Sentences with phrase «cut local authority budgets»

But after John Bercow had called for calm, Corbyn carried on: «When you cut local authority budgets by 40 % we all pay a price in public safety.

Not exact matches

Speaking at the first Prime Minister's Questions since the general election earlier this month, Corbyn said years of Conservative government cuts to local authority budgets had put public safety at jeopardy and had played a part in the fire that destroyed a tower block in Kensington, west London earlier this month, killing at least 79 people.

«Barriers to achievements for children with special needs and disabilities rise even higher as savage cuts to local authority budgets cause vital specialist support services to be axed.

They also need to stop cutting school and Local Authority budgets to ensure there is sufficient professional support available for those pupils who need it.

But youth justice projects are being squeezed or forced to shut down in the face of cuts to local authority budgets, NOMS, the YJB and YOTs.

Charities have warned over and over again that the cuts to local authority budgets and welfare reforms would have an impact on society's most vulnerable people, but they have been ignored.

This ideologically - driven experiment is hard to justify at a time of school budget cuts in addition to the loss of vital local authority services for SEN pupils, the squeeze on libraries and Sure Start amongst others.

Local authorities have been forced to face the biggest spending cuts by central government, with 26 % of their budget slashed.

«Huge cuts to council budgets have left local authorities struggling to provide local services and look after our road network, resulting in crumbling roads, vehicle damage and placing the safety of drivers and pedestrians at risk,» she said.

«The biggest threat to the human rights of older people receiving care at home is from cuts to adult social care budgets and it is very unclear whether tightening eligibility criteria to care will allow local authorities to continue to meet their human rights obligations,» she said.

Despite the big society rhetoric, in reality, the cuts to local authority budgets are cutting away the pillars upon which the good society is built.

As with music and sport these are subjects that have been severely affected, if not entirely axed, as a direct result of cuts to schools and local authority budgets.

While the cuts to Local Government in the Welsh Government's Draft Budget were less than feared, the Welsh Government's formula to distribute the money to local authorities has meant that rural councils have been disproportionatelyLocal Government in the Welsh Government's Draft Budget were less than feared, the Welsh Government's formula to distribute the money to local authorities has meant that rural councils have been disproportionatelylocal authorities has meant that rural councils have been disproportionately hit.

Now, according to New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, the governor is trying yet again to grow his authority, burying in his proposed budget language that would give the state budget director unilateral ability to pass cuts down to local government officials to manage the funding reductions widely expected to come from the Trump administration and GOP Congress.

«Who will provide the specialist support and training schools need to deliver this provision, given that local authorities and the NHS no longer have the specialist staff and resources to provide this support thanks to savage cuts to their budgets?

«If the Government is truly serious about a high quality education for all, they need to stop cutting school and local authority budgets, ensure our class sizes are reduced and stop selling off school sports fields and libraries.

At a time of deep cuts to school and local authority budgets it was inevitable that schools would simply absorb this grant to try to make their budgets balance.

«The NASUWT predicted that the funding changes, driven by a desire by the Department for Education to mask the level and impact of cuts to school and local authority budgets, would result in those who needed the support to address their needs losing it.

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.

As result of cuts to local authority budgets, more and more disabled people are being denied the ability to even play a role in our society.

While the Government pursues its unnecessary and expensive academies and Free Schools agenda, the majority of schools and colleges are left struggling to cope with the effects of cuts to schools», colleges» and local authorities» budgets.

The impact on current institutional structures Current structures have already been severely impacted by budget cuts at local authority level.

«Schools» ability to manage particularly difficult cases has been adversely affected by cuts to local authority budgets, in particular Behaviour Support Services, and the fragmentation of the school system into academy and free schools.

Scotland's 32 councils have accepted the Scottish government's # 10.3 billion funding settlement, which contains commitments to maintain teacher numbers but will see cuts to local authority budgets.

A study by The Key has found that delays to assessments, insufficient budgets and cuts to local authorities is hampering schools» ability to support special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) pupils.

Four of the five worst hit local authorities — Middlesbrough, Reading, Isle of Wight, Doncaster — face further budget cuts over the next two years, even after taking into account any gains predicted by the Department for Education from its new funding formula.

With care and planning, the play opportunities that schools provide can help to fill the gap created by local authority budget cuts to play provision.

It bemoans the fact that local authorities faced with crippling budget cuts are closing public playgrounds at an alarming rate — over 200 have already been closed and a further 200 + are earmarked for closure.

«I can not support limiting the authority of local school leaders, especially at a time when budget cuts have greatly increased class sized and reduced the number of school personnel,» the governor wrote in his veto message.

A survey of 1,100 school leaders found delays to assessments, insufficient budgets and cuts to local authorities were hampering the ability to cope.

Cllr Bill Fernie said: «There is not any evidence which links better education attainment to a 25 - hour school week and this would put further pressure on local authority budgets and our ability to make the necessary savings required to manage the anticipated cut in grant funding.»

Arne Duncan, the federal secretary of education, urged state and local authorities to avoid short - sighted decisions as they cut school budgets, and said laying off teachers based solely on seniority was «a wrong way to cut spending.»

More than eight in 10 (82 %) schools across the country have insufficient funding and budget to adequately provide for these pupils, and almost nine in 10 (89 %) school leaders have seen the support they receive for these children affected detrimentally by cuts to local authorities» (LAs») services.

Francesca Richmond reports on local authorities successfully challenging government cuts to the school building budget

As local authorities struggle with budget cuts, Paul Cruickshanks, Court of Protection Costs manager at bSquared Costs Law, recommends applying to the Court of Protection to have your costs assessed by the Senior Courts Cost Office (SCCO).