austerity

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She told MPs her choices meant there would be no "reckless borrowing" or a return to austerity and that NHS waiting lists and government debt would continue to be cut.

From BBC

The Finns Party, too, calls for austerity but its main goal is to reduce what its leader Riikka Purra has called "harmful" immigration from developing countries outside the European Union.

From Reuters

Fighting budget cuts last year, Chief Constable Sir Iain Livingstone said the force has made annual savings of £200m since 2013 and had swallowed far more than its fair share of austerity.

From BBC

But the Rams’ 2023 austerity plan is a calculated pull-back, one that has made them as quiet as a Saguaro cactus in the Arizona desert.

From Los Angeles Times

The promise to invest more in youth services has also been welcomed but several people pointed out that many previous services were closed during austerity - when the Conservatives were in power.

From BBC