Sentences with phrase «taxpayer subsidised»

The Standards and Privileges Committee criticised an arrangement under which the MP's agent stayed rent - free in his taxpayer subsidised home.

We will not be so happy if we miss out on PL title or CL football due to a taxpayer subsidised team.

Links Air are being awarded their second contract tomorrow (Wednesday 10th) with Welsh taxpayers subsidising every seat on every flight by almost # 50.

«Why should the taxpayer subsidise the inspection of independent schools?»

Not exact matches

The taxpayer can guarantee or subsidise lending on an even bigger scale but, that is nationalising risk and privatising profit.

Why is it reasonable for taxpayers, through gift aid, to subsidise attempts to convert them to beliefs which they might regard as immoral or obnoxious?

Mr McNulty ahd been forced to repay # 13,837 and apologise to the Commons after using his taxpayer - funded allowances to subsidise his parents living rent - free in his constituency home.

Nor is there much of a case for special pleading, either in Ms Follett's case that her security needs were somehow terribly special or in Mr Law's case that his (perfectly reasonable) wish for a private life should be subsidised (unwittingly) by the taxpayer.

«Jeremy Corbyn has made it clear that, under his leadership, never again will this waste of taxpayer money be used to subsidise the profits of shareholders, often based in offshore tax havens,» Mr McDonnell said.

Here's the problem: there is no evidence to support the view that middle class taxpayers will happily subsidise the «less deserving» if they get universal benefits themselves.

Our taxpayer - subsidised food system which has taken over our ability to look after ourselves; how corporate bureaucracy stifles real entrepreneurial ambitions and is also unaccountable and out of touch; how we need to nurture families to address poverty and inequality; the way in which the needs of children are undervalued and finally how we relate to the world around us.

Today's Telegraph Expenses Files disclose that the taxpayer has subsidised lifestyles far beyond those experienced by most Britons.

The Telegraph claimed that Blears had owed capital gains taxes on two properties subsidised by the taxpayer, not one as had previously been thought.

Redwood pointedly remarked that part of the taxpayer - subsidised IFS's brief is «to avoid party political argument».

However, senior Labour figures have criticised Mr Cameron's stance, pointing out that he has a large six - figure mortgage and that the taxpayer is subsidising a valuable cottage for the Conservative leader.

The tone of the piece hints at the false dichotomy perceived by 38 Degrees: the howling, downtrodden masses vainly attempting to get their voices heard at the highest levels, ignored by dastardly Members of Parliament who are irritated by the representations they receive because it's keeping them from feeling up the intern in taxpayer - subsidised bars.

We need to establish whether the British taxpayer was subsidising Fox and his frontbench colleagues.

In other words, the very rules that Sewel had introduced to punish errant peers may not be airtight enough to punish a peer who allegedly spent his Lords salary on a night of drugtaking and paid - for sex at his taxpayer - subsidised apartment.

Under - 25s living off Jobseeker's Allowance for over a year, would have to chose between a taxpayer - subsidised job for six months or lose their benefits.

Under the scheme, under - 25s on Jobseeker's Allowance for more than a year - two years for others - would have to take a taxpayer - subsidised job for six months or risk losing benefits.

He bought the flat with taxpayer - subsidised loans and then claimed on work conducted on the property up a year after it had been conducted, allowing him to tot up more spending than would have been available in one single year.

«George Osborne made the argument that taxpayers on # 20,000 a year shouldn't be cross subsidising these payments for rich people.

Mr Farage also hit out at the financial settlement, known as the Barnett Formula, which means taxpayers in England subsidise those north of the border

Mr Grayling already owned three properties within the M25 but still bought the flat with loans subsidised by the taxpayer.

However, despite these repeated assurances, we uncovered evidence that once again the Labour Party was using taxpayers» money to subsidise their political campaigning; in a letter to Sir Gus O'Donnell on the 27th January we highlighted the hijack of the government's «Backing Young Britain» brand and campaign for the Labour Party website.

If I still had a vote in my home town I would be weary of hearing about the northern powerhouse, so beloved of the Tories while the south - west is ignored, and sick to death at having, as a taxpayer, to subsidise their HS2 vanity project while transport links beyond Exeter are pitiful.

«The UK taxpayer may end up subsidising research in other member states,» warns Valerie Ellis of the Institution of Professionals, Managers and Specialists.

The European Council of Ministers meets in Edinburgh in December and will vote on whether to spend 850 million Ecus (# 600 million) of European taxpayers» money subsidising HD - MAC.

For example, around 20 % of the value of agriculture production in the EU is subsidised by the taxpayer.

g. Clearer commitments are needed to ensure all public money (including aid money raised from taxpayers) is spent on public education and is not supporting or subsidising for - profit provision in any way.

If there are sectors of society that, say for financial reasons, could not buy books, it would make more sense for the taxpayer and ratepayer to subsidise their book purchases than to pay for an expensive library system whose main purpose is to give the books away.

Because renewables only make economic sense if they are subsidised by the taxpayer — which means of course that they make no economic sense at all.

Good old gav and Lake George; I'll tell you the real mystery and its not the fluctuating water in Lake George; the real mystery is how supposedly sensible people gave Australian taxpayer's money to subsidise Capital Wind Farm around Lake George; here is its output:

The fees are also about people making a small contribution to the cost of an expensive service that will continue to be heavily subsidised by the taxpayer.»