Sentences with phrase «local authority leaders»

But he is the only Conservative local authority leader to run an authority paying the living wage.

Mr Shapps called on local authority leaders to follow the example of government ministers and take a pay cut.

Unlike local authority leaders who have been selected by their local party group, a directly elected mayor is not dependent on their local political party for their appointment, and therefore can not be dismissed by that group.

Together they will work with the combined authority cabinet (i.e. local authority leaders) to run the city region.

And, any gains which are achieved will be difficult to attribute to devolution because neighbouring local authority leaders will want to claim their share of credit.

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».

Opponents of the policy argue they are less accountable than other state schools, because they are not overseen by the elected local authority leaders.

The metro mayor will be able to hand certain functions to their deputy mayor, or any of the local authority leaders within the combined authority.

In the case of housing, for example, a devolution deal may state that the combined authority is responsible for developing a spatial housing framework in order to manage plans across the area, which must be unanimously agreed upon by all local authority leaders in the combined authority.

It creates a new role, that of the metro mayor, in addition to local authority leaders, existing city mayors and — depending on whether the local area agrees to merge the two roles or not — police and crime commissioners.

The 17 local authority leaders and 71 local party heads say that the spending reductions are too big and are being implemented too quickly.

Local authority leaders on the Combined Authorities will get to keep the devo deals they've negotiated but they'll no longer be contingent on having an elected mayor.

However, local authority leaders have argued that it's becoming more difficult to provide transport because of «sustained financial challenges».