Sentences with phrase «of local government finance»

In keeping with the Government's promise to those entities doing business at UK ports the Localism Bill which had its first reading in the House of Commons on the 13 December 2010 includes an amendment to Section 49 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 giving the Secretary of State powers to make regulations to grant relief from the payment of business rates for premises in prescribed cases.

The formula for the mandatory funding of charity business rate relief is fixed in Section 43 (5) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988.

In the killer text, Hodge refers to Sheila Little, director of finance at Surrey Council and Matthew Style, who is director of local government finance at the Department for Local Government and Communities.

But through a series of deceptive wheezes — altering accounting periods, devising crude concepts of «spending power» — Pickles has attempted to obfuscate further the already muddy waters of local government finance and create huge disparities along party political lines.

Without fundamental reform of local government finance, more cities will face a funding crisis in the coming years

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That's why Andre Dua, who counsels local governments and schools in his role as a director at McKinsey & Company, says there's plenty of opportunity for disruption in education finance.

The winners in other categories included: QPSX; Ripple Systems; Fremantle eTech; Ocean2Outback; Empired Limited; Water Corporation; Department of Land Information with Department of Treasury and Finance and Water Corporation; and the Western Australian Local Government Association in conjunction with Sinclair Knight Merz.

China is confident of fending off systemic debt risks as it strengthens control over local government debt, Finance Minister Xiao Jie said.

However, this representative did not explain that this means of gathering finances often entails local governments leading a process of urban gentrification.

The intensifying anti-corruption purge and arrests of prominent finance executives after the recent stock market crash have instilled fear in local government officials.

The bill would also allow state and local governments to issue Build America Bonds that provide a direct payment from the federal government for a part of the interest paid on bonds that finance government works projects.

Colonial, which recently announced plans to move its headquarters to Madrid from Barcelona, where Catalonia's local government is in turmoil over its attempt to split from Spain, said the transaction was fully financed through a combination of equity, bonds and the disposal of non-core assets.

In contrast, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer, the provincial, territorial and local government sector does not have a sustainable fiscal structure, even though their aggregate debt - to - GDP ratio is currently under 30 per cent, but expected to rise significantly due to the impact of an ageing population on their finances.

According to this June's Financial Times «Expenditure by local and central governments in China jumped nearly 25 per cent from the same month a year earlier, a sharp acceleration from the 9.6 per cent growth registered in the first four months of the year, according to figures released by the finance ministry,» and HSBC's Flash PMI index suggests for the first time in six months that there has been an expansion in manufacturing, although the flash index is, of course, preliminary and may be revised.

Renewable Properties, a team of experienced renewable energy professionals with development and investment capabilities throughout the U.S., today announced the closing of a new $ 12.5 million capital commitment from New Energy Capital Partners to develop, finance, and operate solar energy projects for utilities, local governments and large commercial entities.

On hand will be several of our Sector Leads and analysts to review and discuss S&P Global's research related to credit pressures facing U.S. states and local governments, with a focus on pension issues and emerging risks / trends in public finance.

Primary Underwriting The new issue public finance pipeline provides a diverse offering of municipal products, including major governments, agencies and authorities, local governments, essential services, healthcare, housing and redevelopment, education, corporations, middle market corporations and economic development issues.

But other areas have seen a steady drumbeat of changes, including overhauls of the banking system and measures to clean up local government finances.

Specifically, Finance Minister Kim Dong - yeon had told a local radio station that the government would be coming up with a set of measures to clamp down on the «irrational» cryptocurrency investment craze.

The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government is a public policy research institute that conducts studies and related projects on state and local government and finance, American federalism, public management, and New York StaGovernment is a public policy research institute that conducts studies and related projects on state and local government and finance, American federalism, public management, and New York Stagovernment and finance, American federalism, public management, and New York State issues.

The Minister of Finance stated «that Canada's total government fiscal situation — that of the federal, provincial - territorial and local governments combined — will be broadly balanced by 2015».

But in the ninth century, as the expense of financing all these churches and clergy became enormous, some local governments began to excise additional taxes on the people, which went to help cover the costs of maintaining the church buildings and clergy.

Financing for the CBDOs» work comes not only from state and local governments, but from private financial intermediaries whose work has been characterized as a «curious blend of social investment and business discipline» and that have grown steadily in the «80s in numbers and sophistication.

In this regard, the National Housing Task Force recommends that increased federal spending for housing be allocated through a program of entitlements to states and localities based on need as well as through a program of matching funds based on the willingness of local governments, businesses and nonprofits to provide land and financing.

He isn't interested in government financing of local farming because he believes that growers build their own market base, which makes it possible for them to continue farming.

«This calls for an immediate coordination of government - funded services and available financing for vital services that may not be covered, but are equally essential for local evacuees to get back on their feet.»

Questions - electoral register and young people, Severn Barrage, European Development Fund Debate - local government finance settlement Debate - impact on families of changes to tax and benefits Short debate - use of online tools, including social media, to combat youth unemployment

Oral Questions - Home Office, including Topical Questions Statement — European Council Legislation - European Union (Approvals) Bill [HL]- Committee of the whole House Legislation - European Union (Approvals) Bill [HL]- Report stage Legislation - European Union (Approvals) Bill [HL]- Third reading Backbench Business - Local government finance settlement for rural authorities Adjournment - Policing violence at hunts - Chris Williamson

The governor informed them that the amount the state got so far was the sum of N8.8 billion, which was shared between the state and local government, «with over 70 per cent of it expended on the payment of salaries instead of the 50 per cent agreed with the Federal Ministry of Finance.»

