Osborne says he will put the royal finances on a more long-term footing.
A simple price floor for carbon permits would provide a surer, long-term footing, but for now the market is headed toward a second-best policy.
But before coughing up bail-out funds, these creditors demand reforms and budget cuts to place the Greek economy on a sounder long-term footing.
Unions view this as a tax designed to reduce the deficit rather than put pensions on a stable long-term footing.
Cameron regarded the Lords' decision to block the tax credit cuts as unprecedented interference with financial matters and a sign that the relationship between the two houses needed to be put on a new long-term footing.
"The settlement gives London Underground the resources needed to manage Metronet's administration and support moving toward a more stable long-term footing and continue the work to maintain, renew and upgrade the Underground," she said.
"I want to make sure that London's funding sources are put on a secure long-term footing, giving the mayor and the people of London increased certainty, Johnson said.
EADS is "working with our customers to reach an acceptable solution for all parties and to put this program on a solid long-term footing," Louis Gallois, EADS's chief executive, said in a statement.
This would come at a delicate time for the European economy, making it more difficult for leaders to assemble coalitions to back complex EU reforms to put European finance on sound long-term footing.
Economists and other experts see the stalemate as a worrying indication that political rivalries could get in the way of any quest to put Iran's economy on a solid long-term footing.
For the last two years, we have been arguing for political parties to put aside their differences and work together to answer these questions, and put our treasured NHS and social care services on a sustainable long-term footing.
