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“In the G20 we will also propose to explore and to develop the introduction of a financial transaction tax”
“The eurozone has set up a 750bn-euro (£623bn; $920bn) bail-out mechanism as a safety net in case any more countries suffer a similar debt crisis to Greece.”
“The local authority is looking at ways of saving £4.5m.”
“The 'brutal' state of the UK's public finances will mean real cuts north of the border, the new Scottish Secretary Michael Moore has warned. The Liberal Democrat MP's comments came in the face of the £155bn deficit facing the UK.”
“The minister said the spending deficit equated to £2,500 for 'every man, woman and child across the United Kingdom', adding: 'It's a staggering sum of money and it's no surprise in that context that the major priority of the United Kingdom…”
“Scotland is facing a massive financial challenge in dealing with the fall-out from the mismanagement of the UK's finances,' he said.”
“Scottish hospitals could save £6m a year by using fewer agency doctors.”
“locums, who can cost up to £104 an hour compared with £11 an hour for internal staff”
“Health boards currently spend about £47m a year on recruiting medics for temporary staffing cover”
“Much of the bill was for commission paid to private agencies, which charge an average of 23% and sometimes more than 30%”
“They said the NHS in Scotland could save almost 15% of the money it spent on temporary doctors through better planning”
“Ms Sturgeon admitted that spending on locum doctors had doubled in real terms from 1997”
“the amount of money spent on locum doctors has doubled in the past 10 years”
“Informants who aided the rescue of four members of the Colombian security forces from rebels will share a $1.2m (£800,000) reward, the army has said.”
“In 2009, a 19% reduction in offshore oil production in the province resulted in an 8% reduction in real gross domestic product, according to Canada's ministry of finance.”
“The designation of Post Bank brings to 16 the total number of Iranian banks under sanctions.”
“The US Treasury says Post Bank is a front for Bank Sepah, which was designated in 2007 for providing financial services to the Iranian missile industry.”
“Mrs Gillan said the new government was right in taking immediate steps in reducing the deficit by bringing in cuts of £6bn this year.”
“The need to take decisive action to reduce the deficit is a necessary consequence of the previous government's reckless economic management.”
“She said she would be holding meetings to address the funding that Wales gets, including with Gerry Holtham, whose independent report for the assembly argued that there was a shortfall of £300m a year in the budget.”
“Labour pressed Mrs Gillan to accept that, despite her comments, the independent body set up by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition, the Office of Budget Responsibility, said the government's finances were better than expected.”
“Pakistan's Punjab province government gave about $1m (£674,000) last year to institutions linked to a charity on a UN terror blacklist”
“At least 80 million rupees [$940,000] have been allocated for the institutions [linked to Jamaat-ud-Dawa] during the current fiscal year,”
“as the UK government tries to cut the country's deficit, external by £5.7bn this financial year.”
“Berkshire's six unitary councils will have to find savings of nearly £7m between them as the government tries to cut the UK's deficit by nearly £6bn.”
“West Berkshire Council says it will have to take "urgent action" to plug a £1.9m shortfall.”
“Reading Borough Council has to slash £1.5m.”
“National economic austerity has been with us for some time, so we established a task group a while ago to oversee pressure on the council's finances.”
“However, we wait to see if the government's emergency budget on 22 June will mean a further demand for savings.”
“In the first year of the assembly more than £6,000 was paid by the public purse for two receptions. This was due to the security cost of keeping the building open.”
“The coalition government has already outlined £6.2bn of spending cuts for this year”
“Shropshire Council estimates it will have to save £16m to £18m every year for the next three years”
“Neighbouring Worcestershire County Council has to save around £15m a year over the next three years”
“A £127.1m plan to extend the service from its terminus at Birmingham's Snow Hill station to New Street station received the go-ahead in March”
“It will provide a fifty million a year boost to the region's economy”
“charged with 16 counts of fraud, worth more than $1.9bn (£1.3bn).”
“TBW once oversaw some $30bn-worth of residential loans but filed for bankruptcy last August.”
“Farkas and his co-conspirators allegedly engaged in a scheme to misappropriate more than $400m from Colonial Bank's Mortgage Warehouse Lending Division in Orlando, Florida, and approximately $1.5bn from Ocala Funding, a mortgage lending fa…”
“the indictment further alleges that Farkas and his co-conspirators committed wire and securities fraud in connection with their attempt to convince the United States government to provide Colonial Bank with approximately $553m in TARP fund…”
“Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general for Tarp, added: "Today's indictment describes an unprecedented scheme by executives at two large financial institutions to steal more than $550m from the American taxpayer. Due to the efforts o…”
“Officials estimate that Mr Farkas personally gained "at least $20m" from these activities but "it's ongoing".”
“Lee Farkas, who was chief executive and then chairman of TBW, was accused of trying to misappropriate money from banks and federal institutions. The indictment also accused Mr Farkas and other unnamed conspirators of trying to obtain money…”
“"Farkas and his co-conspirators allegedly engaged in a scheme to misappropriate more than $400m from Colonial Bank's Mortgage Warehouse Lending Division in Orlando, Florida, and approximately $1.5bn from Ocala Funding, a mortgage lending f…”
“"According to the government motion seeking Farkas's detention, the fraud scheme contributed to the failures of Colonial Bank and TBW."”
