subvention

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It focuses on the subvention - the shortfall between what is raised in taxes in Northern Ireland and the amount spent on public services.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2024

They look at the subvention for 2019 as the more recent data, for 2020 and 2021, is distorted by pandemic-related spending in Northern Ireland.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2024

It looks at how the subvention would be affected under different scenarios.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2024

The terms of the subvention were: "Assistance to be given by the Government to the coal mining industry will take the form of a subvention in aid of wages," to be paid by the Treasury.

From Time Magazine Archive

Harris needed money to support the stadholder's cause, and Carmarthen proposed a subvention of £1,200 a year.

From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Poole, Reginald Lane