Although the long overdue reforms came, the slang lingers on.

During its eight years in office, it has managed the British economy well and restored needed funds to public services while initiating overdue reforms.

This is a major but long overdue reform which will benefit around four million low-paid people, 80 per cent of whom are women.

So yes, the abolition of most farm subsidies by the advanced nations is an overdue reform.

He said it would bring about "long overdue reform of the current chaotic and unfair Federal sentencing process."

This would provide partial public funding, with contribution and expenditure limits, a reform long overdue.

This strike is about long overdue reforms to public sector pensions.

First, the political centre - where we are implementing long overdue reforms to update our institutions.

This particularly applies to the already long overdue reform of the disciplinary procedure.

Now Congress is finally beginning to piece together long overdue reforms, chief among them changes in the welfare system.