Govt to meet regions on budget Thursday

(ANSA) - Rome, October 21 - The government is to meet regional governors Thursday on four billion euros of regional spending cuts in the 2015 budget, the office of Premier Matteo Renzi said Tuesday.
    The talks, starting at 0:800 local, will aim to agree on where the cuts can be made without slashing services or raising local taxes.
    The regions, led by Piedmont Governor Sergio Chiamparino, have said there should be more cuts in central government spending than in their tight budgets but Renzi has replied that there are layers of pork and waste that can easily be stripped away.