The question has added urgency when you consider the perverse consequences of these huge subsidies.

After all, spotting signs of unrest among the locals would give added urgency to unblocking secret passages and buying up neck protectors.

However, as climate challenges gather added urgency local politicians are pressing for more ambitious solutions.

The recession gave the measures an added urgency, with central banks worldwide desperate to track down tax evaders as a means of boosting their coffers.

The restructuring he put in motion on taking over - getting out of lower-margin businesses and moving into new countries - was due, but the backdrop of recession gave it added urgency.