Sentence examples for budget pledge from inspiring English sources

Alistair Darling's budget pledge of training or a job for all applied only to those under 25.

The "triple lock" budget pledge was allowed to entirely dominate Labour's manifesto launch – surely securing not a single additional vote.

The document repeats George Osborne's budget pledge for £30bn of spending cuts over the next two years, and warns that "failing to control our debt would be more than an economic failing; it would be a moral failing".

The chancellor's budget pledge to "radically simplify" the method for distributing research funding may have passed most MPs by in the torrent of figures and promises, but it has certainly set universities buzzing.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies has criticised George Osborne for a misleading budget pledge to help Britain's lowest paid workers, and warned that the chancellor's new soft drinks tax could backfire by raising sugar consumption.

She will be better off – but not until next year – as a result of the government's budget pledge to give more support to the lowest earners – on tax credits and later, universal credit – by increasing support for childcare from 70%to85%5% of costs.

That figure refers to "commitments" in EU parlance, meaning legally binding budget pledges for EU projects.

Budget: Pledges to balance the US federal budget, pay off national debt and create $300bn reserve 'for a rainy day'.

He claims to have made this exception to his budget pledges during the 2000 campaign, but there is no record of his having done so.

This has been expanded, and thanks to Nick Clegg and my successor, Norman Lamb, the last budget pledged an additional £1.25bn to improve children's mental health over the next five years.

RM: It is the most predictable element of any budget: pledges by the chancellor to raise money from cracking down on tax avoidance.