On 21 July 2004, in the Delivering Security in a Changing World review of defence spending, Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon announced that three frigates of the fleet of sixteen would be paid off as part of a continuous cost-cutting strategy, and these were subsequently sold to Chile.

The government's defence spending volumes underwent a major review.

It was agreed that the European Commission should conduct a full review of all EU spending.

On 8 February 2011, after more controversy, Soteria was disallowed the contract due to irregularities regarding the conduct of their bid team, and a spending review carried out by the new Conservative Government.

Although the Department for International Development ’ s foreign aid budget was not affected by the cuts outlined by the Chancellor of the Exchequer ’ s 2010 spending review, DFID will see their administration budgets slashed by approximately 19 percent over the next four years.

Lloyd George, wanting to spend more money on domestic programmes and concerned at persuading an electorate recently tripled in size that high defence spending was needed, launched a defence review in summer 1919 after peace was signed.

As minister, his tenure was characterised by an increase in spending at all levels of education, while a number of educational initiatives, such as a review of the primary school curriculum and the introduction of special needs assistants, were also initiated.

In a report published by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in July 2011, the impact on the number of police officers and staff partly due to the reduction to Thames Valley Police's budget following the comprehensive spending review is as follows:

He was also named to the government's priorities and planning committee, described as the " inner circle " of cabinet, and was appointed chair of a cabinet committee that conducted a comprehensive review of government spending.

The law would have required public bodies to consider how they can reduce socio-economic inequalities when making decisions about spending and services ; the legislation was part of the Equality Act which did not come into force in October and was put up for review.

The cuts to the £ 23. 2m service, which is currently funded by the Cabinet Office, are part of the government's spending review outlined in October.

A judicial review by a Franklin County circuit court judge approved Fletcher's spending plan but forbade spending on new capital projects and programs.

In 2002 he became Lib Dem " shadow " Chief Secretary to the Treasury and launched " a spending review ".

Lammy has opposed the Coalition Government's comprehensive spending review.

Supporters expressed concern in September 2010 that the scheme would be cancelled as part of the coalition government's comprehensive spending review noting that the report from the public inquiry had not yet been signed off by the Department for Transport.

This scheme has since been suspended following the spending review.

He said a new public spending review, on which he had briefed the Cabinet in recent days, would not be a simple assessment of where to make cuts, but would also consider the way public sector services were delivered.

In their submission to the governments 2004 comprehensive spending review, the lobby group Universities UK requested a further £ 8. 79 billion, a figure it was feared would grow should legislation to increase tuition fees fail.

Parke Puterbaugh in a 1982 review in Rolling Stone felt that Costello had written " his masterpiece " after spending some years trying out various approaches on previous albums.

At her campaign launch Higgins said Taoiseach Enda Kenny was engaging in a “ cynical manipulation of the political agenda ” by delaying the publication of his government's comprehensive spending review until after the elections.

The abolition of Becta was announced in the May 2010 post-election spending review.

France conducted its first comprehensive spending review ( called in French " la Revue Générale des Politiques Publiques ") in 2008.

A spending review for the years 2011 / 12 through to 2014 / 15 was announced by the coalition government.

In Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Notes from Underground, the protagonist implicitly supports the idea of two times two making five, spending several paragraphs considering the implications of rejecting the statement " two times two makes four.

* Harry Reid said in a statement, “ I just spoke to the White House and told them that while the president ( Barack Obama ) is correct that people saving for college need to be fiscally responsible, the president needs to lay off Las Vegas and stop making it the poster child for where people shouldn't be spending their money ”.

In a statement on the release of new declassified figures, DNI Mike McConnell said there would be no additional disclosures of classified budget information beyond the overall spending figure because " such disclosures could harm national security.

Erik Smith, president of the Media Fund, would later issue a statement pointing out that the FEC settlement did not find his group in violation of the law. The FEC had already fined a number of the other major 527s for illegal spending during the 2004 elections, including the Democratic-leaning groups MoveOn. org and the George Soros-backed America Coming Together, as well as the Republican-supporting groups Progress for America Voter Fund and Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

I am looking forward to spending time with my kids and exploring other opportunities ," Estes said in a statement.

