Sentences with phrase «on local authorities»

The duty on a local authority under s 21 constituted a safety net, conditional upon care and attention being «not otherwise available».

The group called on local authorities to provide better outdoor play facilities so children don't spend all day in front of computers.

The pressure on local authorities to save money has already led to a reduction of women - only and black and minority ethnic specialist services.

All taxpayers are affected through the heavy cost burden on local authorities and the NHS.

With this removed, they will become wholly dependent on local authority grants and contracts, as well as one - off charitable donations.

The funding crisis isn't going to go away and if you decide to stay maintained you may not be able to rely on the local authority to help balance the books.

Yet another Conservative council chief has spoken out against the deep spending cuts imposed on local authorities by the government.

This kind of assessment is tricky: academy chains tend to take on local authority schools that are performing below the expected level, even when you take their challenging circumstances into account.

We are giving you the opportunity to share your experiences of adoption and to comment on local authority and government plans to change adoption services.

The inquiry will examine the existing arrangements for local authority's treasury management, particularly on their investment strategies and their effects on local authorities.

However, the powers would enable the local authority to compile a reasonably complete database of children not on any local authority education or independent school register.

The information is based on local authority data collected through the parental responsibility measures attendance census.

We have backed this up with a new duty on local authorities to provide short breaks.

Does this tragedy place a heavier burden on local authorities to be mindful of all actions they may take that could impact on the well - being and safety of their local residents.

Duties placed on local authorities from September 2014 should locate all such arrangements in one place.

Cllr Bill Fernie said: «There is not any evidence which links better education attainment to a 25 - hour school week and this would put further pressure on local authority budgets and our ability to make the necessary savings required to manage the anticipated cut in grant funding.»

Chris Cook, education correspondent for the Financial Times, recently covered the issue, reporting that while conventional schools can call on their local authorities for help, academies do not have access to council funds and, in some cases, maybe denied access to advice and guidance.

Guidance on local authority children's services judged inadequate, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) inspections.

Financial support will depend on the Local Authority assessment of the child's needs and your own circumstances, including eligibility for benefits and tax credits.

Francesca Richmond reports on local authorities successfully challenging government cuts to the school building budget

The seven - year insurgency has left at least 20,000 people dead in Nigeria and displaced more than 2.6 million people, heaping pressure on local authorities in Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad.

The court held that s 145 of the Local Government Act 1972, in conferring a power on all local authorities to «enclose or set apart any part of a park» for the provision of entertainment, gave the council authority to exclude the public so the festival could go ahead.

Guidance on local authority children's services judged inadequate, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) inspections.

There is, however, a clear duty on the local authority which is conducting the care proceedings to ensure both that all relevant material is made available to the panel, and that the material placed before it is accurate.

Please read our pages on Children Missing Education and School Attendance Orders for more background information on the local authority's duties in law.

He argues the 1.8 million people who signed an anti-road pricing petition were right to oppose an unrealistic scheme that should not be forced on local authorities.

Then again, it can be argued that such polls are all very well, but it isn't localist to have them enforced on local authorities from Westminster and Whitehall.

There will be a clampdown on local authorities using surveillance techniques for trivial offences, the home secretary has announced today.

There will be a clampdown on local authorities using surveillance techniques for trivial offences, the home secretary has announced.

These include that the Government should place obligations on local authorities to ensure children in care are not at risk from inappropriate criminalisation; that all children entering care should have a full developmental screening including mental health, learning difficulties and speech and language; and that care leavers in residential and foster care should have the option of remaining in supportive placements until the age of 21

Even though the UKSA does not officially comment on local authority statistics, a staff member responded.

The changes will have no impact on the local authority that provides council services in your area, or on the boundaries of wards represented by your local councillors.

It's imperative that all roofs on UK educational establishments are well designed and maintained, among other things to help reduce the financial burden, mainly on Local Authorities» stretched budgets.

She said: «This is another example of the financial pressures that the academies policy has brought to bear on local authorities» education budgets.

The EPI report focuses on local authority schools because the data is publicly available.

However, such powers do not bestow on local authorities the ability to see and question children subject to elective home education in order to establish whether they are receiving a suitable education.

However, with the women» sector becoming more and more dependent on local authority grants and contracts, that independent and feminist spirit is being diminished.

Turning on the local authority cuts imposed by the Conservatives, the man added: «Because of saving money people are dying.»

The Court of Appeal (Leveson, McFarlane & Burnett LJJ) has today delivered an important judgment -LRB-[2017] EWCA CIV 26) on the duties placed on local authorities by section 20 of the Children Act 1989 towards parents, reversing the lower Court's judgment and finding that it was not bound by its own previous decisions on the issue.

[73] Following the 2015 local elections, the English Democrats have no representation on any local authorities.

«Government could deliver a much bigger, and more beneficial, boost the construction industry by removing the cap on local authorities» housing investment which would help councils build up to 60,000 new homes.»

Nigel Porter, the only Lib Dem on the local authority, claimed a line had been crossed after one of his political adversaries pointed out how outnumbered he was.

Mr Shapps called on local authority leaders to follow the example of government ministers and take a pay cut.

«The Government's Clean Air Plan places the burden of tackling emissions on local authorities but lacks specifics on national action, and we need a range of local and national measures to address this effectively.»

That is one of the headline findings of Ipsos MORI's latest report on local authority performance.

David Cameron's poverty adviser yesterday told the Government to «grow up» and get a grip on local authority spending cuts which threatened to «scupper the life chances» of poor children.