Sentence examples for tight welfare from inspiring English sources
From the Guardian's Patrick Wintour Patrick Wintour (@patrickwintour) If Osborne plans to run total budget surplus in next parliament this will require a v tight welfare spending cap.
But it is wrong both in principle and in practice.Cash in the atticWhen budgets are tight, welfare needs to contract to its core function of guaranteeing a very basic standard of living for all.
The kitchen is much busier than it was two years ago, says project leader Nicky Gladstone, who blames the stronger demand on increasingly tight welfare conditions and benefit sanctions.
Hockey has been under pressure since elements of his first budget in 2014 – including higher education reforms, GP copayments and tighter welfare for people under 25 – tanked with the public and crossbench senators.
Adding insult to injury, the law also sets tighter welfare eligibility requirements, cuts time limits for how long one can receive benefits and restricts ATM cash withdrawals from Tanf accounts to $25 a day.
On 1 January the EU labour market was opened fully to Bulgaria and Romania, prompting calls in the UK and elsewhere for tighter welfare controls.
But Osborne, in the coalition spending review later this month, will set out challenges for Labour both about how tight the welfare cap might be in the future, and about the benefits that would be included in the cap.
Bleak future for Dartmoor ponies Jump to media player Tough economic conditions and tighter animal welfare regulations are threatening the existence of Dartmoor's ponies.
He also announced tight controls on welfare payments for Aborigines, which would be linked to a child's school attendance.
And the numbers are likely to grow, as resources grow tighter and if welfare reform continues.
While Romanian immigrants have perhaps been among the most contentious of EU migrants, officials in Bucharest say they would still be willing to negotiate tighter rules on welfare payments for the unemployed.
