Sentences with phrase «central local government council»

His dad was the chairman of Ekiti Central Local Government Council.

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In the speech, for the Conservative Councillors» Seminar in central London, Mr Osborne stressed that a Conservative government would learn from local councils how to reduce administration costs in order to focus resources on public services.

Although houses were built by local councils, funding came from the central government so the political decision to no longer do so was taken in Westminster; hence my formulation UK government.

The challenge for central government is getting local government, particularly Labour councils, to execute the coalition's programme.

Misratans should run their town's affairs through their new democratically - elected local council and Benghazi transparency activists must be involved in their local governance — but only as representatives of the central government and not as their own fiefdoms.

Central government has kept local government on a tight leash, strangling the life out of councils in the belief that bureaucrats know best.

I'd also point out that local councils have less power in a real sense given the decline in central - government funding over the course of this decade.

Local government is financed by grants from central government funds, business rates, council tax, and, increasingly, fees and charges such as those from on - street parking.

And don't tell me that local councils or central government adequately compensate those affected.

Ultimately, council elections will cast judgement on whether modest council tax hikes in the name of local autonomy and better services are preferred over ever - diminishing central government hand outs, but the gloves are now off as local democracy fights back.

Commenting on the Conservative Party's proposals to force local authorities to hold a referendum each time they increase council tax by more than a central government controlled level, Director of Unlock Democracy, Peter Facey said:

The Chancellor announced a major transfer of power from central to local government by allowing councils to retain the billions of pounds they raise from business rates.

Central government cuts to local council budgets are already resulting in crucial services being put on the line.

Academy schools are self governing and free from local council control and their expansion has been a central part of the government's education reforms.

Local authorities frequently accuse the Government of underfunding them through central grants while imposing additional duties that they must fulfil - requiring councils to put up council tax to meet objectives they have not been involved in setting.

If council bosses start telling their local papers that Whitehall is making them pull scarce funding from essential services to look after refugees — not a vote - winning demographic — the pressure on central government will grow.

People's council tax liabilities depend on which «band» their property is in, the number of council tax payers in the local authority's territory (the council tax base), how much the local authority intends to spend that year and the funding it has been allocated from central Government.

He pointed out that it made no economic sense for the Federal Government to be calculating the country's revenue on the basis of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) official rate of N199 to a dollar while States and Local Councils that are sharing the revenue with the Federal Government run their businesses at the open market rate of over N400 to one dollar.

The Chancellor could not be clearer regarding his conditions for accepting a transfer of powers from central to local government — «with these new powers for cities must come new city - wide elected mayors who work with local councils.

Continue reading «Grant Shapps MP: Free from the strait jacket of central government, local councils must now look to the people they serve»»

A glossy «information memorandum» from Shanghai WA Optimum Health Care contains pictures of staff with various local - and central - government figures, including Li Keqiang, the powerful executive vice-premier of the State Council who is tipped to succeed Wen Jiabao as China's next premier.

Defending local authorities track record on monitoring air pollution, and LGA spokesperson said: «Councils follow guidelines on monitoring air pollution which are laid down by central government.

the decline in local authority services and the abolition of a central government grant which allows councils to support schools

In this country, taxes are paid by business organizations and individuals to the central government agency, developed governments, and local councils.

In Politics you might consider how power had shifted between local councils and central government.

Bondi Beach is located 7 km (4 mi) east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Waverley Council, in the Eastern Suburbs.

From an IT perspective, since all UK local councils are so tightly regulated by central government that they must run all their services in just about identical ways, then joining together in some way makes a lot of sense.

This comprises central governments and their ancillary (non-departmental) bodies, local governments and all its tiers (large city councils, metropolitans, counties, districts, parish councils), the blue light services (fire, ambulance, police), the health sector and the education sector (schools, academies, colleges and universities).

This route certainly shouldn't be disregarded, as you can develop a fantastic career in accountancy within a central government department, an educational institution, a local council, the armed services, the European Union, the UN, the NHS, the Metropolitan Police or a national audit body, such as the National Audit Office.

The Gurang Land Council Aboriginal Corporation (GLC), worked with three native title claim groups from central Queensland, the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) and 16 local governments, represented by MacDonnells Law, to develop a template for future ILUA negotiatLocal Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) and 16 local governments, represented by MacDonnells Law, to develop a template for future ILUA negotiatlocal governments, represented by MacDonnells Law, to develop a template for future ILUA negotiations.

The ILUAs address cooperative planning and co-management between the Territory Government and local Indigenous people, and were made by Northern Territory Chief Minister and representatives of the Northern Land Council (NLC) and Central Land Council (CLC).26