Sentences with phrase «strain on public services»

However, a Home Office spokeswoman rejected the criticism, saying that 97 per cent of registered workers were in full - time work and therefore were contributing to the UK economy, not putting extra strain on public services.

«The failure to address this issue by the Government is putting a huge strain on public services and putting those services under threat.

However, some state and county lawmakers and village officials said the casino would increase crime, traffic, strain on public services and do little to improve the local economy.

London's housing problem, its genuine cost of living crisis, the immense strain on public services in the capital and the social problems

Not exact matches

«For too long Alberta's public services have been strained from decades of underfunding and reliance on volatile energy markets,» said contributing economist Robin Shaban, who noted that Alberta has just seen the worst recession in over three decades.

So at a time when the public services that pensioners and others rely on are under strain, it can no longer be a priority to continue paying the winter fuel allowance to the wealthiest pensioners.

While on the one hand saying that strain on services was due to austerity, she nonetheless pledged to bring back the Migration Impact Fund «in specific areas where public services and housing are under strain».

He said immigrants» skills should be balanced against the additional strain they would place on public services.

The group questions whether this «at best marginal» benefit is worth the added strain migrants place on public services such as hospitals and schools.

Speaking ahead of the launch, Kypros Kypri, Professor of Public Health at University of Newcastle, Australia said: «There is strong evidence to show that earlier closing times can make a significant difference to the strain alcohol places on emergency services.

Though United Water argues the increases are meant to control costs and will ultimately mean long - term cost reductions, legislators had expressed concern that the surcharge was a premature step given the plan has not yet been approved by the state's Public Service Commission and would add further financial strain on residents where the burden should fall on United Water.

The additional cuts to local government, transport and public sector pay will squeeze already - strained public services, making a mockery of the localism agenda and adding more pressure on the cost of living.

The IAHS says such a price hike will inevitably undermine the public's efforts to safeguard and maintain their health by the use of supplements, and equally inevitably put even greater strain on our beleaguered health service.

As a growing population puts further strain on the demand for public services and school places, local authorities are turning to modular buildings to construct lower carbon buildings more quickly.

The Government ignored the warnings that these cuts will not only create greater budgetary strain on other public services but also lead to greater risk of miscarriage of justice.

In recent years, the USPTO has come under increasing scrutiny over the quality of its patent examinations.1 The growing push for reform of the patent system is fueled by the rapid rise of technology, financial services, telecommunications, and other innovations driving the information economy, all straining the USPTO's ability to evaluate and issue quality patents.2 Problems with patent quality occur when the Patent Office grants patents on claims that are broader than what is merited by the invention and the prior art. 3 In fact, a number of these problematic patents have been issued and publicized to much fanfare, including the infamous Smuckers» peanut butter and jelly patent where the company asserted a patent on their method of making the UncrustiblesTM crust-less peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, among others.4 These «bad» or improvidently granted patents impact the USPTO's ability to promote overall patent quality which, I will show, has serious implications for the public domain.