Sentences with phrase «council leader»

The boards may continue as voluntary associations of council leaders.

After a fairly anonymous former local council leader, maybe they might want someone with a profile again?

The warning comes as council leaders argue the government's 24 - hour drinking experiment has been a «catastrophic mistake».

Conservative council leaders who had been so vocal in their letters were less willing to stand by their words live on TV.

It comes days after council leaders said two in five local authorities would have too few places by 2016.

It should be noted there are over 40 Lib Dem council leaders so they not constitute a majority.

It is interesting that efficiency is such a high priority for both while chief executives are more concerned about public perception than elected council leaders.

The job of being a good council leader is harder than ever.

Yet do most council leaders know the top ten employers in their borough?

An unknown council leader won't be good enough now.

The same should be said for successful council leaders, and well - researched campaign groups.

He will then chair a «cabinet» of local council leaders, controlling the combined authority and will need to secure their support for much of what he wants to do.

But council leaders say regional schools commissioners lack the «capability and capacity» for the job and «could risk children's education».

speech: Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson said the SNP agenda placed an «economic and social curse» on cities.

Mr Farnell, who regained the position of Labour council leader in 2014 after a gap of 22 years, told the inquiry he was never informed of the scandal during his first stint in office between 1986 and 1992.

Message to Members by Council Leader Adam Paynter re Cornish Delegation to MIPIM 2018 in Cannes, France

Also suing are Maureen Kellman, a PEF trustee from Nassau County, and Kenneth Johnson, a former council leader who lives in Bergen County, N.J.

A PEF council leader in Rockland County, Deborah J. Lee was found in 2013 to have misused a union - issued bank card, making numerous personal purchases, which led to a court judgment of $ 64,105 against her.

Yesterday Council leader Adam Paynter admitted he hadn't heard of the charge before now.

Hampshire County Council leader Ken Thornber defends his authority, after TaxPayers Alliance criticises number of staff paid # 50,000 +.

Westminster Council leader Cllr Colin Barrow says that among other things they are paying their bills early, freezing Council Tax, boosting apprenticeships and helping local shops.

Following the election the Conservatives took control of the council after winning the vote for council leader by 30 votes to 26.

Councillors standing down at the election included Gwen Richardson and Erica Shaw, while former Labour group leader David Potter and the former Conservative council leader from the 1980s and 1990s, Stephen Reid, attempted to return to the council.

The array of Council Leaders from Northern cities calling on Ed Miliband to give the project his full support is testament to this.

«We would like to know why this decision was made,» said the PEF council leader at Mohawk Valley Jeanette St. Mary.

«I am clear that there is an issue of direction that we need to go in — community cohesion — so I don't accept there is a political vacuum,» Bradford council leader David Green told the Bradford Telegraph and Argus newspaper.

First, they have shown they can take votes from anyone — deposing the Tory council leader in Basildon, the Labour deputy leader in Rotherham, and sweeping the board in North East Lincolnshire.

The official grand opening was held with school governors past and present, staff, Ipswich borough council leader David Ellesmere, Baroness Rosalind Scott of Needham Market and MP Ben Gummer, all celebrating the occasion.

The Herald reports that Glasgow Council leader Cllr Gordon Matheson in facing «intense criticism» for failing to defend his sitting councillors.

On the Conservative side, not a single woman even made it onto their mayoral shortlist last year after respected Westminster Council leader Philippa Roe was excluded.

Glasgow Council leader Gordon Matheson has similarly commented that the biennial festival reflects the Glasgow's «reputation as a centre of excellence for cutting - edge contemporary art», with GI demonstrating «Glasgow's unique flair and outstanding style credentials».

There is a problem when one of our two great political parties is so riven with the stain of anti-semitism that even one of its own council leaders questions if they will be welcome in his city again.

She was also criticized for the union's award of hundreds of thousands of dollars to the public relations firm that handled her election campaign more than three years ago, and the union's treatment of a downstate council leader who allegedly ran up tens of thousands of dollars on a PEF debit card.

A letter from Labour council leaders across the country is to be sent tonight saying they too think Corbyn should go.

«We are glad to see this addition to the contract,» said Assistant Council Leader Nicole Yaggle.

Actually, change has been more the recent rule in the council, managed, as in herding cats, by veteran council leader Jim Noble.

Manchester, for example, doesn't have an elected mayor but Richard Leese (Manchester City council leader since 1996) and Howard Bernstein (chief executive of Manchester City council) are incredibly well thought of, and other places with elected mayors have operated less well.

The new City Council leaders on all matters real estate, construction, housing and buildings will discuss their priorities, pending bills and newly enacted legislation.

Two weeks ago, the Campaign for Labour Democracy's AGM passed a motion calling for Lutfur Rahman, the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, to be readmitted to the party and for a full investigation into events since the disastrous 2010 selection process that led to this former Labour council leader standing as an independent and winning against an imposed Labour candidate — Helal Abbas.

Communities secretary withdraws legislation after council leaders fail to agree on multimillion - pound devolution deal

The fee was blasted as a «staggering» waste of taxpayers» money by Islington's Labour council leader Richard Watts and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Senior council leaders thought Miner was overstepping her bounds by pushing a candidate on them.

Westminster City Council leader Nickie Aiken described the installation on its bridge as a «sensible and proportionate» measure and said the council is working closely with the Metropolitan Police and security services.

«We have been able to establish the facts in this case as far as is possible over the weekend, and I can confirm that the children are safe and in very good care,» Rotherham metropolitan borough council leader Roger Stone said.

A series of letters between council leaders and Mr Pickles, uncovered under the Freedom of Information Act, contained the bleak warning that the «unfair» cuts would have a «potentially devastating» effect on their communities.

Then you have got a group of just under 20 councillors, including Highland Council leader Drew Hendry.

'' Who Governs Merseyside project sees Liverpool Council leader Joe Anderson emerge as early front - runner», Liverpool Daily Post, 7 October 2011.

Lambeth Council leader Lib Peck added: «We are working closely with the Metropolitan Police and support all moves to ensure the appropriate security is in place to keep London's residents and visitors safe.»