Sentence examples for control over council from inspiring English sources

With this kind of flagrant waste of taxpayers' money going largely unnoticed, it is welcome news that Hazel Blears is keen to give the public greater control over council budgets.

The government devolved council tax support schemes to local authorities to "reinforce local control over council tax" but in many areas of the capital it is chaos that appears to have ensued.

Councils will also have greater flexibility to manage council tax together with direct control over council tax benefit within an overall budget that will be reduced by 10% from April 2013.

Councils will be given greater flexibility to manage council tax together with direct control over council tax benefit, within an overall budget that will be reduced by 10% from April 2013, he said.

Conservative control over the council was a major thorn in Mr. Khatami's side during his first term and helped block many of his most ambitious attempts at reforms.

It says all local authorities should have full control over setting council tax bills - with the power to introduce new bands - and full control over the setting of business rates.

In some regions the party could lose control over local councils.

For the majority of the Praesidium, the workers' direct control over their councils without Communist Party leadership was incompatible with their idea of socialism.

He assumed power at 14, restored control over the royal council and courts, and imposed order.

And whether it's Labour or Conservative, they both want to keep central Treasury control over every local council's budget.

A Rose makes the important decisions within this group, since she has control over the student council.