The commercials said that Ross supported cuts to defense spending by $ 100 billion, but in fact Ross ' statement was that he opposed the $ 100 billion missile-defense system sought by the Bush administration.

Disappointed with its performance after spending £ 188, 889 on the election, the party relaunched in October 2003 with a revamped manifesto ( direct democracy and Universal Benefit were dropped ) and a revised statement of philosophy and principles, under the name The New Party.

In his first term in the House, he soon articulated his own brand of Jeffersonian – Jacksonian principles he would steadfastly promote throughout most of his political career ; he advocated for the interests of the poor, while maintaining an anti-abolitionist stance, insisted on limited spending by the government and opposed protective tariffs.

Johnson's third term in Congress found him stiffening in his opposition to non essential government spending, from expenses of the new Smithsonian Institute to the purchase of portraits for the White House.

In April 1996, Lewinsky's superiors transferred her from the White House to The Pentagon because they felt she was spending too much time around Clinton.

" Historian and former White House Counsel John Dean's reassessment of Harding stated his accomplishments included income tax and federal spending reductions, economic policies that reduced " stagflation ", a reduction of unemployment by 10 %, and a bold foreign policy that created peace with Germany, Japan, and Central America.

A $ 2. 5 billion spending provision allowing NASA to fly the space shuttle beyond its then-scheduled retirement in 2010 passed the Congress in April 2009, although neither NASA nor the White House requested the one-year extension.

Disclosure requirements and spending limits for House and Senate candidates followed in 1910 and 1911.

The roles of the parties were reversed in 1994 when, after spending forty years in the minority, the Republicans regained control of the House with the platform " Contract with America " which was spearheaded by Minority Whip Newt Gingrich.

In June 1939, Elizabeth and her husband toured Canada from coast to coast and back, and visited the United States, spending time with President Roosevelt at the White House and his Hudson Valley estate.

Raised from birth at Althorp House in Northampton and Spencer House in Green Park, she enjoyed spending time at Chiswick Villa which she referred to as her " earthly paradise ".

After spending the mild winter of 1879 – 1880 in the Surveyor's House, the Ingalls family watched the town of DeSmet rise up from the prairie in 1880.

He left his seat in Parliament when he went blind in 1790, shortly before succeeding his father as Earl of Guilford, spending his final years in the House of Lords.

Jane Perceval became ill after the birth and the family moved out of the damp and draughty Belsize House, spending a few months in Lord Teignmouth ’ s house in Clapham before finding a suitable country house in Ealing.

She also hosted many social functions, and has often been blamed for spending too much on the White House.

* April 1-The spending mandate by Premier Bill Bennett's government expires without a sitting of the House or the calling of an election: constitutional interregnum and crisis

Discretionary spending is typically set by the House and Senate Appropriations Committees and their various subcommittees.

In the House, Cramer was a tireless supporter of the International Space Station and a leading advocate for spending increases in missile defense, as Huntsville has long been a center for research and development of these two projects, as Redstone Arsenal — located in the district — is home of the United States Army Aviation and Missile Command ( AMCOM ) and NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.

As the House of Hwang slowly declines due to opium use, frequent spending, and uncontrolled borrowing, Wang Lung, through his own hard work and the skill of his wife, O-Lan, slowly earns enough money to buy land from the Hwang family.

Furthermore, he has been vocal in his opposition to many House Republicans ' position on " earmarks ", or congressionally directed spending.

In a 2002 House committee hearing recorded by C-Span, Kirk said, " I was the Navy's Intelligence Officer of the Year ," an achievement he said gave him special qualifications to discuss national security spending.

He is considered to be one of the most fiscally conservative members of the House and his voting record has been strongly anti-tax and heavily in favor of cutting spending to social programs.

For nearly two years, she remained in the upstairs living quarters of the White House, spending her days writing maudlin letters to her dead son.

On February 17, 2011, the House of Representatives for the 112th U. S. Congress voted to eliminate all funding to USIP in FY 2011 as part of a broader effort to cut federal spending.