Sentences with phrase «local council level»

(See the local council level of the campaign here.)

There are good chances that the gains Labour made here in the general election will continue at local council level also — 5 of the 8 Tory seats here are up for election and Labour will fancy their chances.

Cameron said that was unacceptable (although he did not rule out the Tories working with Ukip at local council level).

(67 % voted Labour, Lib Dem or Plaid) In both Scotland & Wales the tories fare even worse at local council level and in regional Assembly / Parliament.

Not exact matches

Arboricultural experts from Bournemouth council confirmed the trees all tested positive for very high levels of the substance herbicide glyphosate, according to local reports.

It called for the creation of joint worker - management councils, organized on the local, regional, and national level.

peers — from local communities to the national level, with each council sending one of its members to constitute the next level council.

(Citizens in a local community could use various levels of persuasion with the video store owner: consultation, letters to the local newspapers, appeals to the city council to make zoning changes, or stage actual public protests or a boycott.)

It means decision about lives are being made in corporate boardrooms in the USA, Europe and Japan, instead of in local community councils or at the national level.

The Club through the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation has a long established, productive and valued partnership with the council and the local community in an area with significant socio - economic challenges such as high unemployment and high levels of crime.

Ruth Kelly has today pledged # 5 million to help counter extremism in Britain's Muslim communities at a local level, though councils and voluntary groups.

Local elections are often said to be about local issues but actually most of the changes over time in shares of council seats won the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats can be accounted for by changes the popularity of these parties at the national lLocal elections are often said to be about local issues but actually most of the changes over time in shares of council seats won the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats can be accounted for by changes the popularity of these parties at the national llocal issues but actually most of the changes over time in shares of council seats won the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats can be accounted for by changes the popularity of these parties at the national level.

Yet it shows that even one in four Conservative councillors think power will shift from local government to the centre during this Parliament, and the only unity between Conservatives and Liberal Democrats at local level is about reducing council staff numbers.

Secondly, and more importantly when it comes to the future of the party, we had spent decades building up a very local base of electoral support, from council to parliamentary levels, on the basis of populist, or indeed protest, issues that played well with disgruntled voters, but almost impossible to deliver in government.

Also Dickson community to community meet the people tour may turn out to be the game changer for the ruling party as the tour afforded the governor the opportunity to interface with the communities in all the nooks and crannies of the council to sell his agenda to the locals The APC may have captured power at the federal level but the PDP remains a formidable party in the state where money, to a large extent, plays a major role in swaying the vote.

The Liberal Democrat approach to English concerns is based on five interconnected devolution proposals: EVEL; a constitutional convention; the local level as the main recipient of decentralised powers; more City Deals (like Devo Manc) to prompt economic growth; and «devolution on demand», to allow councils to take control of the services that matter most to them.

Record levels of investment in highway maintenance appear to be having little effect on the overall condition of local roads according to the latest survey of councils.

Local councils have the right to become statutory consultees at both district and county level and, although the decision remains with the planning authorities, local councils can influence the decision - making process by making informed comments and recommendatLocal councils have the right to become statutory consultees at both district and county level and, although the decision remains with the planning authorities, local councils can influence the decision - making process by making informed comments and recommendatlocal councils can influence the decision - making process by making informed comments and recommendations.

Though, again, there were grumbles and a few relatively low - level protests around cuts to local services — councils were expected to get on with the business of passing on Tory cuts themselves.

Nwosu, who is the Auditor - General for Local Governments in Imo State, said, «At the local government level, with the granting of financial autonomy to the local government councils, there arose a greater need to strengthen the capacity of the office of auditors - general for local governmLocal Governments in Imo State, said, «At the local government level, with the granting of financial autonomy to the local government councils, there arose a greater need to strengthen the capacity of the office of auditors - general for local governmlocal government level, with the granting of financial autonomy to the local government councils, there arose a greater need to strengthen the capacity of the office of auditors - general for local governmlocal government councils, there arose a greater need to strengthen the capacity of the office of auditors - general for local governmlocal governments.

The south of this seat is comparatively Conservative — it includes run down areas like West Kensington and council estates like Lytton, but at a local level the Conservatives swept dramatically to power in 2006.

He knows the difference it makes to unite action at the local, state and federal levels, and why it is important to build strength among City Council members and other local elected officials.»

«Together with the Common Council we are going to work together to see if there are things we can do on the local level.»

[89] Even though that talk was more about the ward - level, it is also seen in some local council areas too.

