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Local government minister Tony Simpson has suspended the Shire of York's president and councillors for six months and has appointed former South Perth mayor James Best to oversee the local council.

The Former Deputy Local Government Minister and Rural Development in the Kufuor administration had described as ridiculous the call by the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) on president - elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, to restore teacher trainee allowances within its first 100 days in office.

Mr Akufo - Addo said in reference to Sports Minister Nii Lantey Vanderpuye and Local Government Minister Collins Dauda, who, the NPP has accused of instigating their followers to visit violence on NPP members in Odododiodoo and Asutifi South constituencies, respectively, where the two ministers are MPs.

Bob Neill, shadow local government minister, said: «Council tax has gone through the roof under Gordon Brown, thanks to a combination of unfunded burdens imposed from Whitehall and fiddling of the local finance settlement.

Peace ambassador Irbad Ibrahim says apart from comments made by the local government minister, at the NDC campaign launch in Cape Coast, all other comments were peaceful in nature.

«The rule of 85 discriminates not only on the grounds of age, but also against women, who are likely to start work for their local government employer later and on a part - time basis,» said local government minister Phil Woolas.

The final budget was all set to go but then yesterday local Government minister Sajid Javid adjusted the amount of money that he was giving to various authorities around the country.

What influence can my right hon. Friend bring to bear on the Welsh Local Government Minister to force Labour - run and independent - run authorities across Wales to follow their lead and do the same?

Shadow local government minister Bob Beill MP has written today to John Healey MP calling for an end to the leaking of information about councils» exposure in a «piecemeal» and «speculative manner».

«Labour ministers failed to ensure proper transparency and local accountability to keep it in check,» local government minister Grant Shapps said.

Councils will see their Whitehall funding rise by # 3.1 billion to # 65 billion next year, local government minister Phil Woolas has announced.

Local government minister John Healey said: «It is right that councils do all they can to help people through these tough economic times - including keeping any council tax down.

Indeed, when Phil Woolas was the Local Government Minister, the Isitfair council tax protest group asked him about this, and he responded by stating that the Government had no plans to cap Town or Parish precepts.

Local Government Minister Nick Raynsford sent out invitations to interested groups for their views on whether there was a problem with the current tax and what they would do to change it.

According to a Local Government Minister, O.B Amoah, for the MMDCE elections to be possible, there is a need for a referendum to be held or Article 55 (3) of the Constitution amended to make the position a partisan one.

Almost out of politeness, the bookies named other possible contenders including Angus Robertson, the SNP's successful election strategist, Alex Neil, the Scottish Health Secretary, and Derek Mackay, a local government minister.

Financial Analyst, Sydney Casely - Hayford is suggesting that if the immediate past Local Government Minister, Akwasi Oppong Fosu was dismissed due to the sanitation crisis in the capital, then the Mayor should also be shown the exit.

After serving as a whip he was promoted to a local government minister for housing and then made Transport Minister under Gordon Brown.

However, Local Government Minister, Hajia Alima Mahama justified the postponement of the election of MMDCEs in 2018, insisting that government will not relent in ensuring the election takes place.

A former Local Government Minister, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo has warned about the possible downsides of electing Metropolitan Municipal and District Chief Executives as promised by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government.

Other possible contenders include Angus Robertson, the SNP's successful election strategist, Alex Neil, the Scottish Health Secretary, and Derek Mackay, a local government minister.

He accused the former first lady of using one Agyekum, who served as a Deputy Minister Local Government Minister under the Mahama administration, as her surrogate in the financial transaction at an unnamed bank.

The evening is completed via a sojourn to the Smoking Room, with a few Scotch and sodas shared with Local Government Minister Bob Neill, a font of stories from his time as a criminal barrister in the East End, Nadine and Mark Francois (another Brent veteran and who I am fond of despite him being a very important Whip!)

This morning's Telegraph reports that local government minister John Healey MP is to encourage councils to give local people a say in the naming of public places:

Local Government Minister Brandon Lewis MP with his series celebrating excellence in our Town Hall

Local government minister John Healey said it was right council tax - paying households should pay again to use council - run facilities.

Julia Goldsworthy, Liberal Democrat shadow local government minister, said: «This survey shows the devastating effect failing to pay council tax can have on families, especially those already struggling to cope with mortgage repayments and rising bills.

Local government minister John Healey found his planning bill coming under attack from all sides of the Commons yesterday.

Mr. Ampofo, a former Local Government Minister commenting further told Banson that validation is done in countries that exercise compulsory registration and therefore does not see the reason why Ghana should be doing same when its laws does not permit such.

Shadow local government minister Eric Pickles dismissed the proposals as «nothing more than a New Labour land tax», and questioned how much of the money was likely to go back to local people.

The Speaker of Parliament Edward Doe Adjaho has directed the Deputy Local Government Minister - designate, John Oti Bless to apologise to the Chief Justice for the derogatory comments he made about her.

According to the former local government minister under the Rawlings administration, the NPP has never liked people in the Zongos, citing how the party fought against Rawlings» plan to make Eid Adah and Eid Fitr a public holiday.

Department for Communities and Local Government Minister of state - Margaret Beckett Minister of state - John Healey Parliamentary under secretary of state - lain Wright Parliamentary under secretary of state - Baroness Andrews Parliamentary under secretary of state - Sadiq Khan

LOCAL Government Minister Nick Raynsford yesterday ruled out the abolition of district councils in County Durham in the wake of the No vote.

The president also expressed gratitude to the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Afriyie Osei Akoto, as well as the Local Government Minister for their efforts.

Councillors elected in this election will serve an extended five - year term, after local government minister Carl Sargeant announced the next elections would be moved from 2016 to 2017 to avoid clashing with the National Assembly for Wales election, 2016 which in turn had been delayed a year to avoid clashing with the United Kingdom general election, 2015.

Shadow communities and local government minister Liz McInnes also resigned from her frontbench role in a further blow to Jeremy Corbyn.

Mr Miliband, who was local government minister in 2005 - 06, said the sector «did not have the prominence it should have had during our time in office [as] neither Tony nor Gordon took strengthening local government seriously enough... We devolved to Scotland and Wales but stopped there.

[11][12] He was later one of the local government ministers who abolished the GLC in 1986.

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Majority leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu on his part said the argument by the minority defeats same action undertaken by former President Mahama's government in respect of the appointment of a Deputy Local Government Minister, Oti Bless.

The Welsh Liberal Democrat Local Government Spokesperson, Peter Black has welcomed today's announcement by the Local Government Minister that she will be updating statutory guidance on how local councils must publish decisions on senior officer pay and commencing the provision in the Local Government (Democracy) Wales Act 2013 from April this year, that will give the Remuneration Panel for Wales oversight of pay rises for Chief Executives.

«This is not a problem that has a direct link to the Ministry,» said the Deputy Local Government Minister, Baba Jamal...

The Local Government Minister Brandon Lewis has backed the Taxpayers Alliance.

The news comes in a speech that Andrew Stunell, a Lib Dem local government minister, will make at an event tonight.

Mr Cairns has also been appointed Shadow Local Government Minister in the National Assembly by Opposition leader Nick Bourne.

On 9 June, Malik rejoined the government as Communities and Local Government Minister.

But the Deputy Local government Minister, O.B Amoah, has told Citi News, the DCE has finally left office.

The Communities and Local Government Minister was mentioned during Mr Osborne's Spending Review yesterday as «the model of lean government» for the savings he has managed in his department.

Peter Black AM, the Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Local Government Minister, reacts below...