An obvious target is the government's own pay bill, which makes up a quarter of total spending.
The pay bill is worth a close look, as it accounts for about 60% of the revenue spend.
The council will also be talking to staff about changing terms and conditions to help "reduce our pay bill".
"Therefore we must look at ways in which can reduce our pay bill while maintaining our services, " he said.
The trust "must look at ways in which it can reduce our pay bill whilst maintaining our services, " he added.
But the contrast between a 6.4% fall in jobs and a 2% rise in the pay bill is still pretty striking.
BBC: Public sector jobs are well down, so why is the pay bill up?
It said it wanted to safeguard employment by ensuring it remained "a competitive organisation", but one with "an affordable pay bill".
On the sick-pay bill, Mr. Bloomberg said the city will review whether it can file any legal challenges to stop the legislation.
Since the pay bill makes up about two-thirds of the total NHS budget, one obvious strategy is to clamp down on wage costs.
As expected, Mr. Obama went immediately to the Lilly Ledbetter equal pay bill for women, the very first bill he signed into law upon taking office.
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Mr Lewis said: "For too long the senior local government pay bill has spiralled up and up, and taxpayers have been left footing the bill, " he said.
Though the number of people working for the government fell by 6.4% between April 2010 and April 2012, the government public pay bill (central and local) actually rose by 2%.
BBC: Public sector jobs are well down, so why is the pay bill up?
However, the Local Government Association (LGA), which represents councils, said the fall in the pay bill for senior staff - down 12.5% on 2010-11 - was "good news" for council tax payers.
Italy's top players might not be happy either at another suggestion for helping their employers - a wage cut to reduce a pay bill that last season gobbled up 85% of the clubs' budgets.
For example, the interest rate earned by the notional accounts is set by the growth of average wages, not that of the total pay bill, which means that it is unaffected by fertility-induced falls in employment.
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Whether or not any of this is good news for voters, you would have thought it had been good news for the chancellor - that he would have seen an equally rapid fall in the government pay bill.
BBC: Public sector jobs are well down, so why is the pay bill up?
And let me tell you, every semester he was determined to pay that bill, and to pay it on time.
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The company shut the account down in June after its owner failed to pay the bill.
The user could then pay the bill using a credit card or stored value system.
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And every semester, I remember he was determined to pay that bill right on time.
It depends on how much is being given away and who has to pay the bill.
The middle class will pay the bill, as they are starting to do in Massachusetts.
Families too wealthy for need-based aid are turning to the tax code to help pay the bill.
Why are you investing in wireless and not helping her pay her bill?
Their grown son will have to help pay the bill, Debbie Meadows says.
South-East Asia is only just beginning to pay the bill for the smog.
Every time you transfer funds or pay a bill online you would acknowledge a text message sent to your phone.
Now many hospital "systems" dominate their regional markets, often allowing them to dictate prices to insurers who pay the bill.
Barbara Mikulski, D-Maryland, the chief sponsor of the pay equity bill, vowed to return to the bill until it passes.
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