Sentences with phrase «localism bill»

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The decentralisation and localism bill as also unveiled in the Commons this afternoon.

What steps will the Government take to ensure that those initiatives are taken up in the forthcoming localism Bill?

The document (and the consequent localism bill) raise a huge number of issues and ideas that are beyond the province of this article, but it was in the measures aimed at increasing housing supply that I took most comfort.

Another litmus test is the ambition of a planned localism bill.

An increasingly popular idea in the spirit of the government's new Localism bill, which aims to encourage members of a community to volunteer in the provision of services, is for school playgrounds to be opened for use at the weekends and after school.

From a developer perspective, too, this part of the Localism Bill is regarded as potty.

If local authorities are likely to struggle in the wake of spending cuts, what does the Localism Bill offer by way of positive powers to allow local groups to set up their own services, and to propose new developments?

Where the big society is doomed to successive relaunches with diminishing impact, the Localism Bill will go some way in redefining the way citizens relate to their local authorities.

The communities and local government secretary is inserting the provision into the localism bill, currently at committee stage in the Commons.

Mr Pickles» announcement of the better - than - expected settlement for grants alongside the localism bill failed to assuage his shadow, Caroline Flint.

Proposals being added to the localism bill will see tenants given a «direct say» on issues like repairs, anti-social behaviour and estate management, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) said.

The localism bill's provisions on council housing have come under fire from the Local Government Association (LGA) for being too centrist.

Its practical application, and that of the Coalition's Localism Bill, can be seen to have shifted responsibility for delivering services and managing budgets onto the local and community level, while effectively withholding power through enforcing cuts and strengthening government oversight, as with Gove's current dominion over education provision.

Where the big society is seen by many as a cover for spending cuts, some of the provisions of the Localism Bill aim to make local authorities more accountable for the way public money is spent.

The government's commitment to decentralising power in its localism bill set to be unveiled this week runs the risk of being «cosmetic», a thinktank warns.

Yesterday the Localism Bill gained royal assent and the Department of Communities and Local Government issued a press release to remind us of what it represents.

The Localism Bill, currently negotiating its committee stage in the Lords, is a powerful expression of the Conservative instinct to devolve decision making away from Whitehall and give power to ordinary people over their homes, neighbourhoods and lives.

Today, the Government, in which I serve as Minister for Decentralisation, is publishing what could be seen as a sequel — but not just another a pamphlet, because this is a guide to a groundbreaking piece of legislation, the Localism Bill.

However I am assured that the mood at a meeting on Downing Street last week with a large number of Conservative council leaders was very upbeat with a warm welcome for the Localism Bill.

Eric Pickles» feisty approach to local government will take another step this week when he unveils his localism bill.

The government must also ensure that every council plays its part in meeting UK climate targets by introducing local carbon budgets in the decentralisation and localism bill.

On planning, the localism bill contains no definition of sustainable development, but prefers to rely on secondary guidance.

IPPR director Ed Cox said: «The localism bill is going to be the true test of whether the government is committed to anything more than just a cosmetic form of «lipstick localism».

The recent expert evidence to the Localism Bill committee showed that not all communities are able to help themselves.

Zac Goldsmith: I welcome the Government's commitment to include local referendums in the localism Bill.

The localism Bill contains binding referendums on subjects such as whether to introduce mayors, the neighbourhood plans that I mentioned earlier and excessive increases in council tax.

This core belief is now reflected in the key proposals contained in the Localism Bill.

Planning minister Greg Clark has attacked rural campaigners» «nihilistic» view on housing as the row over the localism bill becomes increasingly bad - tempered.

Importantly, the Localism Bill does not just liberate councils, but also individual councillors in their role as advocates for their local communities.

The Localism Bill does not just devolve power to local councils but it also ensures that local citizens and community groups will have the power to shape and influence the places where they live and work and thus fully play their part in building the Big Society.

I am therefore delighted that the Localism Bill contains a new discretionary power to levy business rate discounts, thus giving councils the opportunity to support key local services such as rural pubs and post offices.

However, the Coalition has said it believes this centrally - driven approach to development is «bureaucratic and undemocratic» and it will therefore abolish regional strategies and return planning powers to councils and communities through the Localism Bill currently before Parliament.

The Localism Bill, which was published on Monday, has its origins in the detailed policy development work that the Conservative Party undertook in opposition and in particular the ideas contained in three key papers; Control Shift - Returning Power to Local Communities, Strong Foundations - Building Homes and Communities and Open Source Planning.

On Tuesday, during the Report stage of the Localism Bill, 21 Tory MPs supported an amendment in the name of newbie MP John Stevenson, which aimed to change the electoral system for electing mayors from the supplementary vote to FPTP.

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This was adopted in the Coalition Agreement and forms the basis of the changes set out in the Localism Bill.

The government is introducing the localism bill that aims to hand powers back to local communities from central government.

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Currently proactive legislation and support of CLO does not exist in the rest of the UK but Dr Skerratt believes that this new evidence of how community land purchase is enhancing the resilience of rural communities in Scotland will help inform the Localism Bill, which is currently being discussed in the UK Parliament.

He gives the coalition eight out of ten on their approach to local government and happily lists the return of powers expected in the decentralisation and localism bill.

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We also made submissions on equality in commissioning and on the Localism Bill.

George led Lib Dem opposition in the Commons to the NHS bill, the Localism Bill, the redistribution of seats legislation, and tuition fees.

The revolution in local government outlined in Eric Pickles «s localism bill has laid ministers open to the charge that their package of new powers coupled with drastic spending cuts will hit the poorest in society hardest, enable big business to buy off local opposition and devolve difficult political decisions to councils at a time when they are least able to cope with them.

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Neither the NPPF nor the Localism Bill currently going through Parliament will change the fundamental way the planning system works.

If the Localism Bill, which is making its way through Parliament now, is passed it will give Fire and Rescue Authorities, after local consultation, the right if they so choose to start sending out bills for false alarm attendance to persistent offenders.