The phrase "authority finance" is not a standard expression in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts discussing financial matters related to an authoritative body or organization, but it lacks clarity without additional context.
Example: "The authority finance department is responsible for overseeing the budget allocations for the upcoming fiscal year."
Alternatives: "financial authority" or "finance authority."
After resuming his studies and graduating, he obtained a post as an assistant editor of the Victoria County History series, then being revived with local authority finance.
But the money on offer – tens, sometimes hundreds of millions of pounds – is meagre in comparison with a multibillion-pound squeeze on local authority finance.
The most important part of the deal is that LaHood's office agreed to provide federal loan assistance to help Fairfax, Loudoun and the airports authority finance their investment in the project.
The annual Local Government Information Unit survey due out this week is likely to confirm that councils' confidence in the sustainability of local authority finance is practically non-existent.
The New Local Government Network's (NLGN) latest report More Light, More Power, started life with a simple question: if faced with the current storm in local authority finance, what would Joseph Chamberlain do?
According to the Local Government Chronicle's research, based on responses from 146 local authority finance directors, 116 said their councils would implement the freeze, six councils said they would refuse and 24 remained undecided.
Until now, no one ever conceived of the authority financing the office buildings at ground zero.
Seizing on its opponent's weakness, the Fatah Revolutionary Council plans to consider declaring Gaza a "rebel province" at a leadership meeting Sunday with President Abbas, which would tighten the noose by curtailing Palestinian Authority financing of operations in the strip.
Local authority finances are a bit of a mess in Britain; the bulk of the money comes from central government which, in times of austerity (such as the present), sees it as an easy target.
A National Audit Office report earlier this month said the finances of many local authority finances were unsustainable in the long term, with one in 10 councils providing social care responsibilities vulnerable to insolvency because of rising demand and shrinking financial resources.
The proposed changes – which include the recommendation that grant allocations should no longer be weighted to reflect the higher costs of poverty and deprivation – come amid increasing concern over the sustainability of local authority finances.
