Sentences with phrase «devolved authority»

Conversely, Classic Management would welcome action orientation, (that is, the workers working) but would reject the devolved authority.

But the fundamental point is that «devo Manc» is not doing enough if it only offers bits of money and devolved authority to an elected mayor whose role will be to manage more cuts and preside over unsolved structural problems.

If you are in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales you can also contact your representative in the devolved authority (click on the links for contact details).

Similar SI have been introduced by the devolved authorities for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

The UK Government and devolved authorities have today introduced Statutory Instruments updating formula and baby food marketing laws in line with new EU regulations.

Baby Milk Action press release 20 July 2016 The UK Government and devolved authorities have today introduced Statutory Instruments updating formula and baby food marketing laws in line with new EU regulations.

The pre-Qaddafi United Kingdom of Libya divided the country into three federal provinces, devolving authority to them.

Nations other than England have devolved authorities: the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Northern Ireland Assembly.

Third, the choice movement, including charter schools, magnet schools, vouchers, and outsourced school management, has shown us what it means to devolve authority from bureaucratic systems to individual schools and families.

With the Every Student Succeeds Act devolving authority for evaluation to the local level, she wonders whether educators will commit to improving evaluation processes long enough to reap their benefits.

According to Cowen, «ESSA altered American public education by devolving authority from the federal government to the...

Devolving authority to building principals who were closer to the classroom and who could make better decisions about budgets, staffing, professional development, and operations to support their schools.

The new law is considered a course correction, easing testing requirements and devolving authority from the federal government to the states.

Second, ESSA devolves authority over key aspects of education policy to states and districts, including freedom to develop locally - tailored strategies for supporting low - performing schools.

A few years ago, I was contacted by some people at a boutique firm who were facing an existential problem: the name founders were all coming up on retirement, but were showing little interest in devolving authority, transitioning clients, or planning for the future.

[137] It has been embodied in «memoranda of understanding» between the UK government and devolved authorities, and more recently in a statutory provision, section 2 of the Scotland Act 2016, which «recognised» the convention.

Not exact matches

In this article, there is a claim that «[t] he confirmation that UK state spy agency GCHQ ran a specific programmed, called «MILKWHITE», to share data with devolved policing and tax authorities is the first Snowden leak to directly implicate Scottish authorities in the controversial policy of «bulk data» collection.»

... devolve shareholder proposals back to the states, which traditionally and appropriately have been allotted authority over corporate governance matters.

If, for example, an enemy has invaded Islamic territory, compromising the lives, liberty and property of Muslims, and the established authorities are unable or unwilling to mount an effective defense, the duty to fight devolves to every Muslim.

In order for our process of democratization to be complete, the time has come for me to devolve my formal authority to such an elected leadership,» the Dalai Lama said in his message to Tibet's parliament - in - exile, which is meeting at Dharamsala, India.

Emergency planning and response is devolved to local authorities; because there is no guidance on the protection of families with infants there is no way to ensure that local strategies consider infant nutrition as part of emergency response.

For example, the development of «Devo - Manc» over the past year or so has devolved responsibility for some or all provision of health, social care, employment and training, and transport to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.

It's part of Labour's proposal to devolve power to metro mayors with control over combined authorities, which already exist in other core cities (Manchester, Sheffield, Liverpool) and could be a key part of the answer in Bristol.

Interestingly the comments from Chuka Umunna are not about devolving to LEPs (unelected, undemocratic bodies) but about the creation of combined authorities and directly elected metro mayors — a much better solution than some of the original suggestions to give power and resource to the LEPs.

In the end, a compromise was reached in which substantial power was devolved to regional authorities.

The central government must devolve some of its authority to gain buy in from local actors.

Devolving power down in the NHS offers much potential, as the pioneering Greater Manchester authority hopes to demonstrate, helping save money and empower patients.

The price of the deal is an elected mayor, who from 2017, will oversee significant sums of devolved spending, answerable to a cabinet made up of the ten council leaders of the Greater Manchester authorities.

The Smith Commission has set out a raft of new powers for the Scottish Parliament, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has signed a new devolution agreement with Greater Manchester Combined Authority, the Deputy Prime Minister has signed an agreement with Sheffield City Council, and the Cabinet Committee on Devolved Powers has reported on options for change in Westminster.

The government proposes to devolve housing costs to local authorities so they can fund services that meet the needs of their local areas.

The plan is to devolve powers from Whitehall, giving local authorities more freedom and flexibility in the way they collect and spend money in their areas - but will it work?

This means that Scotland now has the legal framework to operate its own tax authority for devolved taxes.

Certainly the flagship Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill does not devolve tax powers from Westminster to local authorities.

With the introduction of the new Welsh fully devolved taxes, the Welsh Revenue Authority - as with Revenue Scotland in 2015 - has the distinct advantage of a starting anew in a discrete area.

Lord Haskins, who chairs Humberside's Local Enterprise Partnership, believes that a devolved body there should be «a combined economic development authority with a very specific job to do.»

The lack of democratic legitimacy is intensified by the Chancellor insisting that to obtain the full range of devolved powers authorities have to adopt the directly - elected mayor model.

On 3 November, Greater Manchester's 10 metropolitan councils and the government reached a «trailblazing agreement» to devolve powers to a combined city region authority, shortly to be headed by an elected mayor.

In a statement, Ms Spelman said: «We hope that the Liberal Democrats under Mr Clegg will join us in putting pressure on the government to devolve power to local authorities, communities and individuals, in our opposition to ID cards and in our commitment to social justice and environmental progress.»

The ECIDA is designed to spur economic development but has partially devolved into a regulatory authority - forcing absurd demands on local businesses.

The levels of turn - out for elections to its board of 53 elected members was not huge — 44 % of the electorate voted in elections across the 13 inner - London boroughs — but much better than turnout in elections for more recent devolved positions of authority, such as police commissioners.

The Political Economy of the Northern Powerhouse (co-edited with Craig Berry)-- the first volume to critically assess the coalition and Conservative governments» Northern Powerhouse agenda since 2014 and associated efforts to devolve power to local authorities across the North.

In the wake of chancellor George Osborne's announcement this week of a ground - breaking set of devolved powers for Greater Manchester, LGC interviewed political leaders at half of the 10 councils that make up the city region's combined authority about the negotiations leading up to the deal and its implications for local government.

Further powers and resources may be devolved to the Mayor and the Combined Authority if agreement can be reached in the future.

On its website, Freshwater claims it can help firms to «influence decision - makers openly, effectively and ethically - in Westminster and Whitehall, the devolved national governments and assemblies, London's City Hall and local authorities across the UK».

You might think local authorities would be screaming with delight at the prospect of all this devolved power.

Responsibility for a range of economic development budgets are being devolved to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.

Devolving more power to local authorities, elected police chiefs, the public and patients, and abolishing most quangoes

Since 1997, by contrast, we have seen successive governments use a simple parliamentary majority to radically overhaul the structure of the judicial system; strip the office of Lord Chancellor of most of its historic authority; introduce fixed - term parliaments and devolve substantial legislative powers to selected parts of the United Kingdom.

Public health budgets would be devolved to local health commissioners and local authorities, and a universal health visitor programme would aim to improve the health of young families.

The Sheffield city region review into the case for establishing their combined authority explicitly stated, for instance, that the major rationale was to give legal effect to existing informal collaboration, enabling local authority leaders «to obtain more devolved powers from government and additional funding streams».