Cutting the grant won't stop all new speed cameras, but it will curb their growth.

He initiated steps to reduce the number of civil servants, curb the growth of quangos and promote effi- ciency.

The pledges have made some of the obvious steps to curb the growth in public spending on pensioners politically off limits.

Recent studies have suggested that lowering cholesterol might also curb the growth of tumours.

A compound taken from the mushroom, galiellalactone, has been found in laboratory trials to curb the growth of prostate cancer cells that resist surgery and radiation.