“"The indictment further alleges that Farkas and his co-conspirators committed wire and securities fraud in connection with their attempt to convince the United States government to provide Colonial Bank with approximately $553m in TARP fun…”
“However, no Tarp funds were ever obtained.”
“Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general for Tarp, added: "Today's indictment describes an unprecedented scheme by executives at two large financial institutions to steal more than $550m from the American taxpayer."”
“Members of the task force also included officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the financial watchdog the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Officials estimate that Mr Farkas personally gained "at least $20m" f…”
“The coalition government has told the Department for Transport (DfT) to make savings of £683m by March 2011.”
“The £30m Walton Bridge, was to have replaced two "temporary" bridges at Walton and Shepperton.”
“Provisional funding was agreed in October by the previous government.”
“The DfT's spending review is expected to take about eight months.”
“Staff at Leicestershire County Council are facing job cuts and front line services will be hit as the authority looks to make £9.9m of budget savings.”
“One grant for children and young people's services looks set to be cut by £2.6m - an effective 24% reduction.”
“A £300,000 grant for the supporting people administration could be cut completely.”
“Road safety and other transport initiatives are facing cuts along with the loss of £200,000 earmarked for future planning.”
“The interest rate Spain is being asked to pay by investors is now 2.23 percentage points higher than that being demanded of Germany.”
“Its budget deficit is currently running at over 11% of GDP - way above the 3% limit imposed by the EU.”
“£400m revamp of the railway station”
“Vale of Berkeley costs £1,900 more per pupil than the county average.”
“He said the total cost of the project was likely to be about £750m.”
“must hand back 5% of their budget to Defra by the end of the financial year.”
“will see both parks return about £200,000.”
“The 5% cut this year will make it difficult to absorb any future cuts without an impact on frontline services.”
“Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks have been told that they must hand back 5% of their budget to Defra by the end of the financial year.”
“The government money-saving scheme will see both parks return about £200,000.”
“We were very concerned because it was the worst economic downturn since before the Second World War, and we've been keeping a very close eye on the project,”
“Among the schemes axed already in the county is the £1.2m Future Jobs Fund. ... The Future Jobs Fund had been hailed a success in the county, with recent initiatives including providing employment for 200 young people aged between 18 and 2…”
“Liberal Democrat St Ives MP Andrew George said he was campaigning to make sure funds for a new £44m ferry link to the Isles of Scilly were not lost.”
“England's councils must save £1.1bn as the government tries to cut the UK's deficit by £5.7bn this financial year.”
“Director of the RDA Theo Liejser said the government would decide how much the agency would lose, which been estimated at up to £24m in Cornwall...”
“£1.2m Future Jobs Fund”
“must save £1.1bn as the government tries to cut the UK's deficit by £5.7bn this financial year”
“emergency Budget on 22 June”
“up to £24m in Cornwall”
“The number of people unemployed in the UK increased by 23,000 to 2.47 million during the three months to April, official figures have shown.”
“The unemployment rate was 7.9%, up from 7.8% in the quarter to January.”
“the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance fell in May by 30,900 to 1.48 million, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.”
“when compared with the figures for the three months to March, overall unemployment has fallen from 2.51 million.”
“the number of people classed as economically inactive - those out of work and not seeking employment - rose by 29,000 during the three months to April to 8.19 million.”
“This is the highest level since records began, and represents 21.5% of the working age population.”
“The number of people out of work for more than a year increased by 85,000 to 772,000”
“unemployment among 16 to 24-year-olds rose by 11,000 to 926,000.”
“the number of people in employment increased by 5,000 to 28.9 million.”
“the number of people employed in the public sector increased by 28,000 in the year to the end of March 2010 to total 6.09m.”
“the government announced a £10.8m reduction in funds for North Yorkshire County Council and £2.79m for City of York Council.”
“More than £7m of cutbacks at the county council relate to highways and transportation.”
“nearly £1m relates to funding of children's services.”
“the government announced that more than £1.6bn will be axed from local authorities in a bid to reduce the country's £178bn deficit.”
“£900,000 of the cuts related to funding of children's services.”
“A Lincolnshire authority is asking for applications for £110,000 of flood prevention funding.”
“West Lindsey District Council said most of the money was earmarked for larger projects but £10,000 would go to parish councils.”
“Protection of these vulnerable communities is a high priority for the council, hence our investment of £100,000 to support partners to deliver prevention schemes.”
“The county council recently put 55,000 properties on a mobile phone alert system to warn of extreme weather.”
“Chris Allen, Public Protection Services Manager at West Lindsey District Council, said: "Protection of these vulnerable communities is a high priority for the council, hence our investment of £100,000 to support partners to deliver prevent…”
“the government announced more than £1.6bn would be axed from local authorities”
“with Leeds losing more than £7m”
“Over £5m has been cut from grants which the previous government provided to support services which are vital to young people who would otherwise not access education, employment or training.”
“Bradford council is also facing a budget reduction of more than £7.26m”
“the year-long £8.34m pilot, which was due to start in September”
