Sentences with phrase «local councils spend»

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Following that she spent eight years with the National Association of Home Builders and most recently served as their Director of the Executive Officers Council where her responsibilities included helping NAHBs 800 local chapters become more efficient and effective in the areas of membership, governance and communication.

We all went to the same local primary school and all spent the holidays at the same council - run play scheme.

Local councils fund refuges, but it's unlikely that many, if any, of the women and children who spend time in them will have previously been residents in that area.

Radical cuts in local government spending need not damage frontline services if councils cull unnecessary jobs, according to the Taxpayers» Alliance.

For example the 410 local authorities and 11,000 town, parish and community councils in England and Wales spend over # 113 billion a year to carry out similar functions.

Secondly, and more importantly when it comes to the future of the party, we had spent decades building up a very local base of electoral support, from council to parliamentary levels, on the basis of populist, or indeed protest, issues that played well with disgruntled voters, but almost impossible to deliver in government.

Ms Flint continued: «Their plans would deny cities a referendum until a year after mayors have already been imposed by a Whitehall diktat, leading to additional costs and red tape at a time when local councils are dealing with spending cuts.

REDC members are not paid for their work on the councils, which are used to funnel up recommendations for state funding for local spending projects.

Yet another Conservative council chief has spoken out against the deep spending cuts imposed on local authorities by the government.

A report published by the local authority spending watchdog looks at how councils are using the estimated 130 ALEOs in Scotland

Yesterday, the Local Government Association warned that councils would have to make up to 100,000 job reductions — equivalent to about one in ten local authority workers - in the wake of the spending Local Government Association warned that councils would have to make up to 100,000 job reductions — equivalent to about one in ten local authority workers - in the wake of the spending local authority workers - in the wake of the spending cuts.

As well as the obvious point that councils spend billions of pounds on important public services, an unexpectedly good or bad local election result can have an important psychological effect on a party.

The Taxpayers» Alliance's report, Council Spending Uncovered, reviews spending by local authorities in all corners of the UK and identifies a number of spending areas which could be Spending Uncovered, reviews spending by local authorities in all corners of the UK and identifies a number of spending areas which could be spending by local authorities in all corners of the UK and identifies a number of spending areas which could be spending areas which could be reduced.

The LGA wants the Government to give councils two pence per litre of existing fuel duty to spend on local roads maintenance.

Despite significant cost pressures on local government, our relentless pursuit of value for money has meant that we have cut council spending by # 7 million (or 4 per cent) in cash terms, cut the workforce by 18 per cent (or 950 full - time equivalent employees) and cut the council's debt by # 20 million.

We need a strong local child poverty strategy so that children growing up in XX have a better future, and so that we avoid having to spend on failure and can invest everyone's council tax contributions in more positive ways.»

We polled all local councils to see how and where they spend their money.

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:

Now, Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner is demanding answers as she tries to figure out how the local regional economic development council is spending that taxpayer cash.

The average reduction in council spending power is 4.4 % 5, a Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) spokesperson said.

It seems rather incongruous that he should spend half of his time on seemingly narrow tasks like trying to get local councils to cut out waste and be more efficient at providing public services, and the other half of his time on «Communities» - ie religion.

«MTA Chairman Lhota toured the 7 line with local elected officials including the Council member a few weeks ago, ahead of this week's announcement that tens of millions of dollars are going to be spent to repair and paint the 7 line structure,» said the MTA in a statement.

Indeed, yesterday's Budget cuts to Housing Benefit are a sideshow to the big issue in housing, which is that spending has shifted dramatically towards supporting individuals with housing costs - rather than investing in bricks and mortar over the last twenty or so years since rent controls were abolished and local authorities were made to stop building council houses.

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.

An estimated # 6 million went to political assistants to party groups on local councils in England; Healthy additional sums were spent on allowances to members of the regional assemblies and of the European Parliament.»

In his inimitable podium - thumping style, Prescott told the packed hall that the capital receipts from council house sales of the 1980s — that local authorities were banned from spending — would be released in order to build new houses.

