Sentences with phrase «local government secretary said»

The Communities and Local Government Secretary said there should be no rewards for failure in the public or the private sector.

The local government secretary said he would demand that councils do «more for less».

«These are very serious times,» Eric Pickles, the communities and local government secretary says.

Not exact matches

«Families who have had to leave their homes and will need to have them repaired because of flood damage should not be asked to pay council tax,» shadow communities and local government secretary Hilary Benn said.

We have told local authorities that the grant is not ring - fenced, but because of its exceptionally sensitive nature, the Under - Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, my hon. Friend the Member for Tooting (Mr. Khan), has written to local authorities saying that we will continue to monitor it extremely careflocal authorities that the grant is not ring - fenced, but because of its exceptionally sensitive nature, the Under - Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, my hon. Friend the Member for Tooting (Mr. Khan), has written to local authorities saying that we will continue to monitor it extremely carefLocal Government, my hon. Friend the Member for Tooting (Mr. Khan), has written to local authorities saying that we will continue to monitor it extremely careflocal authorities saying that we will continue to monitor it extremely carefully.

Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for State for Communities and Local Government (CLG), in launching his new strategy on integration and community cohesion, Creating the conditions for integration, today said that Christianity should be restored to the centre of public life.

Commenting on the reports in the media that the Secretary of State for Education, Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, is to apologise to Parliament for errors contained in the Government's list of schools to be rebuilt or refurbished under the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: «The Government's decision to scrap over 700 projects to rebuild or refurbish schools was an unnecessary and disastrous development that history will judge to be bad for children, bad for education and bad for local communities and the economy.

A former Executive Secretary, Ayedire Local Government Council of Osun State, Gbenga Ogunkanmi, said that Nigerians should not accord Fayose attention.

But the State Secretary of the union denied the allegation, saying no delegate list was doctored, saying the delegates were carefully chosen in line with the constitution and based on financial strength of the local governments.

Speaking to a Freedom Association fringe meeting during the Conservative Conference in Birmingham, the Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles said:

In its detailed response to the Government's draft Local Transport Bill, the British Motorcyclists Federation have said that the Secretary of State is much better placed to take decisions that have a national relevance such as those on road - pricing schemes.

Tory shadow local government secretary Eric Pickles said: «Bin taxes are so expensive to introduce that taxes on families will have to rise as result.

Represented by Aminu Bisalla, the ministry's permanent secretary, Enelamah said that government would continue to develop policies that would support the efforts of local investors.

Caroline Flint MP, shadow communities and local government secretary, said in response to the letter

Commenting on the Local Government Association's claim that more than # 160 million has been spent by councils on Building Schools for the Future (BSF) projects axed by the Coalition Government, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said:

The text of the press conference jointly signed by Sheikh Usman Abubakar Babantine and Imam Musa Tanimu, Chairman and Assistant Secretary respectively said, «The discernible sense of disillusionment of the masses was clearly seen during the just concluded intra party local government primary elections in many states in the country which resulted into rioting, use of weapons, massive killings and vandalism, «This shows that we are still lacking qualitative and responsible political leadership.

Terzungwe Samuel Ali and Shimakyaa Iorkyase, President General and Secretary of Mdzough U Tiv, in a press statement in Kaduna said, «In their quest to resist the anti-open grazing legislation already operational in Benue State and take over the State as threatened on 23rd October 2017 and reported by the Leadership Newspaper of 24th October, 2017, on 1st of January 2018 at about 10:00 am, Fulani Herdsmen mindlessly attacked peaceful and harmless Church Goers in Gaambe - Tiev, Ayilamo and Turan in Logo Local Government Area.

According to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Habib Haruna, the governor, while inaugurating roads in Epe and Kosofe local government areas, said tax payers deserved more praise for the projects.

On the same day that the Shadow Education Secretary will say that he wants to move away from «the narrow, «exam factory» vision of recent years a unique alliance of teachers, students, parents, local government representatives, governors, international experts and businesses has come together to produce a vision of what is being called Big Education.

«Eric Pickles, the Local Government Secretary, promised to «give local communities a greater say» on where wind farms are built, but new guidance from his department warns councils not to create «inflexible» turbine - free zLocal Government Secretary, promised to «give local communities a greater say» on where wind farms are built, but new guidance from his department warns councils not to create «inflexible» turbine - free zlocal communities a greater say» on where wind farms are built, but new guidance from his department warns councils not to create «inflexible» turbine - free zones.

Communities and local government secretary Eric Pickles said there would be «no excuse» for councils not to return to weekly collections after the shift takes place next April.

