1.   A balanced budget meant increasing tax rates and reducing public expenditure.

2.   A scholar wants to know which factors are crucial for explaining high public expenditure.

3.   Another way of getting out of the recession is by increasing public expenditure.

4.   Arguments for controlling or reducing the size of public expenditure are wide-ranging but not always convincing.

5.   As public expenditure has risen, so have taxes.

6.   Central government now sought to reduce local spending as part of its general public expenditure strategy.

7.   Cleaning up Britain does not require international action, involve huge public expenditure, or impair the efficiency of industry.

8.   Does he not recall that he has promised to increase public expenditure, to cut taxes and to balance the budget?

9.   First, there is evidence to support the thesis that investing substantial public expenditure into Declining areas will attract future private investment.