Sentences with phrase «time of austerity»

In times of austerity, arts slips down the agenda.

In times of austerity and with increases in court fees, negotiating is a «must do».

It's win - win all around for justice at times of austerity.»

In the current times of austerity, public - sector science is feeling the pinch, and the lingering uncertainty that further changes are on the way is something that occasionally keeps me awake at night.

The early»90s in New York were a brief time of austerity that one can almost look back with fondness to, considering the scale of current economic challenges.

It also shows that even in times of austerity, an annual holiday is still required and still very popular, with Jamaica being a top destination of choice.»

History, and current pressures on the Pentagon to justify its budget in a time of austerity, suggest that the Pentagon is not really opposed to an attack on Iran, only very shrewdly letting someone else get the music started.

B.C. taxpayers can't afford these sorts of sweetheart deals in a time of austerity, especially when the Minister of the Environment admitted that the fees paid by Nestle and oil and gas companies likely wouldn't even pay the government's bill for administration related to the legal changes.

It's easy then, to see hospitality as an optional extra which is more trouble than it's worth, or something to scrimp on in times of austerity.

Local resident Marian Kamlish, 92, said: «In times of austerity, this vanity project is an insult to those in the NHS, in education, in the fire services and the police force, all suffering cuts while this rich man's railway sucks up our money.»

not to be seen drinking champagne during a time of austerity), disenfranchised grassroots and occasional steadfast followers clinging on to a sense of «futile loyalty combined with a crushing sense of inner fatalism.»

The public is also well aware that, in a time of austerity, maintaining a large and active armed forces costs money — and people always prefer to spend money on domestic priorities where a choice has to be made.

«The UK government will effectively be asking taxpayers to pay a Westminster premium to crowbar a modern parliament into a Victorian building at a time of austerity when Tory policy is hitting some of the poorest in society, and political uncertainty when this UK government has no plan for the UK outside the European Union.»

In these times of austerity, we're constantly told that there isn't enough money to pay hospital staff a decent wage or to build enough schools to educate our kids, but when it comes to laying hundreds of miles of new tarmac, money appears to be no object.

This is the biggest challenge ahead — especially because, in times of austerity, citizens tend to disengage from, turn against and blame politics.

Especially in times of austerity, they want to demonstrate that as much as possible of the taxpayers» hard - earned cash goes directly on «programme» activity (such as health care, teaching, policing) and as little as possible on «administration costs.»

«This issue has now gone beyond Stephen Hester, this is about a prime minister who promised to rein in excess and says to the country in a time of austerity, when his economic policies have choked off growth, that we are all in it together - how hollow is his rhetoric in light of what we have just seen today.

Professor Paul Collier, one of the leading experts in the field of world development, explains why it is important that the UK continues to provide aid to developing countries, even in a time of austerity.

It has been said that during a time of austerity we can not afford to be doling out this kind of money overseas.

At a time of austerity we need a system of wealth taxation that can pull its proper weight.

Confusingly, in a motion entitled Generating Jobs and Growth in a time of Austerity — due to be debated on Monday (24th September) at the party's Brighton Conference — the Lib Dems appear to want to do both.

The speech fills a political vacuum and introduces a degree of gravitas to a government which has been tainted by the accusation of pursuing issues which don't matter in times of austerity, such as gay marriage and Lords Reform.

Mr Cameron faces the unenviable task of showing, at a time of austerity, that his party is not just for those who have already achieved material success, while holding on to Tory loyalists and luring back those threatening to defect to Ukip.

At a time of austerity it is unreasonable that trade unions receive such public largesse but reform is also central to Tory hopes of winning more seats at the next election.

And Alexander today in a policy motion speech to conference certainly did his damnedest to defend the coalition, opposing an amendment to his «Generating Growth and Jobs in a Time of Austerity» motion to abandon the coalition's fiscal mandate.

The regressive nature of the Welfare cuts certainly go against the recent motion passed (as above) «Ensuring Fairness in a Time of Austerity»: particularly Item 9: «Ensure that any cuts to welfare benefits are progressive in nature: reducing benefits enjoyed by the most affluent before cutting benefits for the poorest and most vulnerable.»

In times of austerity, they would almost certainly argue, we need to do everything we can to ensure productive enterprise, and that includes giving businesses flexibility when it comes to making wage decisions.

The Social Liberal Forum therefore calls on the Government to revive demand in the private economy by investing directly in skills training and small business development, as outlined by the recent Liberal Democrat conference motion Fairness in a time of Austerity.

City Hall officers believe it could cost up to # 2.14 million over the next four years which can not be justified at a time of austerity.

The prime minister insisted the cost of Trident was not prohibitive in a time of austerity, saying it was less than 1.5 % of our annual benefits bill.

In an open letter published on these pages on Monday he argued that aid wasn't just expensive at a time of austerity but often counter-productive.

In a time of austerity are the British people going to support that?

The mansion tax of Vince Cable is a progressive tax policy that is very much needed during this time of austerity.

The Government want a time limited debate to ensure the issue does not drag on whilst opponents of the bill claim that democratising parliament is the wrong thing to do in a time of Austerity as it is a distraction from debating the economy or watching video's of Chloe Smith on Newsnight.

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The cost saving to the UK is not a cost we can ignore in this time of austerity.

Perhaps the Government didn't want to give the wrong impression in these times of austerity as the bunting budget clearly didn't stretch very far.

The term, coined by James Doran, refers to the rapid capitulation of a social democratic heavyweight in times of austerity, taking its name from Labour's Greek sister party, who collapsed from a party of government to scraping a few percent for signing up to New Democracy's austerity programme.

that in these times of austerity where cut backs are affecting all members of public service there should be no difference in the world of lords and the institution for Ermin and knighthoods.

I don't think anyone ought to stand up anywhere in politics and say there is a group that are so wealthy that they should be given a free ride and should be excluded from having to carry the kind of burdens that other people have, particularly in a time of austerity like this.

In a time of austerity, he said Labour's approach must be based on the desire for national «renewal and prosperity» not just an «ideological» predisposition towards reducing the size of the state.

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«In a time of austerity, when greens spaces are possibly under threat due to pressure on council funding, we have demonstrated that these areas are important to people's health.

In these times of austerity, we want to do science alone, no matter how much insignificant, so that we can win the race of «the survival of the fittest.»

«At a time of austerity in U.S. research funding, the Indian government is dramatically increasing research funding,» inStem director Dr. K. VijayRaghavan said.

In these times of austerity of course we need to cut our cloth on all spending; however, the government's proposals for the design and construction of future schools are far too restrictive with too much focus on short - term savings.»

As we are all aware, educational establishments at primary and secondary school level rely on funding from the local education authority and it times of austerity budgets are tight, and as should be expected, what little additional funds there are, are better put to use providing teaching aids to enhance the students learning rather than providing for their security.

The need for contraction in public education is bound to continue, write James W. Guthrie and Elizabeth A. Ettema in «Public Schools and Money: Strategies for improving productivity in times of austerity.»