The phrase "the cost increase" is correct and is used in written English.
You can use it when referring to an increase in cost for something, for example: "The cost increase for the new construction project was seen as a necessary expense."
The cost increase is the latest setback for the troubled carrier programme.
In fact, two-thirds of the cost increase that Peterson details is accounted for by higher spending on health care.
Among the factors driving the cost increase are the large number of workers still registering for screening and treatment.
Russia's finance minister, Mikhail Kasyanov, who is also first deputy prime minister, disclosed the cost increase in Moscow today.
The cost increase was seized on by Tory defence spokesman Liam Fox as raising "serious questions about the competence of the procurement programme".
Mrs. Johnson said the experience of companies that have voluntarily adopted insurance parity suggested that the cost increase would be much less than 1percentt.
Last week, a report by the federal Government Accountability Office found that because of a math error, the Energy Department had greatly overestimated the cost increase for FutureGen.
"Depending on the margin we get from individual customers, we have been able to pass on all or part of the cost increase.
And while today's rise sees regulated fare hikes capped at 2.5%, the cost increase on unregulated fares, such as off-peak leisure tickets, will be left to train companies' own discretion.
The executive, Michael Mudd, said that the cost increase had been driven by inflation in plant construction costs, and not by any change in the scope of the project or its technical challenges.
Carne said the cost increase was down to a combination of inadequate planning, estimates that were based on outdated knowledge of the railways and a change in the flexibility of the regulatory regime.
