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The latest tally of fire safety checks was presented to Cabinet by Communities and Local Government Secretary Sajid Javid, who has issued an urgent call for all councils to send in samples of cladding from tall buildings.

MEDIA STATEMENT 21 February 2014 Response to Government proposal to have soft drinks banned from sporting events The Australian Beverages Council has today responded to the Queensland Chief Health Officer's call for parents to lobby their local sporting club to ban the sale of soft drinks, announced today.

Attended by representatives of the National Nutrition Council, Food and Nutrition Research Institute, and local government units from Los Baños, the event also marked the launch of IRRI Nutrition.

ABA groups receive grants from local councils, state governments, companies and charitable trusts.

In the speech, for the Conservative Councillors» Seminar in central London, Mr Osborne stressed that a Conservative government would learn from local councils how to reduce administration costs in order to focus resources on public services.

Although houses were built by local councils, funding came from the central government so the political decision to no longer do so was taken in Westminster; hence my formulation UK government.

Look away from the bubble and see municipal politicians such as Sir Richard Leese, Labour leader of Manchester City Council, doing their best to use the heavily circumscribed powers of local government to gain real results for their populations.

Bob Neill, shadow local government minister, said: «Council tax has gone through the roof under Gordon Brown, thanks to a combination of unfunded burdens imposed from Whitehall and fiddling of the local finance settlement.

Local council elections in England mostly result from the London Government Act 1963 and Local Government Act 1972.

They were returning from Ibadan, the state capital, where they attended the swearing - in ceremony of the newly elected chairmen of the 33 Local Government Areas and 35 Local Council Development Areas of the state.

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.

The government wants to ensure that nobody is discouraged from representing their local community as a local councillor and therefore intends to introduce this new exemption so that in the future, travel expenses paid to local councillors, including those to cover the costs of journeys to their council offices, are not subject to income tax or NICs.»

Peter A. Baynes, Executive Director of the New York State Council of Mayors said, «Governor Cuomo's creation of a team to examine how oppressive mandates are crippling local governments, including cities and villages, is a welcome relief from years of inaction.

To ensure that state agencies and the councils are working to create jobs, Lieutenant Governor Robert Duffy will lead these councils, whose members will be drawn from the private sector, local governments, state agencies, and academic institutions.

Now, local government secretary Greg Clark claims to have found the answer: by 2020, local authorities will be financially self - sufficient, with funding from local revenue sources such as council tax and business rates to take the place of government grants.

Various speakers from labour unions, traditional councils, community development associations, professional bodies, marketers, youth and religious groups agreed on the unity of the country, independent candidacy, devolution of power and local government autonomy but rejected the idea of creating new states.

The Councils are public - private partnerships composed of local experts and stakeholders from business, academia, local government, and non-governmental organizations.

Council tax will rise by an average of 3.5 per cent from April, a new survey by the Local Government Association (LGA) has found.

The Chairman of Madagali Local Government Council, Mr. Yusuf Muhammed, confirmed the attack to newsmen saying it lasted from 11 p.m. on Wednesday to 3 a.m.on Thursday.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has revised its estimates for council tax increases down from the previous forecast of 3.5 per cent, as local authorities are revising their budLocal Government Association (LGA) has revised its estimates for council tax increases down from the previous forecast of 3.5 per cent, as local authorities are revising their budlocal authorities are revising their budgets.

This will involve the government matching the council tax raised on each new home for six years (with an additional amount for affordable homes), therefore ensuring that local residents see a positive benefit from each new development.

Local government is financed by grants from central government funds, business rates, council tax, and, increasingly, fees and charges such as those from on - street parking.

From 1980 — 1 relations with local government became increasingly confrontational, as Labour made large gains in local elections, with a new generation of council leaders such as Ken Livingstone in London and David Blunkett in Sheffield seeking to generate employment through their councils.

Jen has worked to make utility costs more affordable, helped local governments save energy and taxpayer dollars, and organized dozens of town and city councils across the political spectrum to stop new crude oil pipelines from endangering our communities.

Last week, after eight years of Conservative government at Westminster, and against the backdrop of crises over immigration and the NHS, and deadlock on Brexit, Labour had hoped to benefit from Theresa May's troubles and consolidate its position on the local council.

With the creation and successful take - off of 61 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs); 3 Area Offices; and 2 Administrative Offices from the former 31 Local Government Areas, there's no doubt that the governor has succeeded in bringing government closer to the people as well as encouraging even development of towns and villages within Government Areas, there's no doubt that the governor has succeeded in bringing government closer to the people as well as encouraging even development of towns and villages within government closer to the people as well as encouraging even development of towns and villages within the state.

Jen has worked to bring down utility costs, helped local governments save energy and taxpayer dollars, and organized dozens of town and city councils across the political spectrum to stop new crude oil pipelines from endangering our communities.

«Before the election, the issue was taken to the state executive council and all the representatives from the 16 local governments were present.

