Sentence examples for call for devolution from inspiring English sources

Instead, London boroughs, the mayor of London and the Core Cities have had to join forces to call for devolution of a wide range of powers and reduced dependency on grants, balanced by greater control of local property taxes.

"The call for devolution from the committee is to local authorities rather than the Scottish Parliament.

The call for devolution of functions to local groups and associations and a new role of the state as defining the basic goals of public policy and selecting the social actors that participate in the formation and implementation of public policy or services [24] are clearly present in the normative arguments for facilitating and formalizing community initiatives and participation.

For instance, it called for devolution of power and a rapid demilitarisation of the island's north and east, where large numbers of the Tamil minority live.

Cities and regions in England, including greater Manchester, have called for devolution of power from Westminster to local areas, following the Scottish referendum on 18 September.

Last month Wood called for devolution in Wales to be scrapped and replaced by a system of self-government determined by the country's citizens.

The leader of the Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru has called for devolution in Wales to be scrapped and replaced by a system of self-government determined by the country's citizens.

Echoing the words of L. Paul Bremer, the civilian administrator here in charge of Iraqi reconstruction, Mr. Natsios called for "devolution" of responsibilities back to local Iraqis in their own communities.

The Midlands region has not, in the past, called for devolution with the same urgency as the north.

In response to the nationwide calls for devolution that the Scottish independence referendum brought about it was announced back in November that Greater Manchester was to be trusted with $1.5 billion of its own money to spend on transport, housing, policing and planning, which has been Whitehall's domain until now.

"And Ed Miliband has responded to local government's call for more devolution by setting out our ambitious plans to pass powers and finance back to city and county regions".