Sentences with phrase «local authorities in the country»

The total number of stray dogs in Wales increased from 9,482 in 2011 to 10,230 in 2012, equating to a staggering 28 dogs being picked up each day by Local Authorities in the country.

The Burden of Green Taxes also included ground breaking estimates showing how green taxes affect people in every local authority in the country.

Cllr Egerton said that Cornwall was ahead of most of the local authorities in the country in adopting it's Local Plan so even though Cornwall is actually currently behind it's house building targets it was catching up fast and was still ahead of most.

MPs Jim Murphy and Hilary Benn are writing to all of the local authorities in the country, to encourage them to adopt the Barking and Dagenham scheme.

Knowsley and Blackpool are the lowest performing local authorities in the country.

Not exact matches

Facebook and Twitter have also been targeted by the authorities in a number of countries, and have been either asked or forced to remove certain content because it breaches national or local laws.

The government has arrested thousands of immigrants in the country illegally and threatened to withhold funding from sanctuary jurisdictions, which limit cooperation between local and federal immigration authorities.

Uber used Greyball to avoid local authorities who were investigating the company in U.S. cities such as Las Vegas and Boston and in countries including Australia and China, according to The New York Times.

While crypto enthusiasts in the West have created a lexicon of their own, a parallel slang is flourishing in the crypto trading community in China, a country that once dominated global bitcoin trading before authorities cracked down on local exchanges in September.

As such, the local Capital Markets Authority wants to establish a new agency to monitor cryptocurrency activity in the country.

Nick Rose, Secretary and National Coordinator for AFSA, is currently establishing a new body in Australia called Sustain: The Australian Food Network, which aims to do similar work to support and connect local government authorities and other food systems stakeholders across the country.

If you are involved in a private youth sports program which plays on publicly - owned fields, diamonds, rinks, or courts, or are in local government, you have probably been hearing a lot lately about what is being dubbed the «power of the permit»: the authority municipalities and towns around the country are using to condition use of their athletic facilities by private programs on compliance with state concussion safety laws from which they would otherwise be exempt, or, in an increasing number of instances, to fill gaps in their state's law.

Two of London's local authorities rank in some of the lowest concentrations of home educated students in the country, among them are Westminster and Lambeth where only 0.14 % and 0.12 % of 5 - 16 year olds study at home.

There are no equivalent statutory arrangements for pupils or students from other countries in the UK or elsewhere, and local authorities and institutions are able to negotiate the recovery of costs as they consider appropriate, taking account of other relevant legislation (eg the Equalities Act).

That includes control orders; pre charge detention; stop and search; the deportation of people engaged in terrorism in this country; measures to deal with organisations that promote hatred or violence; and the use of surveillance powers by local authorities.

Second, we have assumed that within each local authority the variation in turnout between different demographic groups will be the same as that which pertained in last year's general election across the country as a whole (as measured by the British Election Study, a major academic high quality survey of how people voted in last year's general election).

Like too many things in this country, these are policies conjured up in the corridors of Westminster, in local authorities» offices, behind closed doors, or at exclusive events attended by the few.

Coordination must be stablished with local authorities; this is even more complex than in the USA because most of the USA soldiers will ignore the country language, laws and cultural differences.

In addition, the party has two seats on the Greater London Assembly, numerous local councillors across the country, and won control of Brighton & Hove unitary authority in 201In addition, the party has two seats on the Greater London Assembly, numerous local councillors across the country, and won control of Brighton & Hove unitary authority in 201in 2011.

In 2012 just 10 JR cases regarding «Town and Country Planning» were addressed to government departments (9 to DCLG and 1 to DEFRA) compared with 188 addressed to local authorities.

With local elections being held all over the country on May 2nd, these results do not look good for the Tories, who will be defending their control of 26 county councils and three unitary authorities in England in addition to the mayoralty of North Tyneside.

Little said the Senate's plan also contains tax relief for North Country families and businesses, and rejects a number of «tax - and - fee increases» proposed by the governor, including new Department of Motor Vehicles fees, a surcharge on pre-paid cell phones and a proposal calling for online marketplaces to collect sales tax on behalf of their vendors, a loophole that governor says is costing state and local authorities $ 275 million in uncollected tax every year.

So if Iran were to acquire nuclear weapons putting them in a position of undeserved authority, then all the Arab countries in the region would recognize this as a direct threat - not simply because Iran would bomb them but because it could help them support their local enemies and put pressure them.

While understandably tax authorities want to see the tax collected in the first place and may be concerned to ensure that only VAT that is properly repayable is repaid, the right to deduct promptly is a fundamental principle of the VAT system and therefore the new proposals must not discriminate between the treatment of local businesses» and those in other EU countries

He continued: «Jacqui Smith should concentrate on getting the basics right first: an integrated border force with exit controls so we know who is coming in and out of the country; proper planning and money for local authorities dealing with sharp population changes; and greater promotion of integration.»

In a few short weeks, local authorities up and down the country will go red as voters give their verdict on 12 months of dismal Tory - Lib Dem cutbacks and recession.

Lebanese authorities have reversed a decision to ban Steven Spielberg's newspaper drama «The Post» ahead of its opening in theaters across the country, a local cinema manager said Wednesday.