Shadow secretary of state for local government Eric Pickles said: «Local residents will be outraged at cash being stuffed in the pockets of electorally - challenged Labour politicians, and Labour's unpopularity in the polls being rewarded with taxpayers» hard - earned money.&rlocal government Eric Pickles said: «Local residents will be outraged at cash being stuffed in the pockets of electorally - challenged Labour politicians, and Labour's unpopularity in the polls being rewarded with taxpayers» hard - earned money.&rLocal residents will be outraged at cash being stuffed in the pockets of electorally - challenged Labour politicians, and Labour's unpopularity in the polls being rewarded with taxpayers» hard - earned money.»

APC in a statement issued on Sunday by its Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare, a copy of which was sent to DAILY POST said it «regretted that the need for the postponement of the party primaries arose at a time it had concluded all arrangement required for the anticipated successful conduct of the exercise in all the 33 local government councils and 35 local council development areas of the state».

The secretary said the commission would hold its stakeholders» meeting at the Senatorial District headquarters and Local Government headquarters on Oct 10.

Eric Pickles MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government, said: «Like a rerun of Life on Mars, under Gordon Brown the country seems to be returning to the bad old days of the 1970s.

A statement signed by the Minister of Communications, Dr Edward Omane Boamah said the team would also include the Head of the Civil Service, Head of the Local Government Service, Secretary to the Cabinet and the National Security Coordinator in accordance with the provisions of the Presidential Transition Act 2012 (Act 845).

The Executive Secretary of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG) says Minister of Finance Ken Ofori - Atta had...

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Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles said: «The Troubled Families programme is on track, changing families for the better and reducing their impact on the communities around them.

She said the reorganisation affected the administrative secretary, all heads of department, deputy directors, and assistant directors as well as all the 23 electoral officers in charge of the commission's local government offices.

A Labour government will make it a criminal offence to use low - skilled European workers to undercut local workers and businesses, and change the rules so that more foreign national criminals are considered for deportation, the shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has said.

He said, «Maigoro also told the EFCC that the money was disbursed through the stakeholders of the local government among whom were, the former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Bauchi State, Mr. Mukhtar Abubakar, a former member of the state House of Assembly, Danlami Ahmed, and Mohammed Umar who was the Secretary of the Stakeholders Committee.

The Executive Secretary of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG), Isaac Paul Bampoe - Addo says Minister of Finance Ken Ofori - Atta had no «authority» to appoint new directors at his ministry.

Business News of Saturday, 19 May 2018 Source: 3news.com Executive Secretary of CLOGSAG, Isaac Paul Bampoe - Addo The Executive Secretary of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG), Isaac Paul Bampoe - Addo says Minister of Finance Ken Ofori - Atta had no «authority» to appoint new directors at his ministry.

The Executive Secretary of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG) says Minister of Finance Ken Ofori - Atta had no «authority» to appoint new directors at his ministry.

The Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles said he «entirely agreed» with Prince Charles's criticism about authorities» response to the floods.

The Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles said he had seen «longer chip shop queues» than the number of staff protesting on the picket line today:

English councils are «cheating their taxpayers» by increasing local taxes in defiance of a national council tax freeze, Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has local taxes in defiance of a national council tax freeze, Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has said.

The Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has said he will change the restrictions on access to emergency funds for local authorities to allow them to access an extra # 15 million to cover immediate flood - related cLocal Government Secretary Eric Pickles has said he will change the restrictions on access to emergency funds for local authorities to allow them to access an extra # 15 million to cover immediate flood - related clocal authorities to allow them to access an extra # 15 million to cover immediate flood - related costs:

Shadow Local Government Secretary Andrew Gwynne said he believed the anti-Semitism row had had an impact on the result in Barnet, north London, which the Tories took back from no overall control.

The Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles said:

A spokesman for the EU said that the Local Government Secretary's claims were «plain wrong» because the changes were not mandatory.

What we did not prepare for was the breakdown in local functions,» said Lucille Sering, secretary of the government's Climate Change Commission.

Enforcement had been scheduled to begin Oct. 15, but Secretary of Labor William Brock delayed it at the request of the Congress, which is considering legislation that would exempt state and local government workers, including school employees, from the more costly provisions of the act, said Herbert Cohen,...

Responding to the Government statement that the Education for All Bill, announced in the Queen's Speech, will not be introduced in Parliament, Cllr Richard Watts, Chair of the Local Government Association's Children and Young People Board, said: «We are pleased that the Secretary of State is acting on the strong concerns from councils about the Government's planned education reforms.

Recently, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said she believes local and state governments should be allowed to set their own rules when it comes to...

Ronnie Smith, general secretary of the Educational Institute of Scotland, said the government continued to address only the supply side through the «training of more teachers and not the demand side where local authorities had been employing fewer teachers in recent years».

For that, we need leadership from the finance and investment community and by local, regional and national governments who will decide on major infrastructure plans over the coming years,» said the Secretary - General in his remarks at the Austrian World Summit in Vienna.