• Speaking on Wednesday, Conservative chairman Grant Shapps said the government had taken "difficult and responsible decisions" on public spending and welfare and contrasted this with other parties offering "glib and simple" solutions.

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  • And he has ruled out cuts in spending on health, welfare or public-sector pay.

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  • Ministers decided on the ban, also backed by a number animal welfare groups, following a public consultation on the proposals.

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  • The authors correctly point out that it is difficult to blame declining trade unionism and a diminished public appetite for welfare on the pressures, real or imagined, of globalisation: America is, after all, far less globalised (in terms of the share of its economy accounted for by trade) than many European economies with broader state welfare.

    ECONOMIST: Poverty in America

  • He wants bigger tax cuts, less public spending, a ceiling on welfare costs, more labour flexibility, reform of pensions, greater decentralisation, and the sale of more state companies in the competitive sector.

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  • To be clear, SB 2687 does not restrict debate on food policy as it relates to public health and welfare.

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  • "Out-of-control dogs are just as much a threat on private property as in public places, " said animal welfare minister Lord de Mauley.

    BBC: A muzzled and leashed pitbull terrier

  • He will argue that the public want parliament to spend time on the economy, welfare reform, schools and the NHS whilst his opponents want to get bogged down on the minutiae of press regulation.

    BBC: Press law - So why did he do it?

  • One in six New Yorkers received welfare payments, and one in five was on the public payroll.

    NEWYORKER: Mayberry Man

  • She was on public assistance and was a founder of the local chapter of the Welfare Rights System.

    FORBES: Connect

  • But with another eye on the crucial general elections next year, he liberally raised public expenditure for the coming financial year (2013-14) on welfare schemes such as rural roads, employment guarantee and food security.

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  • This year the smorgasbord from Iowa to California groaned under all the offerings: flattening the tax structure, abolishing free-trade agreements, limiting the terms of lawmakers, reinventing welfare or health care or public housing or farm subsidies, spending more on defense, cutting this agency or that, restricting immigration.

    CNN: It's All In The Timing

  • But he can reach out and unite the party and say, we have to manage our differences on these issues where we differ but on the specific issues of which the public are concerned such as health and education and pensions and welfare we will drive forward with a positive and united programme which will attract voters back to us again.

    BBC: News | BREAKFAST WITH FROST | The former Conservative Chairman, Michael Ancram, told Breakfast with Frost that a Kenneth Clarke leadership victory risks tearing the Party apart

  • In June last year, the secretary of state for Scotland, Michael Moore, announced that the UK government was commencing a detailed programme of analysis on issues such as the constitution, the economy, public finances and taxation, defence, energy and welfare.

    BBC: Scotland politics

  • Despite being one of the authors of Europe's Fiscal Compact (which aims to enforce public spending limits on EU members by law) the president has tried to insist that France's welfare state will be safe in his hands.

    BBC: Nationalism looks set to remain on trend in France

  • In a Daily Telegraph interview, Mr Hammond said a number of Conservative cabinet ministers believed "that we have to look at the welfare budget again... if we are going to get control of public spending on a sustainable basis".

    BBC: Philip Hammond warns defence cuts 'risk capability'

  • In a benchmarking of best practices, both countries have a more efficient use of money in the public sector, better value for money in education and health care, fewer persons permanently placed on social welfare and a more friendly rhetoric towards business, growth and job creation.

    FORBES: European Socialism: Why America Doesn't Want It

  • He said opposing the 1% benefits cap meant Labour "believe welfare claimants should see a bigger rise than the 1% that public sector workers will get on their wages - which they support".

    BBC: Battle over plan to cap benefits ahead of Commons vote

  • The French foreign ministry on Friday pointed to "two limits on residency rights" under EU law: "respect for public order and possession of sufficient resources to not impose an excessive burden on the host country's social welfare system".

    BBC: UN urges France to avoid Roma deportations

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