1.   Another change in local government finance is that the rate support grant has been replaced by the revenue support grant.

2.   Government finances are strained to the hilt dealing with essential services.

3.   Government finances are strained to the hilt, dealing with essential services.

4.   The question of local government finance has been the subject of debate for some years.

5.   The elections were held in the context of continuing controversy over the recent introduction of the community charge system of local government finance.

6.   The second half of the year witnessed a superficially arcane debate on vodka which touched on the whole question of government finances.

7.   If the researcher is interested in discussions of government finance in the Treasury, he or she has a potential problem of informational over-kill.

8.   There is little out of school provision and where the youth service is actually suffering savage cuts in terms of local government finance.

9.   Finance officers agree there will always be a small number of non-payers no matter what system of local government finance is used.

10.   Analysts remain optimistic for further growth in Russian share prices, as inflation is reined in and government finances are brought to order.