Sentence examples for pound increase from inspiring English sources

The Institute for Fiscal Studies estimates that increasing NHS spending in line with the growth of the economy, rather than seeing it rise simply in line with inflation, would involve a 3p in the pound increase on all tax bands.

Creating real jobs and paying decent wages, including a one pound increase on the minimum wage, will bring down the benefits bill and get people spending again," he said.

The Government is ready to announce the first steps towards building a new railway linking north and south London as part of a multi-billion pound increase in infrastructure spending.

The National Health Action Party is campaigning for 4% annual increases in health spending funded by a one penny in the pound increase in income tax.

Herbicide-resistant crop technology has led to a 239 million kilogram (527 million pound) increase in herbicide use in the United States between 1996 and 2011, while Bt crops have reduced insecticide applications by 56 million kilograms (123 million pounds).

Largely because of the spread of glyphosate-resistant weeds, HR crop technology has led to a 239 million kg (527 million pound) increase in herbicide use across the three major GE-HR crops, compared to what herbicide use would likely have been in the absence of HR crops.

For Britons, there are worries about inflation as a cheaper pound increases the cost of imports.

Earlier in 2000 the government had also begun to address the chronic underfunding of the NHS by announcing multi-billion pound increases for the NHS.

Oliver Letwin branded Gordon Brown "Sir Waste-a-lot" yesterday as he claimed that voters were getting little benefit from Labour's multi-billion pound increases in public spending.

They wanted Burger King to agree to pay pickers a penny more per pound — increasing their wage to 77 cents from 45 cents per 32-pound bucket of tomatoes, up from 40 cents in 1980.

The Remain camp, using a conservative 12% decline in sterling as their measure, calculate each household will be £220 a year worse off as the buying power of a weaker pound increases the cost of foreign goods.