Sentences with phrase «giving local authorities»

However, the Conservatives are committed to giving local authorities a new discretionary power to levy business rate discounts.

«While parents desperately struggle to get their children a place in a local school, the government continues to promote its ideological free schools programme instead of giving local authorities the legal powers to open new schools where they are needed.»

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.

However it would be equally naive to think that giving local authorities scrutiny powers is «the answer».

These include: commissioning an independent evaluation of how CfE is being implemented «on the ground»; improving the quality of information available on the aspects of CfE that matter, not those that are most «readily measurable»; simplifying and clarifying core guidance on the CfE; giving local authorities a more central role in implementing the curriculum; and creating «stimulating and challenging learning environments» in secondary schools in areas of deprivation.

In fact, by setting rigorous and consistent learning goals and giving local authorities full control over how best to help students achieve those targets, the Common Core fosters creativity and flexibility in the classroom.

«That is why we are giving local authorities over # 870m in extra funding over the next five years to help ensure people in difficult situations like these don't lose out.»

The impact of the cut is exaggerated by its suddenness, giving local authorities and schools no time at all to plan for its impact.

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?

«The next Labour government will ensure the minimum wage is properly enforced, including by giving local authorities new powers, and would set a more ambitious target with an # 8 minimum wage where its value has been eroded and undermined in recent years,» Murray says.

To establish what gives them their local authority, and further your own pursuit of local authority.

The party has also pledged to give local authorities the right to seize properties that had deliberately been left vacant.

«The move to a contract system gave local authorities ownership of the work,» Ingala - Smith says.

In April 2013, Miliband pledged ahead of the upcoming county elections that Labour would change planning laws to give local authorities greater authority to decide what shops can open in their high streets.

Also last night, a Conservative amendment to give local authorities and the secretary of state a new duty to encourage schools to become self - governing trusts - something the party insisted was needed to increase diversity - was rejected by 376 to 169.

The communities secretary said new guidance would give local authorities an easier job shutting down illegal sites and protest camps.

Labour leadership candidate will say chancellor's devolution proposals give local authorities no power to prevent cuts, as he sets out vision for the north

In the Commons earlier today Gordon Brown said that he wanted to give local authorities the power to stop lap dancing clubs:

«We will... limit contributory Employment and Support Allowance for those in the Work Related Activity Group to one year... increase the age threshold for the shared - room rate in housing benefit... give local authorities greater flexibility to manage council tax... align the rules for the mobility and care elements of Disability Living Allowance.»

A BLF spokesperson said: «The guidance on monitoring that Defra gives local authorities needs to be revised and strengthened.

The School Food Plan support provided by the Children's Food Trust and its partners gives local authorities the opportunity to pass on training to the schools in their area.

The support includes a series of «Train The Trainer» courses which will give local authority or academy trust staff the training, skill and expertise to deliver the Children's Food Trust's Small Step Improvement programme» to eligible schools in their area.

The Education (Wales) Measure 2011 gave local authorities the power to federate schools.

The NUT believes that the solution to the school place crisis is to give local authorities back the legal powers they need to plan and provide enough school places in their local areas and for the Government to provide sufficient funding to enable them to do so.

The expansion of duties regarding pupils who go missing from mainstream school wills come into force from September and will mean staff will be required to give local authorities (LAs) additional information about a pupil's address, who they live with and their new school.

On the surface LCFF combines traditionally progressive instincts toward steering money to the children in the most need with traditionally conservative instincts that give local authorities more discretion over programs.

«Unless you give local authorities that power to plan and unless you actually make sure that there is money available... it's just a gimmick,» she said during the election campaign.

Although primarily aimed at preventing public nuisances, such laws may also give local authorities a tool to prevent hoarding and puppy mill situations.

This appears to give local authorities enormous scope to set a target such as passive house as a planning condition, ideally in support of requirements in a development plan.

In R (a child)(special guardianship order)[2006] EWCA Civ 1748, [2006] All ER (D) 299 (Dec) it held that where leave to apply is required, leave must be obtained before the applicant can make the substantive application or give the local authority notice of the intention to apply.

