Sentence examples for Around councils from inspiring English sources

But in big cities that attract shoppers from miles around, councils are conscious they could lose custom to competing city centres.

The bottom line for developers is profit, and with the planning legislation weighted in their favour, they run rings around councils too frightened of appeals and costs to refuse applications.

The EZLN still controls semi-autonomous territory in the highlands of Chiapas and some towns and communities, organising themselves around "Councils of Good Governance".

The EZLN still controls semi-autonomous territory in the highlands of Chiapas and some towns and communities, organizing themselves around "Councils of Good Governance".

The stigma around council estates remains, so Duncan Smith's argument that the recipients of his policy gift will remain in these homes rings hollow.

More and more housing is being built on and around council estates led by the government under the guise of the "mixed communities policy".

The council also faced two rounds of strike action earlier this year following the decision to make a longstanding member of staff redundant because of her campaigning issues around council housing.

Teresa Pearce, the shadow housing and planning minister, made clear her priorities were increasing social housing numbers, detoxifying the debate around council housing, targeting rogue landlords and closing the tax gap when it comes to private rent.

"The rise in urban squatting in the 60s and 70s was largely focused around council properties.

The plan would see the force restructured with locally-based PCSOs, police officers, special constables and police staff working to a local policing area based around council boundaries.

"Don't ride around council estates looking for random bunches of people to intimidate," he warned.