Sentence examples for councils claimed from inspiring English sources

Separately, rural councils claimed they were disproportionately hit by the cuts, which did not recognise the extra costs of running services across big, sparsely populated areas.

In a letter to the Observer, the Labour leaders of Sheffield, Liverpool and Newcastle city councils claimed the cuts were igniting "forces of social unrest", warning of "rising crime, increasing community tension and more problems on our streets" if they were not reversed.

Not all councils claiming to be ecumenical have been recognized as such, and not all decisions taken by ecumenical councils are dogmatic in nature.

Four Kent parish councils claim an additional runway would also damage local tourism and the environment.

Some Labour councils claim they are getting a bad deal under the current system and want it changed.

Both councils claim they had legal advice that payments made to the chief executives of both authorities were lawful.

Leaders at St Edmundsbury and Forest Heath councils claim the tolls would hit economic growth and job creation.

Other councils claiming to have a five-year land supply have still found their decisions overturned on appeal.

The councils claim this cut has been calculated by deducting the amount it will cost individual academies to run those services themselves, rather than by the amount that councils will save by not providing them.

The council claimed the monastery had not received official permission to reopen.

The pressure on services such as education, the council claimed last summer, was becoming unsustainable.