Sentences with phrase «local councils pushing»
I look forward to the answers and to local councils pushing ahead with these proposals that I believe will lead to more houses being built for those that we all know desperately need them.
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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.
Whenever the government is pushed on its response to these local council cuts and proposed changes to housing benefit, it is quick to cite the new funding assistance it has made available.
ASTORIA — A local real estate agent who's been pushing the city to restore the long - shuttered diving pool in Astoria Park has jumped into the race for the neighborhood's City Council seat.
However, it seems altogether unreasonable for nanny state interventions from local councils to be pushing even more of them out of business.
Business Council President and CEO Heather Briccetti, along with Capital Region - area officials, held a news conference today to push the benefits of expanding non-Indian gaming, focusing in particular on the claim that local communities will see more revenue and be able to lower property taxes.
We will push for independence for local schools, councils, hospitals and planning and champion low taxes, which the Tories no longer seem interested in doing.»
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.
«Councils pushing up Tax but refusing to sell farms, pubs, shops and golf courses Main What kind of local government do we want?»
Local government: Councils pushing up Tax but refusing to sell farms, pubs, shops and golf courses
Later pushed on whether KL should be involved in local council elections, JC said: «I think with Ken it is best he keeps quiet for a while.»
Local news reporters highlighted how Bratton seemed to be turning on the Council after they supported his ultimately successful push to fund the hiring of new police officers — even giving him 300 more than he asked for.
Buffalo Common Council President Darius Pridgen said as a new appointee to the Niagara River Greenway Commission he will push for use of education to tell all residents of the value and opportunities of the local waterfront.
Working in tandem with such groups as the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Coalition for a Safe Environment, along with the Teamsters and Longshoremen's unions and local activists like Martha Cota, they've done extensive lobbying in Sacramento and community organizing to push for enforcement of the California Environmental Quality Act and compel the Port of Los Angeles to initiate a suite of pollution - reduction strategies that have cleaned up the air.
You know the story: A smart - aleck city teen named Ren (Wormald) moves to a tiny rural town where dancing has been banned, falls for the defiant daughter (Julianne Hough) of a local preacher / city council member (Dennis Quaid), and, with the support of hayseed sidekick Willard (Miles Teller), ultimately pushes the town's moral needle by using Bible verses to recast his bumping and grinding as a holy act.
We feel the push to hire the best person and to simultaneously make the right fit and appease local political forces (district offices, teachers associations, parent groups, neighborhood councils, the current teaching staffs, and so on).
The Local Government Association said that it would push for councils to be judged solely on the performance of local authority - maintained schools in their Local Government Association said that it would push for councils to be judged solely on the performance of local authority - maintained schools in their local authority - maintained schools in their area.
Rahm and his cronies ignore and disrespect elected, parent - run local school councils while pushing education privatizers» phony «parent empowerment» programs like school choice and the parent trigger.
The «National Green Schools» initiative is aimed at raising general awareness of the benefits of green schools and the critical need for building and modernizing all schools with healthy, high performance green classrooms.Sign a petition for green schools Global Green is calling upon the public to sign a letter urging President Obama to push Congress to make green schools a high priority in the 2009 legislative and to urge local school districts and city councils, mayors, governors, and state legislators to utilize green standards for school construction.