Sentence examples for central public services from inspiring English sources

And charges are made for a wide range of central public services like passports, visas and driving licences.

Mr Cameron said: "I want a Conservative government to pass new legislation so that strikes in central public services can't go ahead unless there is a proper threshold crossed in terms of the number of people taking part in the ballot.

And they've been taking just some really sensible measures – measures around having more progressive tax, around investing in a higher minimum wage, investing in central public services, you know, these things that all governments can do that start to reverse this tide.

The issue with Channel 4 is not privatisation, but how to enhance its central public service broadcasting role.

"This is a pivotal, central public service.

There has been growing support among politicians and public servants for the idea that citizen participation should be central to public services.

The rest will be paid by the employer: the central government, public services, local authorities, or state-subsidised local community outfits.

Hence the Tory counter-charge about a £10 billion "black hole" in Labour's plans.Neither party appears willing to address the central dilemma of public services in a modern economy.

In its report accompanying the Autumn Statement, it projected that spending by central government on public services was going to fall from 21.2% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2009-10 to 12.6% in 2019-20.

"All the increase in central government spending on public services over Labour's second and third terms will be reversed by 2013/14.

The country cannot afford to pay back the billions of euros it had to borrow from the IMF and the European central bank to keep public services running and pump cash into the toxic banking system.