Sentence examples for commitment to local government from inspiring English sources

There is also a strong commitment to local government reform.

Leadership potential and commitment to local government and the wider community are absolutely imperative".

Although the Redcliffe-Maud Report was rejected by the Conservative government after the 1970 general election, there was a commitment to local government reform, and the need for a metropolitan county centred on the conurbation surrounding Manchester was accepted.

The company would have liked to see the government give a commitment to local coal in last week's energy white paper.

In part because of an ideological commitment to local control over most institutions, police power in the United States became the province of state and local governments, and each city established its own police department.

Transfers to local government will be slashed.

They have diverse views on economics, crime and Europe, but share a commitment to stronger local government and more control for ordinary people over public services.

Working with South Asian, Arab, and Muslim American communities, community lawyers have built strong coalitions and addressed federal profiling initiatives through an appeal to local governments' commitment to community policing.

Opposition commitments to empower local government rarely survive a newly elected government's first sight of the Whitehall levers of power.

But by taking this action, Labour in Greater Manchester is demonstrating a commitment to modern, transparent local government.

The Ukrainian study revealed variable levels of commitment from local government administrations to HIV/AIDS, which had impaired the effectiveness of coordination structures [ 34, 35].