Sentences with phrase «squeezed by austerity»

Since 2010 mainly northern Labour - led councils have complained bitterly that they have been unfairly squeezed by austerity while southern Conservative - led councils have had nowhere near the same level of cuts imposed on them.

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Companies that actually use raw materials and consumers that buy products are being squeezed, by a combination of debt service and a financial austerity plan — while Wall Street and speculators are being enabled to make a killing.

In the UK, a Conservative — Liberal Democrat coalition government elected in 2010 began a strong austerity drive by halting and reviewing all major IT contracts, squeezing IT suppliers for costs reductions, cutting back consultancy and instituting stringent requirements for the launching of any new government IT innovations.

A # 11bn benefit squeeze was also included in an austerity package he said would clear the structural deficit by the time of the next general election in 2015.