Sentence examples for cutting the allowance from inspiring English sources

In the presidential debates of 1980, Reagan said that tax cuts would act like cutting the allowance of spendthrift children (in Congress).

Alan Greenspan trusted in 1978 that there was "a political limit to deficit spending". In the presidential debates of 1980, Reagan said that tax cuts would act like cutting the allowance of spendthrift children (in Congress).

The Liberal Democrats also favour cutting the allowance for the better-off.

Nick Clegg voted for the hugely symbolic cut in the top of rate of income tax from 50 to 45% – a gift to the rich – in exchange for cutting the personal allowance.

The Maltese government, the only EU member to allow recreational spring hunting, said it was taking "special measures" to minimise the impact of its shoot on the bird's plummeting population, cutting the shooters' allowance from 11,000 birds.

The move could save £1bn a year, according to the Social Market Foundation – a thinktank that has also lobbied for cutting the winter fuel allowance.

We are cutting the education maintenance allowance and privatising higher education, treating it as an expense, not the investment in our economy that it is.

Hammond also announced that he was addressing similar benefits enjoyed by people who are directors and shareholders, by cutting the tax-free allowance on the dividends they take out of their companies from £5,000 to £2,000 from April next year.

Hammond also courted unpopularity with Conservative supporters by cutting the tax-free allowance on dividends for directors and shareholders from £5,000 a year to £2,000, a decision that will affect more than 2 million taxpayers.

The scheme would be paid for by cutting the winter fuel allowance and free TV licences for better-off pensioners, the party's "pre-manifesto" proposes.

Ed Balls told the party conference in Manchester about plans including cutting the winter fuel allowance for wealthier pensioners, keeping the the benefit cap, child benefit rising by 1%, bringing back a 50p tax rate, and introducing a mansion tax.