Meanings of economic vandalism in English

The government has branded the ban an act of economic vandalism.

Unite, Britain's biggest union, has accused the owners of economic vandalism.

It's economic vandalism, what the councils are doing.

The Unite union has described the planned closure of the petrochemical plant at the Grangemouth complex in central Scotland as ''industrial and economic vandalism.''

The prime minister was answering Conservative MP Sir Richard Ottaway, who said the action was "nothing short of economic vandalism" by the unions.

The government had argued a pay pause would guarantee jobs for public servants but opposition MPs called it "an act of economic vandalism".

The deputy prime minister told party activists that those wishing to leave the European Union were committing " economic vandalism" and "living in a fantasy".