In November 2007 the Council passed the Gennaro - sponsored Local Law 55, which was supported by the mayor and aims to reduce citywide greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.

Commenting on the Conservative Party's proposals to force local authorities to hold a referendum each time they increase council tax by more than a central government controlled level, Director of Unlock Democracy, Peter Facey said:

There has been a push at the local level in recent months, including demonstrations as well as city council hearings, to ensure the law does not expire and is strengthened.

Oral Questions - Tackling wildlife crime - Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer; Comparing the level of railway fares in the UK with those in Europe - Lord Bradshaw; Impact of the # 250 million fund set up to help local councils in England maintain or restore weekly bin collections - Lord Storey;

The ComRes poll for the Local Government Association (LGA) suggested overwhelming support for councils» self - professed «triumph» in dealing with low - level disturbances.

But millions of people in the country will be getting a Council Tax cut this year due to Conservative principles being applied at local level.

On Thursday, local Boy Scouts of America organization Twin Rivers Council, which includes scout groups from the Canadian border to the Capital Region, for the first time opened up scouting to girls at the cub scout level.

«The Ijaw ethnic nationality in Ondo State, compared to Edo, enjoys local political independence having a local government of our own; a permanent seat in the state House of Assembly; a permanent representative in the state executive council; permanent secretaries in the state civil service among other positions at the state level,» the statement added.

On Wednesday, members of the city council's Progressive Caucus, including Councilman Daniel Dromm, chair of the Education Committee, came to Albany asking state legislators to adopt a budget that provides funding mandated by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity court decision, excludes additional resources for charter schools, leaves the charter school cap at current levels and provides more local control over the city's schools.

The 2006 result was one of Labour's worst local election results in London, with its share of the vote (30.1 %), its number of council seats (684) and number of councils (7) all at their lowest levels since 1968.

«Hundreds of people from across the country are phone - banking,» said Lisa Thomas, a former town council member from Coventry now serving as state coordinator for Code Blue, formed the day after Trump was elected to help Democrats win on the state and local levels.

The organization has put forth a «Clean Elections» bill at the City Council level and also monitors the impact of federal campaign financing actions on local fundraising.

``... an active campaign against my leadership by a local Momentum organiser, being called a neo-Nazi by some Corbyn t - shirt wearing person outside the Labour Party Conference, and events at a national level targeting Labour Councillors and Labour Councils that do not conform to the particular form of ideological purity that seems to have taken a grip of the party...»

West Mayo emerges as having the highest level in the state with an average of 320.89 km2 territory per council seat in that seven - seat local election constituency.

While these mailers are subject to certain restrictions in the run up to an election, differences between state rules and city regulations mean that state legislators running for City Council have a distinct advantage over their opponents at the local level.

Cork City South Central emerges as having the highest level in the state with an average of 0.89 km2 territory per council seat in that five - seat local election constituency.

This followed the UK Government's announcement that the benefit system, which gives households additional help to pay their council tax bills, would be devolved to local councils rather than run at a UK level.

Steve Bate, president with the Long Island Wine Council, said that on the local level he «thinks it has definitely been helpful.

This seat also contains Hartcliffe WWC post war council estate in the south west of the seat which has a similar level of local notoriety as Knowle West (indeed the suburbs with the worst reputations in the city are Knowle West, Hartcliffe, Easton and St Pauls though the latter has started to be gentrified by the hipsters).

In the 1990s the Liberal Democrats enjoyed success at a local level here, but it never translated into Parliamentary strength and following a difficult period of Liberal Democrat - Conservative control of Hackney council they largely collapsed, leaving every council seat in this ward in the hands of Labour.

The 37 % received in May 2011 local elections was the highest level achieved by Labour in any local council elections since 1996 (when a general election is not held on the same day (which boosts Labour's vote).

«The state executive council has also endorsed the expulsion of members at the party ward levels in Potiskum local government area.»

She was a founder and chairman of the Westchester County Youth Board, was involved in the local, county and state levels of the PTA, and served as president of the Yonkers Council of PTAs.

We are proud to be represented in Parliament by our MP Andrew Bridgen, and in councils at every level of local government by many fabulous and committed local councillors.

At a national level this is the week of the by - election in Norwich North, at the local level it is the first full Council meeting in Haringey with a Conservative councillor after an absence of seven years.

No fewer than 51 candidates currently represent (or have previously represented) part of their constituency on their local council (at a district / borough / county level).