Sentence examples for common spending from inspiring English sources

Over the last decade, as new and better prescription drugs have become our primary form of health care, our common spending on them has soared.

"Failure to agree on a common spending cap for FY 2015 will guarantee another year of confusion," the Appropriations Committee members wrote.

Still, calls for sharing some spending or financial risk — such as by ramping up common spending on infrastructure, or borrowing collectively through so-called Eurobonds — is still facing a firm "no" from Germany and several other countries such as Finland and the Netherlands.

Problems with the Warrior infantry fighting vehicles were revealed by Stephen Lovegrove, permanent secretary at the Ministry of Defence, in a letter to the chairwoman of the Commons spending watchdog.

The outsourcing giant has since been heavily criticised for its performance on the recruitment contract, which was deemed "abysmal" by the Commons spending watchdog this month and has been described as "disastrous" and a "national disgrace" by a former Tory defence minister.

There was "gross incompetence" in the way the BBC handled large pay-offs to outgoing executives, the chairwoman of the Commons spending watchdog has said.

Britain may be without a fully operational aircraft carrier until 2030, according to a report published by the Commons spending watchdog.

On Monday, seven former and current BBC bosses were grilled by members of the Commons spending watchdog about their handling of large pay-offs.

The Ministry of Defence has a funding black hole of at least £7bn in its 10-year plan to equip the UK's armed forces, according to a report by the Commons spending watchdog.

Criticising the "sweeteners" given to departing staff, the PAC, which is the Commons spending watchdog, said: "There was a failure at the most senior levels of the BBC to challenge the actual payments and prevailing culture, in which cronyism was a factor that allowed for the liberal use of other people's money.

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