Sentences with phrase «local councils first»

You'll normally get warnings and offers of help from the local council first.

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«If you have a bank employee who is in connivance with creating these nonexistent people in the first place, it's easy to launder,» says Vencent Salido, head of investigations at the Philippine government's Anti-Money Laundering Council, which is leading the local investigation into the theft.

Ms. Leibovici is a long - time local politician who was first elected as a Liberal MLA for Edmonton - Meadowlark in 1993 and served on city council from 2001 to 2013.

You can support the campaign by contacting your local Council in the first instance.

I spoke with several other students that I personally trained at the Honor Council's first ever Integrity Day about defining success in qualitative rather than quantitative ways, organized presentations for parents in the local community, wrote brochures explaining of the program for the teachers, and held discussions about how Challenge Success ties into Jewish values at my Hebrew School.

I first started getting my hands dirty in 2015 at a local council - run ceramic sculpture course.

SNP policies designed to «make life easier» for families include; flexible working, improved access to childcare, investment in education including small class sizes, first - time buyers» grants worth # 2,000 to help young buyers, abolishing the council tax, more police and protecting local health services.

New York would be the first major city in the U.S. to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections under a bill before a City Council committee.

Southampton city council has become the first big local authority to ask its workers to take a pay cut or lose their jobs, triggering a row with unions.

First, because age and education are the biggest demographic correlates of referendum vote choice, we have weighted the YouGov respondents in each local authority so that their age and education profile matches that for that council as measured by the 2011 Census.

A move to setting benefit rates to match the needs of local labour markets has been pushed by radical Tory councils but it is the first time that the frontbench has embraced the concept.

I was first elected as a Borough Councillor in 1982 and am now Leader of Hertfordshire County Council, Chairman of the County Councils Network and Chairman of the East of England Local Government Association.

The Estonian government has been developing its e-voting system since 2002, and used it for the first time in 2005 for local government council elections.

He was first elected to his local councils - Lewes District and Beddingham Parish - in 1987, almost ten years to the day before his election to Parliament.

The biggest shake - up of the welfare system for decades will also see low income households in many local authority areas in England begin paying council tax for the first time.

Mr Corbyn became the first opposition leader for 50 years to lose council seats in his first local elections and saw the party routed in Scotland and falter in Wales.

The younger Vallone, who was first elected to his Astoria City Council seat in 2002, pointed to his time in office tackling local issues like graffiti and fighting cuts to the police department's budget as head of the City Council's Public Safety Committee.

[36] That year, Labour members voted Livingstone Vice-Chairman of the Housing Committee on the Lambeth London Borough Council, his first job in local government.

I first got interested in politics after watching the news and later joining my local youth council and youth forums.

But Russell states that another prominent figure expects the first chance to replace Corbyn will come next May, after the London mayoral and local council elections.

«Since 1979, no opposition party has gone on to win a general election after being behind in the first set of local council elections in the parliament.

The Conservatives gained control of five councils and Labour lost two in the first sets of results from the local and mayoral elections.

Newly victorious Conservatives at Lancashire county council have decided to scrap the council's Labour - like rose logo in their first act since the local elections.

Also at 10 a.m., NYC Department of Consumer Affairs First Deputy Commissioner Alba Pico, Council Member Rafael Espinal and staff from Public Advocate Tish James» Office encourage eligible New Yorkers in East New York to file their taxes for free at their local NYC Free Tax Prep site, Happy Coffee Shop, 2729 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn.

Governor Cuomo's first stop on his assessment tour was at an assembly of local officials to hear presentations by five representative projects funded by the North Country Regional Economic Development Council.

It will be his first run for elected office and could become a showdown between party leaders and Rodney Wiltshire, the City Council president who has clashed with Wade and other leaders of the local party.

Despite a strong showing in some held councils, Liberal Democrats are today reflecting on another bitterly disappointing set of local election results with the number of Lib Dem councillors likely to fall below 3000 for the first time ever.

Local councils will take the lead on public health: «Under this White Paper, the lead responsibility for improving health will pass to local government for the first time in 40 yLocal councils will take the lead on public health: «Under this White Paper, the lead responsibility for improving health will pass to local government for the first time in 40 ylocal government for the first time in 40 years.

This year saw the first ever elections to a parish council in London, following a change in legislation making it easier to set them up and extra investment helping local community groups do so.