Michael Beltzer, a father who has served on his local community board and on the 43rd Precinct Community Council, says he has worked for a decade as a «community advocate and servant» including time spent with small community and advocacy groups.

In 2010, Cuomo became the first gubernatorial candidate to win the council's endorsement, promising to rein in government spending and cap local property taxes.

The Council again identified five areas for discretionary funding — spending on the aging, youth, anti-poverty programs, local initiatives, and borough - wide needs.

Franklin Mayor Tom Taylor and members of the city's Common Council said they want the Interstate 94 interchange built but refuse to spend local taxes on the project, which is east of the city's border with Oak Creek.

i am a fun bubbly girl who likes to socialise and travel the world when i can.i am a lifeguard for the local council so i love the outdoors and anything connected to the sea.i spend my off days surfing and fishing

Councils had to spend more than # 22m covering the costs of schools converting to academy status in the last two years, even though they are moving free from local authority control and are funded from Whitehall.

Penalizes school districts for doing more with less by keeping intact the «maintenance of effort» requirement — which substitutes Congress's priorities over state legislatures» and county councils» when it comes to spending limited state / local resources.

Before United Way, Liz spent 7 years in various volunteer leadership positions in theUK including founding her own not - for - profit organization, being chairperson of the largest branch of the National Childbirth Trust, acting as the lead member of the Epperstone Village Planning Council, being chair of the local village pre-school as well as leading fundraising and planning efforts to build two tennis courts and playground facilities in her village.

The BBC's FOI to all local authorities in England revealed # 32.5 m has been spent by councils on clearing debts since the Academies Act was introduced in 2010.

Councils will be expected to consult local parents, carers, schools, and others on how their funding should be used and publish a short plan showing how they will spend the money.

The government also gives academies money which would previously have been spent on their behalf by local councils to provide certain services.

Although today's announcement does not include additional funding, it is understood officials hope clarity on spending — particularly the allocation of local authority funding for 2019 - 20, several years ahead of time — will help schools and councils plan ahead.

Legislators are currently considering four other CTU - supported bills that directly impact conditions in public schools: HB 5481, requiring school districts to report class size data to ISBE and sets targets for K - 12 class sizes beginning in 2020; HB5721, which mandates improved public input and transparency in CPS capital spending and provides supports for schools and students hit with school actions like closings and turnarounds; HB 3786, which requires fully empowered local school councils in publicly funded schools, including charters, that must vote by a super-majority to approve school closures and reorganizations; and HB 4800, which would move surplus TIF funds to public education needs.

This website was set up to supplement the many tourist information sites that you have probably found already: Established travel guides, hotel chains and local tourism councils spam prospective visitors of Austria with tons of information on how great the place is and why you should spend your money there.

No one, in a free market, would spend a penny of their earnings on wind turbines, solar panels, research grants for dubious climate science projects, local council sustainability officers, et al: the industry is entirely dependent for its existence on favours granted to rent - seeking troughers by the political class.

«Our first few months,» Steuber says, «were spent meeting with leaders of local organizations, sitting in on meetings of our Borough Council and Environmental Advisory Council, visiting local farms and getting to know local farmers, learning what issues people had, what kinds of solutions had been tried, and what had been successful.»

Jones v Cheshire Constabulary (2017) A local councillor and former leader of Cheshire East Council complains about the conduct of a police investigation into the awarding of contracts by one of the largest spending local authorities in the North - West with allegations of defamation and misfeasance in public office against the police.

«The reason for that is the local elections are now looming on May 3, and campaigns are getting under way» @afneil on why the #pmqs exchanges were about council spending and services #bbcdp #pmqs pic.twitter.com/EVS2qC3U 6G

Before United Way, Liz spent 7 years in various volunteer leadership positions in theUK including founding her own not - for - profit organization, being chairperson of the largest branch of the National Childbirth Trust, acting as the lead member of the Epperstone Village Planning Council, being chair of the local village pre-school as well as leading fundraising and planning efforts to build two tennis courts and playground facilities in her village.

He spent a considerable amount of his early career in the Civil Service before moving on to local government with Scottish Borders Council and the City of Edinburgh Council.