One example is Japan, where the national government uses the parliamentary system, but the prefectural and municipal governments have governors and mayors elected independently from local assemblies and councils.

The incumbent was flanked by numerous elected officials, from Common Council members to county legislators to local representatives in state government.

Far from doing anything about it, the government relaxes local planning rules and sucks money from local councils, making them even weaker in the face of these companies, who are meanwhile made richer with George Osborne's cut to corporation tax.

A new report has disclosed that the 36 states and the 774 local government councils in Nigeria shared a total sum of N2.8 trillion from the Federation Account in the one year of President Muhammadu Buhari's administration.

Mr Agustin Pwakim, Chairman, Jos South Local Government, said that apart from the Duei electricity project, the council had an ongoing project in Kwata.

Addressing major stakeholders in the state, including the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu; members of the National and State Assemblies; Council Chairmen and members of the State Executive Council; as well as Peoples Democratic Party chieftains at the Government House, the governor explained: «On Sunday, April 24, 2016, by 7 pm, the night before this carnage took place, I got security information from Uzo - Uwani Local Government Transition Chairman, Hon. Cornell Onwubuya that such an incident was likely to take place in the state.

The authors of a new report from localism thinktank New Local Government Network explain their thinking when it comes to council back - office savings:

The Chancellor announced a major transfer of power from central to local government by allowing councils to retain the billions of pounds they raise from business rates.

In November 2015, the government announced a proposal to block local councils from deciding how to invest their pension funds.

Meeting with the state Business Council last fall, Cuomo said he wanted to use some of the state's $ 5 billion windfall surplus from financial settlements to encourage local governments to share and consolidate services.

Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles will today set out plans to make councils get approval from the public every time they want to impose «excessive» increases in bills.

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) is to give councils # 60m from the discretionary housing allowance and a further # 10m from the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG), to prevent poorer families being priced out of London.

«Eric Pickles, the Local Government Secretary, promised to «give local communities a greater say» on where wind farms are built, but new guidance from his department warns councils not to create «inflexible» turbine - free zLocal Government Secretary, promised to «give local communities a greater say» on where wind farms are built, but new guidance from his department warns councils not to create «inflexible» turbine - free zlocal communities a greater say» on where wind farms are built, but new guidance from his department warns councils not to create «inflexible» turbine - free zones.

Academy schools are self governing and free from local council control and their expansion has been a central part of the government's education reforms.

If council bosses start telling their local papers that Whitehall is making them pull scarce funding from essential services to look after refugees — not a vote - winning demographic — the pressure on central government will grow.

People's council tax liabilities depend on which «band» their property is in, the number of council tax payers in the local authority's territory (the council tax base), how much the local authority intends to spend that year and the funding it has been allocated from central Government.

Also, the APC chairman in the Ovia North - East Local Government Area of Edo State, where Odigie - Oyegun hails from, Mr. Benson Edosomwan, said the leadership of the council would abide by the decision taken by the state chapter.

The Welsh Liberal Democrat Local Government Spokesperson, Peter Black has welcomed today's announcement by the Local Government Minister that she will be updating statutory guidance on how local councils must publish decisions on senior officer pay and commencing the provision in the Local Government (Democracy) Wales Act 2013 from April this year, that will give the Remuneration Panel for Wales oversight of pay rises for Chief ExecutLocal Government Spokesperson, Peter Black has welcomed today's announcement by the Local Government Minister that she will be updating statutory guidance on how local councils must publish decisions on senior officer pay and commencing the provision in the Local Government (Democracy) Wales Act 2013 from April this year, that will give the Remuneration Panel for Wales oversight of pay rises for Chief ExecutLocal Government Minister that she will be updating statutory guidance on how local councils must publish decisions on senior officer pay and commencing the provision in the Local Government (Democracy) Wales Act 2013 from April this year, that will give the Remuneration Panel for Wales oversight of pay rises for Chief Executlocal councils must publish decisions on senior officer pay and commencing the provision in the Local Government (Democracy) Wales Act 2013 from April this year, that will give the Remuneration Panel for Wales oversight of pay rises for Chief ExecutLocal Government (Democracy) Wales Act 2013 from April this year, that will give the Remuneration Panel for Wales oversight of pay rises for Chief Executives.

The Borno State police command has recovered several arms and ammunitions from suspected armed bandits, who were arrested in Maiduguri, Damboa and Nganzai local government councils...

The Borno State police command has recovered several arms and ammunitions from suspected armed bandits, who were arrested in Maiduguri, Damboa and Nganzai local government councils of the state.

Kogi Government said on Saturday that it has released N2 billion to the 21 local government councils in the state as their share of the N6.2 billion of the Paris Club refund the state received from the Federal GGovernment said on Saturday that it has released N2 billion to the 21 local government councils in the state as their share of the N6.2 billion of the Paris Club refund the state received from the Federal Ggovernment councils in the state as their share of the N6.2 billion of the Paris Club refund the state received from the Federal GovernmentGovernment.