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.

The first pillar of a national growth strategy ought to be a state - driven national house - building programme, enabling local authorities to borrow against their assets, and issuing government - backed bonds to raise finance through capital markets.

If the main official national records that purport to offer an authoritative picture of the state of the public finances (for instance, PESA and the Local Government Financial Statistics) can not even be compared from year to year by experts, where should we turn?

«Crossrail will facilitate the continued sustainable development of London's primary finance and business service activities, located in both the City and Docklands and support local and national Government policy for economic development and regeneration, particularly in the Lee Valley and Thames Gateway areas.»

The Parliamentary Under - Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr. Iain Wright): The current review of council housing finance is a joint review between my Department and the Treasury.

He said, «In fact, one of the amendments we have carried out on the Constitution is financial autonomy to local governments and I am sure that will go a long way in helping them to have a more transparent and accountable finance system.

The finance board, scrapped in the 1990s, is back again as part of local government.

«The defendants were also accused of using their offices as SSG and Commissioner for Finance to siphon N315, 000,000, which sum was approved and released to organise sensitisation and enlightenment programmes for imams and mallams against religious incitement of supporters for the 2015 general elections in the 21 local government areas of Kebbi State.»

Since the state Constitution guarantees pension benefits for current employees, pension reform needs to be understood as a strategy that will impact state and local finances for the next generation of government workers and taxpayers, not current workers and taxpayers.

Briffault, the author of several dozen law review articles on campaign finance law and local government, has been a member of several commissions dealing with state and local governance.

Mr. Solomon has over 25 years of experience working with state and local governments in developing successful capital finance, debt management, budget and credit rating strategies.

Topics of discussion and presentations included an overview of the New York State Association of Counties; New York State Open Government Laws; Major Policy Issues Affecting Counties; Introduction to County Finance and Budget Issues; County Government Structure in New York State; Ethics in Government; Adopting Local Laws; and Role of the Clerks of Legislative Boards.

- Administering the New York State and Local Retirement System for public employees, with more than one million members, retirees and beneficiaries and more than 3,000 employers; - Acting as sole trustee of the $ 129 billion Common Retirement Fund, one of the largest institutional investors in the world; - Maintaining the State's accounting system and administering the State's $ 12.6 billion payroll; - Issuing reports on State finances; - Managing the State's assets and issuing debt; - Reviewing State contracts and payments before they are issued; - Conducting audits of State agencies and public benefit corporations; - Overseeing the fiscal affairs of local governments, including New York City; - Overseeing the Justice Court Fund and the Oil Spill Fund Acting as custodian of more than $ 9 billion in abandoned property and restoring unclaimed funds to their rightful owLocal Retirement System for public employees, with more than one million members, retirees and beneficiaries and more than 3,000 employers; - Acting as sole trustee of the $ 129 billion Common Retirement Fund, one of the largest institutional investors in the world; - Maintaining the State's accounting system and administering the State's $ 12.6 billion payroll; - Issuing reports on State finances; - Managing the State's assets and issuing debt; - Reviewing State contracts and payments before they are issued; - Conducting audits of State agencies and public benefit corporations; - Overseeing the fiscal affairs of local governments, including New York City; - Overseeing the Justice Court Fund and the Oil Spill Fund Acting as custodian of more than $ 9 billion in abandoned property and restoring unclaimed funds to their rightful owlocal governments, including New York City; - Overseeing the Justice Court Fund and the Oil Spill Fund Acting as custodian of more than $ 9 billion in abandoned property and restoring unclaimed funds to their rightful owners;

Mr Grice has a wide range of interests in the area of social policy including local government finance, urban regeneration and constitutional policy.

Instead of using government money to service existing bad debt, the Post Bank would provide stable finance where it is needed most, in the heart of our local economies.

«It's crippling the finances of state and local governments and we need to take a longer - term view.»

Questions - Cabinet Office Prime minister's questions Ten minute rule motion - health and safety (amendment) Motion - police grants and local government finance reports Adjournment debate - future of stereotactic body radiotherapy treatment in England

As an integral part of the housing system, many of the problems relating to HB are tied up with wider issues of the availability and cost of housing and local government finance in general.

The Post Bank - which would be established with government funding, supported for example, by the issue of local bonds, would offer a variety of finance services through post office branches and online - would address these key concerns.

When gaining the endorsement of the labor - backed Working Families Party, he pledged to enact the public financing of political campaigns statewide, the DREAM Act for undocumented immigrants, allow local governments to raise the state's minimum wage and accelerate the timetable for increasing the wage itself.

Government finance expert Robert Ward, deputy director of SUNY's Rockefeller School of Government, says going by Cuomo's statements so far, the property tax cap would apply to the total dollar amount a local government collects — not to the property tax rate that's applied to assessGovernment finance expert Robert Ward, deputy director of SUNY's Rockefeller School of Government, says going by Cuomo's statements so far, the property tax cap would apply to the total dollar amount a local government collects — not to the property tax rate that's applied to assessGovernment, says going by Cuomo's statements so far, the property tax cap would apply to the total dollar amount a local government collects — not to the property tax rate that's applied to assessgovernment collects — not to the property tax rate that's applied to assessed values.