Meanwhile, Mr Corbyn has also conceded for the first time that Labour failed to win Barnet Council in the recent local elections because of the anti-Semitism row which has hit the party.

In 2009 the local elections held on the same day as the European Parliament election were for the 27 English county councils covering all the shire districts, and for seven unitary authorities, including five that were holding their first election after having converted from a two - tier county and district structure.

According to a statement by ECONEC's spokesman, Paul Ejime and dated 18th March, President of the ECONEC governing board and Chair of Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu in a goodwill message said: «Conducting four elections in one day (presidential, parliamentary, district and local council) is not a mean feat, and in spite of minor hitches reported by election observers, Sierra Leone's political stakeholders — the electorate, government and security agencies, civil society and NEC, deserve commendation for the responsible conduct and patriotism exhibited during the first phase of the electoral process.»

While the council could pass a local law, that would invite lawsuits because it would likely violate the First Amendment.

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.

Having collected data from all of these local councils for the first time, today we can take a unique look at Ukip's growing presence in local elections, their specific threat to Labour and the Conservatives and their targeting of areas being vacated by the moribund BNP and its local strongholds.

While many local officials joined Bloomberg and Walcott at the Spruce opening, Council Speaker Christine Quinn and United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew were notably absent — they chose to mark the first day of school at P.S. 187 in Washington Heights.

Mayor Bill de Blasio had called for passing the measure in his first State of the City address that February, and indicated he might support a local wage as high as $ 13 an hour, while Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito had indicated she believed the wage should be $ 15 in the five boroughs.

He proved to be an unparalleled campaign leader in the local elections, both in 2006 (in the North Warwickshire Borough wards of Hartshill and Arley & Whitacre, when all five seats were gained by the Conservatives) and in May this year, when the Conservatives took control of Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council for the first time ever.

Seats on 150 councils are up for grabs in this year's local elections — the first major test of public opinion since last year's snap general election.

In 2010, Cuomo became the first gubernatorial candidate to win the council's endorsement, promising to rein in government spending and cap local property taxes.

Ex-Real IRA prisoner Gary Donnelly is on course to take a council set in Derry city after polling more than 1,100 first preference votes in local government elections today.

With him at the table are Santos Crespo, president of Local 372, the union representing school aides and cafeteria workers; and Randi Herman, first vice president of the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators.

It was broadcast live by local ABC affiliate, WKBW - TV, and featured the first ever joint meeting of the Erie County legislature and the Buffalo Common Council.

And, according to the Press Association, Ukip have won their first seat on Weymouth and Portland council when local party chairman Francis Drake beat the current mayor, Ray Banham, a Lib Dem.

There are numerous tiers of government in the UK for which voters are regularly asked to cast their ballots, including local councils, directly elected mayors, police and crime commissioners, national assemblies and parliaments.The first past the post system for local councils in England and Wales as well as Westminster also means that the nuances of local politics can vary significantly from place to place.

While the impact of the first phase of the programme might have been overstated, the importance of the funding to cash - strapped local councils can not be.

EAST HARLEM — City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito laid out an ambitious agenda focused on equality in her first State of the City address in East Harlem Wednesday, calling for $ 25 million to repair NYCHA buildings, local control over the minimum wage and a city - wide bail system to keep poor people accused of minor crimes from languishing in jail for weeks.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Orire North Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Mrs. Fatimoh Gildado has been announced by the returning officer for the council area as the only and the first democratically elected Chairperson for the council area in the just concluded local government election in Oyo SLocal Council Development Area (LCDA), Mrs. Fatimoh Gildado has been announced by the returning officer for the council area as the only and the first democratically elected Chairperson for the council area in the just concluded local government election in OyoCouncil Development Area (LCDA), Mrs. Fatimoh Gildado has been announced by the returning officer for the council area as the only and the first democratically elected Chairperson for the council area in the just concluded local government election in Oyocouncil area as the only and the first democratically elected Chairperson for the council area in the just concluded local government election in Oyocouncil area in the just concluded local government election in Oyo Slocal government election in Oyo State.

First - past - the - post is currently used for elections to the House of Commons and for most local elections in England and Wales, while plurality - at - large is used in multi-member council wards in England and Wales, and was historically used in the multi-member parliamentary constituencies before their abolition.

«Pretty much any local organization that passed our vetting process got funded,» she said, chalking up her largesse to being one of the first 10 Council members to file her allocation requests this year in March.