north London council has committed to spending # 1.5 m this financial year on a much - hyped reform programme to help close a yawning budget gap, but it is on course to recoup just # 1.4 m in savings in the year.The programme is budgeted to deliver savings of # 13m a year by 2014, about a third of the total cuts planned by the council.

Stiglitz and Orszag conclude that the least damaging type of temporary gap closing action during a recession is a tax on the portions of income that are least likely to be spent.

The new governor, who has rejected the state's traditional reliance on higher taxes and borrowing to close budget gaps, will outline specifics of his tough spending plan on Feb. 1, setting the stage for what one legislative aide called «a budget Armageddon» with the Legislature.

The $ 3.5 billion budget gap identified in December is closed through $ 2 billion in spending reductions and $ 1.5 billion in revenues from the tax reforms enacted last year that maintained the millionaire tax, albeit only on multi-millionaires rather than anyone making over $ 250,000.

Connecticut lawmakers expect to vote on Tuesday on spending cuts to close the state's $ 220 million budget gap.

Senate leader John Sampson and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver have agreed on the plan, but Sampson may not have the votes; Governor Paterson may use his line - item veto to strip it of member items (earmarks), millions in restored school aid, and any spending he doesn't think we can afford; and it may be anywhere from $ 200 million to $ 1.5 billion short of closing the budget gap, depending on whether Congress comes through with $ 1 billion in Medicaid funds.

Mr. Ravitch's financial plan would impose tough accounting standards on state budgets, allow the state to issue $ 2 billion a year in bonds to help close budget gaps, and give the governor the power to make unilateral cuts when spending and revenues fall out of whack.

The Republicans appear to be reluctant to spend on the race unless internal polls show Storobin closing the gap between himself and his Democratic opponent, NYC Councilman Lew Fidler, as the March 20 election day draws closer.

Governor Andrew Cuomo Tuesday unveiled a $ 168 billion budget plan that would close a more than $ 4 billion gap by reducing some spending, and imposing tax increases on health insurers, big businesses, and prescription opioid users, among others.

Cuomo's plan includes $ 1 billion more for schools and the extension of an additional tax on New York's highest income earners, known as the millionaires» tax, to pay for education spending and close a $ 3.5 billion budget gap.

There's also Martin Freeman's random reappearance as CIA agent Everett K Ross, who spends the majority of his time on screen looking like a middle - aged - man on a gap year, and Daniel Kaluuya's W'Kabi, who is posited as a close friend of T'Challa but whose sudden shift in allegiance goes unaddressed.

They're asking why so much school time is spent on tests that aren't much used to assist individual children but rather to compare schools and districts in an to attempt to close the achievement gap, says Hess.

As of last year, 77 percent of schools had access, and the FCC has signed on to spend up to $ 3.9 billion annually to close the gap.

According to the figures, the money provided to headteachers to spend on closing the attainment gap, funded over 500 additional teachers in 2017, on top of the 160 funded through the same fund in 2016.

For poorer districts dependent on the state, the new formula won't close all spending gaps, but per - student spending in some poorer districts has risen dramatically in just the first two years of the new formula.

And federal education spending focuses directly on giving states and districts money to close achievement gaps, which assumes money matters.

That percentage is higher than the state average for students who speak only English, meaning these students closed the gap on an English test after spending most of their educational career learning in Spanish.

As we have worked together to craft our revised Denver Plan this spring, I have spent much time engaging with our teams on how to best accelerate our academic improvements and close our achievement gaps.

In the name of closing the achievement gap, entire communities of color in cities around the country have seen classrooms converted to test prep centers, where the time spent on studying strategies for eliminating wrong answer choices has pushed out inquiry, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, the arts, and culturally relevant pedagogy.

Higher scores might make it appear that those students were «closing the gap» with students at higher - performing schools who spent much more time on higher - level skills.

Early warnings from rigorous, 11th grade assessments can help close preparation gaps before postsecondary enrollment, reducing time and money spent on non-credit-bearing coursework.

Ross Gittins also addressed this in a detailed analysis of the economics of why, despite the money we are spending on «closing the gap», we aren't making much headway.

The call for action includes increasing from 17 to 30 per cent of all State and Territory annual child protection spending on preventative and early intervention focused family support services, an out - of - home care Close the Gap target, and ensuring that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle does what it is intended to do.

Mobile advertising and the gap between time and money spent on mobile will close over the coming years and the stats show will close quickly.