Industry sources said last night that Sir Brian had been rattled by the sheer intensity of the lobbying campaign but felt he had no alternative but to slash over-capacity brought about by shrinkage of the Britain's manufacturing base and a flood of cheap imports.
We continue to make strides in cutting long waits, with the number of patients waiting over a year slashed from over 5,000 recorded in March 2012 to being in the hundreds now.
Under government pressure, the number of such shows has been slashed, from over 120 to fewer than 40 a week.Compared with offerings in many other countries, China's television fare is already quite tame.
The National Endowment for the Arts budget has been slashed over the years.
As for benefits, those, too, have been dramatically slashed over the years.
The Gangmasters Licensing Authority has lost staff, having had its budget slashed over the course of the last parliament by 20%.
But Aldi has slashed over £77 off the list price to offer the same product at the bargain price of £29.99.
An ominous strong wind was slashing over our flat-ended bow, bending Lombardy poplars in a meadow, whipping wands of willow into a tizz.
Scores of T.W.A. pilots who attended the weekend hearing wore white badges with a red slash over the name Icahn pinned to their uniforms.
