The numbers also raised fears that draconian cuts, including reductions in public sector wages, were weakening the economy and exacerbating the country's deficit crisis.

But 'there are draconian cuts around the corner'.

We should not allow myths about housing benefit and the people who claim it to create the backdrop for draconian cuts.

To meet promises of draconian cuts in emissions, promises that seem increasingly unlikely to be kept, this and future governments will have to subsidise wind and solar power.

The money was to come from a combination of draconian cuts over the previous two years, tough bargaining with industry and a one per cent increase in the equipment budget.

They therefore go to extraordinary lengths, and introduce draconian legislation, to reduce risk.

I went on to say that's because of draconian legislation.

It would also make the passage of draconian legislation less essential than it might be otherwise.

This could be the case that tips politicians over the edge, and brings draconian legislation to try to curb their excesses once and for all.

Warm words and draconian legislation don't help people rebuild their lives.

It could prompt draconian measures leading to major sports and music events being cancelled.

For the senate and health authorities would then have had to step in with draconian measures, bringing trade to a halt.

At first this information was sparse and alarming, and draconian measures were understandable.

It seems to me successive governments have failed miserably to highlight this growing menace, while at the same time enacting draconian measures on smoking.

A public prepared to accept draconian measures to deal with the coronavirus plainly has other things on its mind.

Draconian penalties fall on any official who breaks this omertà.

Even when people are caught, however, their personality disorder can make draconian penalties seem wrong.

Impose draconian penalties on miscreants - the immediate confiscation of their vehicles, for instance - and you might just get somewhere.

The prospect of such draconian penalties accounts for the growing number of luxury cars being found abandoned at the country's international airport - 3,000 in recent months.

Councils are threatening all manner of draconian penalties for householders guilty of mixing up these alternatives.

It wouldn't be hard to make the case for a more draconian policy.

In line with the contemporary economic theory (subsequently termed leave-it-alone liquidationism), he enacted a draconian policy of deflation, drastically cutting state expenditure.

One can understand why the comparison comes up: our lives are already changing, our governments are already enacting draconian policies with little peacetime parallel.

There seems to be remarkably little consideration for the adverse consequences of these draconian policies, or the costs they will impose on consumers.

They never trusted him, so he had to bring even more draconian policies.

The certainty of detection can be a greater deterrent than draconian punishment.

The opposition movement has been cornered with show trials and draconian punishment.

Yes, these are crimes, but they are hardly worthy of such draconian punishment.

We don't know what draconian punishment they have in store for such a hard-boiled thief.

The verdicts are part of a government attempt to prevent future ethnic tensions in the region by handing down draconian punishments.

That draconian rules already existed to prevent this - and had rarely, if ever, been broken by journalists - made not a jot of difference.

And that means taking a targeted approach to suppressing the virus rather than bringing in more draconian rules.

The draconian rules require platforms to take down content deemed illegal, to cut individuals' access and to decrypt messages if requested.

I'm not saying that your holiday will be perfect if you follow my draconian rules.

Many enthusiasts, though, believe it would be a shame to impose such draconian rules.

How could a player, who was certainly not the prime culprit, be the only individual to be sanctioned and why such a draconian sentence?

They gave him three years, a draconian sentence in a game in which the average career lasts 10 or 12 years.

The draconian sentence for blasphemy was, however, eventually reduced to a mere fine of 50 on appeal.

They were placed directly in the armed forces and court-martialed, receiving draconian sentences and harsh treatment.