subvention
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It focuses on the subvention - the shortfall between what is raised in taxes in Northern Ireland and the amount spent on public services.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2024
They look at the subvention for 2019 as the more recent data, for 2020 and 2021, is distorted by pandemic-related spending in Northern Ireland.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2024
Another issue is the subvention - essentially the gap between the sum of money Northern Ireland contributes to the UK Treasury and the amount of public spending in Northern Ireland.
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2021
The terms of the subvention were: "Assistance to be given by the Government to the coal mining industry will take the form of a subvention in aid of wages," to be paid by the Treasury.
From Time Magazine Archive
A subvention may be raised by a perfectly orthodox fiscal process.
From Liberalism and the Social Problem by Churchill, Winston
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
