Sentences with phrase «from local government secretary»

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The latest tally of fire safety checks was presented to Cabinet by Communities and Local Government Secretary Sajid Javid, who has issued an urgent call for all councils to send in samples of cladding from tall buildings.

Now, local government secretary Greg Clark claims to have found the answer: by 2020, local authorities will be financially self - sufficient, with funding from local revenue sources such as council tax and business rates to take the place of government grants.

The Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles is reviewing the rules on councillors» declarations of interest - at present they only have to declare sponsorship from a trade union.

«As Secretary of State, Lorraine has been able to take the important roles of the Department of State — from real estate licensing to business incorporation to local government services — and combine them under the banner of better and more efficient service for the people of the State.»

When she stormed out of the government last year, the faith minister's job was actually upgraded because Eric Pickles, the local government and communities secretary, took it over himself, with assistance from another minister, Lord Ahmad.

The announcement comes a week before shadow communities and local government secretary Caroline Spelman faces a verdict from the same committee over a complaint made against her.

Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles will today set out plans to make councils get approval from the public every time they want to impose «excessive» increases in bills.

At various times, the post has been called Shadow Minister for Transport (including from 1979 to 1981), Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, and Shadow Secretary of State for Environment and Transport.

They are Mr. Niran Akinsuyi, a former Senior Special Adviser to the Governor on Special Duties from Owo Local Government Area; Mr. Bekekhimi Idhiarhi from Ese - Odo; and Dr. Bade Omooloja, a former Permanent Secretary from Ose Local Government.

On the same day that the Shadow Education Secretary will say that he wants to move away from «the narrow, «exam factory» vision of recent years a unique alliance of teachers, students, parents, local government representatives, governors, international experts and businesses has come together to produce a vision of what is being called Big Education.

«Eric Pickles, the Local Government Secretary, promised to «give local communities a greater say» on where wind farms are built, but new guidance from his department warns councils not to create «inflexible» turbine - free zLocal Government Secretary, promised to «give local communities a greater say» on where wind farms are built, but new guidance from his department warns councils not to create «inflexible» turbine - free zlocal communities a greater say» on where wind farms are built, but new guidance from his department warns councils not to create «inflexible» turbine - free zones.

New Home Secretary Alan Johnson may have raised the idea in a bid to appeal to voters ahead of disastrous local and European election results for Labour, but there is very little evidence of an appetite in government for changing the voting system from first past the post to real proportional representation.

The Permanent Secretary, Local Government Affairs, Mr. Muftau Oluwadare, in his presentation on the amount of bailout given to the local government disclosed that N23, 887, 975, 810.26 was requested from the CBN but N9, 117, 070, 000 was given to Local Government Affairs, Mr. Muftau Oluwadare, in his presentation on the amount of bailout given to the local government disclosed that N23, 887, 975, 810.26 was requested from the CBN but N9, 117, 070, 000 was giveGovernment Affairs, Mr. Muftau Oluwadare, in his presentation on the amount of bailout given to the local government disclosed that N23, 887, 975, 810.26 was requested from the CBN but N9, 117, 070, 000 was given to local government disclosed that N23, 887, 975, 810.26 was requested from the CBN but N9, 117, 070, 000 was givegovernment disclosed that N23, 887, 975, 810.26 was requested from the CBN but N9, 117, 070, 000 was given to them.

After the English local elections in May 2006, Ruth Kelly was appointed Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, a position created when these functions were split off from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minilocal elections in May 2006, Ruth Kelly was appointed Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, a position created when these functions were split off from the Office of the Deputy Prime MiniLocal Government, a position created when these functions were split off from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

A letter from communities and local government secretary Eric Pickles» office, published by the Observer last July, warned that the savings do not take into account the additional costs to local authorities through homelessness and temporary accommodation.

It also produced this irony - free gem from the redoubtable Rahman, following Secretary of State for Local Government Eric Pickles» blistering attack on him in the Commons:

Shadow Local Government Secretary Andrew Gwynne said he believed the anti-Semitism row had had an impact on the result in Barnet, north London, which the Tories took back from no overall control.

Greg Clark is promoted from Universities Minister to Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Enforcement had been scheduled to begin Oct. 15, but Secretary of Labor William Brock delayed it at the request of the Congress, which is considering legislation that would exempt state and local government workers, including school employees, from the more costly provisions of the act, said Herbert Cohen,...

Responding to the Government statement that the Education for All Bill, announced in the Queen's Speech, will not be introduced in Parliament, Cllr Richard Watts, Chair of the Local Government Association's Children and Young People Board, said: «We are pleased that the Secretary of State is acting on the strong concerns from councils about the Government's planned education reforms.

Underlining a point made by Deputy Secretary Miller, Rodríguez reminded the conference that, to be effective, change must come not only from the federal government but from «high levels of energy at the state and local level.»

The second half of the session heard from Richard Watts, deputy chair of the Children and Young People board at the Local Government Association (LGA); Emma Knights, chief executive of the National Governors Association (NGA); Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT; and Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT).

If approved the new law would «prohibit the federal government from interfering in state and local decisions regarding accountability and school improvement activities» and specifically would prevent the secretary of education from «prescribing specific methods or systems.»

Secretary Chu and Chair Sutley made the announcement during CEQ's 2010 GreenGov Symposium, which is bringing together leaders from Federal, state and local governments, nonprofit and academic communities and the private sector to identify opportunities around greening the Federal Government.

For that, we need leadership from the finance and investment community and by local, regional and national governments who will decide on major infrastructure plans over the coming years,» said the Secretary - General in his remarks at the Austrian World Summit in Vienna.

• Acting for the successful Claimant in R (on the application of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2017] EWHC 1502 (Admin), a challenge to guidance from the defendant Secretary of State which sought to prohibit the administering authorities of the local government pension schemes from adopting policies of boycott, divestment and sanction against foreign nations (led by Nigel GiffinLocal Government [2017] EWHC 1502 (Admin), a challenge to guidance from the defendant Secretary of State which sought to prohibit the administering authorities of the local government pension schemes from adopting policies of boycott, divestment and sanction against foreign nations (led by Nigel GGovernment [2017] EWHC 1502 (Admin), a challenge to guidance from the defendant Secretary of State which sought to prohibit the administering authorities of the local government pension schemes from adopting policies of boycott, divestment and sanction against foreign nations (led by Nigel Giffinlocal government pension schemes from adopting policies of boycott, divestment and sanction against foreign nations (led by Nigel Ggovernment pension schemes from adopting policies of boycott, divestment and sanction against foreign nations (led by Nigel Giffin QC).

In keeping with the Government's promise to those entities doing business at UK ports the Localism Bill which had its first reading in the House of Commons on the 13 December 2010 includes an amendment to Section 49 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 giving the Secretary of State powers to make regulations to grant relief from the payment of business rates for premises in prescribed cases.

The claimants also argued that even if the powers of the secretary of state were not so limited, in the instant circumstances she was constrained from taking the steps she had because they were inconsistent with the express statutory regime governing local government restructuring within LGA 1992, Pt 2.