Sentences with phrase «on central government grants»

Mr Pickles told MPs there would be an average cut in spending next year will be just 4.4 %, with those councils most heavily dependent on central government grants protected with funds shifted from the departmental budget - in a bid to head off opposition claims that cuts were being «frontloaded».

Not exact matches

The central bank currently grants Greek and Cypriot government bonds a waiver in its operations as long as the countries stay in a program that ensures their reform efforts stay on track.

These are expected to include measures to give neighbourhoods control over local planning decisions and reducing local authorities» reliance on grants from central government - which are being cut back dramatically as a result of the spending review.

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.

Plaid Cymru, Conservative and Liberal Democrat politicians demanded this funding be made available solely from central government in addition to the block grant already paid to the Welsh Assembly by the UK Treasury, and the chief reporter for Wales on Sunday newspaper Martin Shipton stood as a single - issue candidate demanding «Match Funding now».

Already he's put in place agreements with the Oneidas in central New York (to the consternation of the Cayuga) and with the Mohawk in the North Country that allows them to retain their exclusivity on casinos, but grants the state and local governments a slice owed revenue.

The government said this on Thursday, a day after a bill sponsored by the Senator representing Lagos Central, Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu, for the state to be recognised and rewarded with a special status and federal grants was rejected by the Senate.

As mayor and therefore an ex-officio member of the Central New York Regional Economic Development Council, I would advocate that some of the $ 25 million budgeted for a Commission on Government Modernization out of the recent $ 500 million state grant be devoted to developing and negotiating a detailed proposal for property tax sharing for a Municipal Development Fund.

The central government, intent on curbing domestic spending, feels CSIR's $ 600 million budget is a luxury it can no longer afford and has given the labs 2 to 3 years to «self - finance» half their expenditures by winning grants, licensing discoveries, and collaborating with industry.