Elaine believes the new code will create substantial problems for children with special educational needs and for their families as well as failing to give local authorities the clear guidance; they need on how to deal with the new system.

We will also give the Local Authority 30 working days to send us its case statement.

• It gives the local authority shared parental responsibility and enables them to remove a child from their birth family.

Not exact matches

Federal laws give the agency the authority to step in and quash state or local laws regulating the provision of Internet service, Verizon said in a 19 - page white paper submitted to the FCC last week.

Organizations must give local - market teams the authority to execute decisions to the best of their abilities while continuing to be closely involved.

«To ensure public shareholders are not disadvantaged, any takeover bid would need to be put to a shareholder vote and any recommendation by the board would have to be based on an appropriate premium as well as safeguards for future probity given past track records of the businesses controlled by the Murdoch family», said Kieran Quinn, chairman of Britain's Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF).

The picture of the Church that emerged was distorted by this apologetic context — too much emphasis was being given to points that were disputed (the authority of the pope, for example) and not enough given to other important points (such as the nature of the local churches).

* Missional experts can travel so much for teaching that they lose the local grounding that gives them their authority.

All we know is that Namaan descends into the waters seven times, sees his leprous skin «restored like the flesh of a young boy,» acknowledges the full authority of Israel's God and, to ensure that he can render proper thanks to the Lord when he returns to Damascus, gets permission from Elisha to bring back two mule loads of local soil — a piece of Israel upon which to give thanks to the one who washed him clean.

This period of conquest gave opportunity for a series of warlords, called in the Bible «judges,» to seize power and become local despots, without any central authority to unite the people.

Despite a massively negative consultation on the subject last autumn, and the contrary assurances to parliament by the Education Secretary, Ed Balls, local authorities are to be given a duty to monitor the education of all home - schooled children.

They valued their relationships with the local authorities and actually feared giving more autonomy to governors.

Later we see Paul commissioning men like Timothy and Titus, giving them in turn authority to appoint elders in the local church.

Diaz brothers have so many other things to them, two vegeterian triathletes who came up from the lowest of the lows, nothing to eat at home, in a rough neighbourhood saying no to all the drugs, later on to all the roids, serving their community, teaching kids,... they have been awarded many times by their local authorities and all... but all UFC wants people to think of a Nate Diaz is a mexican gangster who smokes weed and does not give a damn...

It should be noted that a natural father without PR still has certain legal rights in relation to his child, e.g.: • an automatic right to apply to the court for certain court orders in respect to his child • in an emergency, the right to consent to medical treatment for the child • if the child is being looked after by the local authority, the right to have reasonable contact with his child and the right for the local authority to give due consideration to his wishes and feelings in relation to important decisions they make about the child, including decisions about adoption and contact arrangements after adoption.

Q1.7 Please indicate whether or not you are aware of each of the following guidelines and then to what extent you adhere to and agree with each of the guidelines [tick boxes from «agree» to «disagree» with the following guidelines and adhering to them: «local authority / governing body guidelines on giving advice about baby feeding», «hospital's guidelines on giving advice about baby feeding», «the Baby Friendly Initiative in my area»]

Parents seeking to home educate children registered at a special school, however, must obtain the consent of the local authority to withdraw their child from the school or, if that authority refuse to give consent, without a direction of the Welsh Ministers.

(3) As to the contents of the admission register comprising particulars relating to a pupil whose name is to be deleted in accordance with regulation 8 (1)(d), (e), (g), (i) or (m), the proprietor shall make a return to the local authority for every such pupil giving the full name of the pupil, the address of any parent with whom the pupil normally resides and the ground upon which their name is to be deleted from the admission register as soon as the ground for deletion is met in relation to that pupil, and in any event no later than deleting the pupil's name from the register.

If there were truly issues surrounding consent and child protection, then of course the state has a duty to investigate, but given that Kerry and Mark have been deemed perfectly capable of parenting by another local authority social services department it is difficult to see this as anything but a deliberate restriction of freedoms based solely on Kerry having a mild learning disability.

Two years ago the coalition explicitly changed guidance to local authorities, giving them discretion over whether flooding victims had to pay council tax.