Sentences with phrase «local government funding cuts»

However, with local government funding cuts it would be difficult to fully handle the role suggested especially with the cut of the ESG funds for local authority's role in school improvement

Over the next four years many disabled people will see a reduction in the overall value of their benefits, as well as specific reductions in the levels of housing benefit; unemployment benefit; the loss of disability living allowance (DLA), which contributes towards the - often significant - extra costs of living as a disabled person; as well as reduced access to social care services as a consequence of local government funding cuts.

Not exact matches

For one, federal spending cuts are also likely weighing on state and local government hiring — as about 25 % of their funding comes from Washington.

Some $ 24 million in cuts are due to a new 2 percent handling fee the state is charging local governments for managing sales tax revenue, a part of the transit agencies» funding, according to the Tribune.

While local government services and benefits are being cut to the bone, when it comes to funding these kinds of vanity projects, money always appears to be of no object.

Sir Merrick Cockell, the Conservative chair of the Local Government Association, said in July spending cuts and increased demand for services would lead to a funding shortfall of # 14.4 billion by 2020.

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.

By restoring state revenue sharing to former levels to pay for unfunded state mandates, which are driving many cities, towns, and counties toward bankruptcy, New York's local governments could fully fund their services and still cut their highest - in - the - nation property taxes.

«Years of decreasing, stagnant or slow economic growth have led local governments to cut vital services and tap their rainy day funds to balance budgets, a practice that is not sustainable in the long term,» the comptroller said.

This, combined with the coalition's decisions to abolish Regional Development Agencies, the 27 per cent of cuts to local government services and cuts to higher education funding, leaves the arts at serious risk.

«Cutting Pell Grants and Medicaid funding without addressing the underlying causes of rising higher education and healthcare costs, simply represents a shift of costs to state and local governments who would be overburdened and unable to provide for vulnerable populations.»

Schneiderman started what he dubbed the «inVEST» program after the federal government cut funding over the past three years for bulletproof vest purchases by local police departments.

With $ 30 billion more in state revenue, we could restore full funding for public schools and colleges, pay for the state mandates on local governments through increased revenue sharing, cut regressive local property and sales taxes, and build the infrastructure and services of the Green New Deal.

Public - school funding is safe so far, according to Paterson, but big cuts in discretionary funding, local government aid, and health care are on the horizon.

O'Connor told those in attendance he supported a bill by state Sen. Tom Croci (R - Sayville) that would cut funding to local governments that don't fully cooperate with federal immigration authorities in deportation proceedings.

Now, according to New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, the governor is trying yet again to grow his authority, burying in his proposed budget language that would give the state budget director unilateral ability to pass cuts down to local government officials to manage the funding reductions widely expected to come from the Trump administration and GOP Congress.

Sir, We welcome the discussion that has been opened following the letter (Feb 10) from the Liberal Democrat councillors regarding the Tory - Lib Dem Government's funding cuts to local authorities.

The savage cuts to local authority spending and the decision by the Coalition Government to end ring - fenced funding for the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant is having a major adverse impact on the help schools can give to ethnic minority pupils, the research has shown.

Combined with disproportionately high cuts to funding for local authorities in the north and years of lower economic investment by government in the English regions compared to the capital, how do we get Westminster to care more about the north?

Most of the local politicians I speak to - Labour, Lib Dem and Conservative - blame the crisis on three issues: government cuts and low funding, poor financial management by the current administration, and a decision to keep council tax rates low.

The Liberal Democrat made big strides on mental health, but his work was undermined by cuts to local government funding

She also highlighted the cuts to local government funding.

Cuomo says he may have to call a special session in December to deal with potential funding cuts from Washington that he deemed a «federal assault» on New York, saying all hospitals will «need to find savings» and work with state and local governments to make ends meet due to the reductions.

The fed - up governor is expected to propose cuts to education and local - government funding in the near future as additional «budget extenders.»

«Although some [schools and local governments] can rely on available reserve funds to bridge the gap,» he explained in a statement, «others may need to take a hard look at operations to find ways to cut costs to stay under the cap.»

John Redwood as Local Government Spokesman with a broader QUANGO slashing brief could deliver the savings needed to fund essential tax cuts for those like me who can not afford to live in Labour Britain.

More than a # 1bn will be cut form the budgets of local councils, while Child Trust Fund payments will also be scrapped in a move the new government hopes will eventually save more than # 500m.

The way to cut property taxes is for the state to pay for its unfunded mandates, restore previous levels of state revenue sharing with local governments, and fully fund public schools.

He is scathing about the excessive cost of local government, cutting his own salary by more than half and seeking to rid the council of waste and bureaucracy, but some of his actions and remarks have caused upset — he recently praised the family values of the Taliban, and pledged to cut funding for Gay Pride events in the town before changing his mind.

«These pressures, in turn, raise the prospect of potential future cuts to local government and higher education funding, as the state seeks to achieve structurally balanced operations.

Baynes notesthat rather than declaring bankruptcy or submitting to a state takeover by a financial control board, cities would like to see state government restore funding to local governments that has been cut in recent years.

There would be cuts in state benefits, central government departments and a 26 % reduction in central government funding for local government.

Whilst the frontline schools budget has been protected and policies such as the pupil premium allocate more funding to low income pupils, cuts to central services provided by local government will require schools to do more with less.

Scotland's 32 councils have accepted the Scottish government's # 10.3 billion funding settlement, which contains commitments to maintain teacher numbers but will see cuts to local authority budgets.

Meanwhile, U.S. local, state and federal governments chose to cut funding for the schoolhouse.

In the hysterically titled «GOP War On Learning Continues In Senate Tax Plan, State Funding Cuts,» he writes, «As the Republican - controlled Congress continues to advance tax plans that slash funding from public education, a new report reveals how state and local government officials, especially where GOP leadership dominates, have continued a decade - long campaign to keep school funding below levels that preceded the Great Recession.Funding Cuts,» he writes, «As the Republican - controlled Congress continues to advance tax plans that slash funding from public education, a new report reveals how state and local government officials, especially where GOP leadership dominates, have continued a decade - long campaign to keep school funding below levels that preceded the Great Recession.funding from public education, a new report reveals how state and local government officials, especially where GOP leadership dominates, have continued a decade - long campaign to keep school funding below levels that preceded the Great Recession.funding below levels that preceded the Great Recession.»

A Schools Week investigation in 2015 found that cuts to local government funding were forcing councils to cut free transport provision to the legal minimum.

When schools get budget cuts that affect their arts and music programs, when the government looks to others to take those classes over, and when funding is determined mostly by outsiders — local school districts are at their mercy to fund those programs.

From universities, to faith, to health, to local government and pension funds, as we pass the «100 commitments» mark, there's now a powerful range of institutions that have publicly committed to cut their ties with the fossil fuel industry.

Following the recent cuts in central and local government funding for free legal advice, the demand for pro bono has dramatically increased.

«Cumulative cuts to public funding for local government are now manifesting in more extreme forms.

The coalition is urging local and national governments to provide incentives for constructing more affordable housing, and Yentel suggested that some funding would be available if the government cut back the mortgage interest deduction for affluent homeowners.