top-slice

The government intends to "top-slice" local authority funding by £413m over the next two years.

Schools' cancelled BSF rebuilds to be contested at court by six councils 2011

I am not holding my breath but I hope that Cameron follows through with his threat to 'top-slice' the BBC's share of the Television Ownership Tax: indeed why stop at 'top'?

Archive 2008-04-27 2008

I am not holding my breath but I hope that Cameron follows through with his threat to 'top-slice' the BBC's share of the Television Ownership Tax: indeed why stop at 'top'?

BBC Establishes Opinion Poll Purdah 2008

Halfway through the last parliament, the Conservative Party's culture spokesman, Jeremy Hunt, said that he was minded to top-slice the BBC's income and achieve greater choice for the licence fee payer.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

Meanwhile, the £6-a-month tax on fixed-line phones to fund otherwise "uneconomic" high-speed broadband rollout is fiercely opposed by the Tories, and the government has kicked its own proposal to top-slice the licence fee into the very long grass of 2016 and beyond.

Blogposts | guardian.co.uk Steve Hewlett 2010

The only way to find the £2bn needed for a credible level of capitalisation from central resources would be to top-slice other department's budgets.

The Guardian World News 2010

"We've got to make sure that we don't top-slice local education authorities that support state schools with a handicap over and above the free schools," he told the

Evening Standard - Home 2010

The government's proposal to permanently top-slice the licence fee has now been shelved, and the

The Guardian World News 2010

While none of the manifestos of the main parties mentions a plan to freeze the licence fee, or to "top-slice" it for other purposes, the Conservatives have already pledged to reveal how the BBC spends its income from the fee - worth £3. 4bn a year - by giving the National Audit Office access to its accounts for the first time.

The Guardian World News Vanessa Thorpe 2010

While none of the manifestos of the main parties mentions a plan to freeze the licence fee, or to "top-slice" it for other purposes, the Conservatives have already pledged to reveal how the BBC spends its income from the fee - worth £3. 4bn a year - by giving the National Audit Office access to its accounts for the first time.

The Guardian World News Vanessa Thorpe 2010