(41) Above all, tertiary education is a weapon to change a refugee situation and, finally, the primary vehicle by which they can meaningfully engage with various stakeholders, such as hosting communities, local authorities, hosting state government, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and a home country's government (in the case of a need to return arises).

Local testimonies suggest that abduction of women is a common phenomenon in the country while the authorities have stated that they are not aware of previous abductions.

Current legislation for sex and relationships education only applies to pupils attending local authority - run secondary schools, which only represents around a third of high schools in the country, and PSHE is only mandatory at independent schools.

The shift in power over the last 30 years from local authorities to schools means the largest volunteer force in the country has had to transform itself from «friends of the school», to a body capable of running a multimillion - pound key public service.»

Additionally, Northamptonshire is one of the worst - performing local authority areas in the country for the achievement of disadvantaged children at Key Stage 2, and Derby and Nottingham were among the 10 lowest ranking local authority areas nationally for GSCE examinations.

In order to achieve this, the Commission suggests the government should mandate all schools in the ten lowest performing local authorities to take part in area - wide programmes, as well as reform the training and distribution of teachers across the country and create new incentives — including better starting pay — to get more of the highest - quality teachers into the schools that need them mosIn order to achieve this, the Commission suggests the government should mandate all schools in the ten lowest performing local authorities to take part in area - wide programmes, as well as reform the training and distribution of teachers across the country and create new incentives — including better starting pay — to get more of the highest - quality teachers into the schools that need them mosin the ten lowest performing local authorities to take part in area - wide programmes, as well as reform the training and distribution of teachers across the country and create new incentives — including better starting pay — to get more of the highest - quality teachers into the schools that need them mosin area - wide programmes, as well as reform the training and distribution of teachers across the country and create new incentives — including better starting pay — to get more of the highest - quality teachers into the schools that need them most.

«Now — for the very first time in our country — it is possible to compare objectively and simply the performance of academy groups and local authorities, in both the primary and secondary phases.»

«We hope that the Scottish Government and local authority employers, who have repeatedly spoken of the high value that they place on teachers, will commit to paying a fair salary — comparable to other professions and teachers in other countries — to all teachers working in Scotland.»

Middlesbrough, Barnsley, Redcar and Cleveland, Doncaster, North Lincolnshire, Rotherham, Sheffield and North East Lincolnshire are among the 10 local authorities with the highest rates of secondary - school exclusions in the country.

We work with health and education commissioners in local authorities, and directly with early years settings, schools, parents and children across the country.

In response to the publication of the SEN Code of Practice for parliamentary approval by the Department for Education, the AEP has stressed that an uncertain funding future for the initial training of the educational psychology workforce and the ever increasing demand for educational psychologists» posts will mean that there will be an insufficient number of educational psychologists supporting local authorities and schools in future, which could put the wellbeing of vulnerable children and young people across the country at risIn response to the publication of the SEN Code of Practice for parliamentary approval by the Department for Education, the AEP has stressed that an uncertain funding future for the initial training of the educational psychology workforce and the ever increasing demand for educational psychologists» posts will mean that there will be an insufficient number of educational psychologists supporting local authorities and schools in future, which could put the wellbeing of vulnerable children and young people across the country at risin future, which could put the wellbeing of vulnerable children and young people across the country at risk.

research of local authorities around the country highlighted an average rise of 3 per cent in meal prices for the back to school period (the same as that reported in our annual survey of school lunch take up, published in July).

Schools are becoming independent entities and local authorities are rapidly being replaced by academy clusters as key players in the delivery of education across large swathes of the country.

YPO, which is owned by local authorities, is also a founding member organisation of Pro5, a consortium of the public sector buying groups in the country.

The local public housing authority in Montgomery County purchases up to 40 percent of inclusionary zoning homes and operates them as subsidized public housing, making it one of the largest inclusionary zoning programs in the country.108

One local authority - controlled school, Deptford Green in Lewisham, lost 13 per cent, placing it second in the country for the highest proportion of pupils who moved to other schools during year 11 in 2014 - 15.

NSBA with Davenport and the full leadership team will continue its efforts, working with the state school board associations, to ensure that ESSA is implemented as intended, in collaboration with local school boards and other key education stakeholders, and returning the decision - making authority to state and local communities in support of academic success for every public school student across the country.

Since the Education Act in 2011, funding for independent careers advice and guidance delivered by local authorities has been severely stripped, while Connexions services were forced to close across the country.

Because state and local authorities are in charge of implementing curricula, kids across the country are learning different things and being assessed in different ways.

Local authority sponsorships exist in other parts of the country, although only jointly with other partners and for smaller numbers of schools.

In a note issued on its website, the FCO warned of the potential for disruption caused by increased security, and urged schools already in the country to be «vigilant in public places», follow local authority advice and subscribe to email alerts for updates to its travel advicIn a note issued on its website, the FCO warned of the potential for disruption caused by increased security, and urged schools already in the country to be «vigilant in public places», follow local authority advice and subscribe to email alerts for updates to its travel advicin the country to be «vigilant in public places», follow local authority advice and subscribe to email alerts for updates to its travel advicin public places», follow local authority advice and subscribe to email alerts for updates to its travel advice.

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.

Sir Michael Wilshaw, Chief Inspector of Schools in England and head of education watchdog Ofsted, has told BBC Newsnight that schools and local authorities up and down the country should learn from London and «draw a line» below underperformance.