Sentences with phrase «authority over government spending»

It is important because it is critical in determining whether Parliament can adequately exercise its authority over government spending.

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Less information is now provided to the public in budgets than under previous Liberal and Conservative governments; the authority of Parliament over government spending has been weakened; the understanding of Canadians as to what the government is actually planning to do in the budget has been eroded.

While the councils have seemingly given the executive branch of government more authority and discretion over economic development spending, Flanagan insisted the appetite for oversight isn't a switch in his approach.

These are expected to include measures to give neighbourhoods control over local planning decisions and reducing local authorities» reliance on grants from central government - which are being cut back dramatically as a result of the spending review.

He said that a Labour Government would allow regional authorities to take over # 30 billion of spending across the country.

In a statement today by SERAP deputy director Timothy Adewale, the organization said: «Nigerians should have some sense of what it is the government is doing in our name, especially against the background of the declaration by the authorities that the anti-insurgency war has ended and the Boko Haram terror group defeated, as well as the unresolved questions on how over $ 2bn was spent by former Jonathan administration to fight Boko Haram.

Cuomo has called for increased control over the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and is pushing local governments within the MTA's service area to spend more on transit in the area, including New York City.

A Department for Education spokesman said: «We are giving local authorities # 5bn to spend on new school places over this Parliament - double the amount allocated by the previous government over an equivalent period.

Paul has acted for foreign governments, sovereign wealth funds, financial regulators, hedge funds, the Jersey Financial Services Commission, local authorities, major corporates, banks, major airlines and high net worth individuals, and he has spent considerable time working for clients in Asia, the Middle East and Africa over the course of his career.

Government agencies agencies including the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) spent several months over the past year trying to assume a stance on net neutrality principles.