Sentence examples for councils instead of from inspiring English sources

That's right, all £26bn of business rates will be kept by councils instead of being sent up to Whitehall".

Licences for off-licences and pubs will be granted by councils instead of magistrates courts from November.

So why continue to drive down this ideological impasse, rather than think through the alternatives and work with councils instead of trying to emasculate them?

The strengthened law requires the agency to establish annual catch limits based on biological assessments from independent scientists selected by the eight regional councils instead of advice from just the councils themselves.

The charge would affect all bereaved families and have to be collected separately by councils instead of being part of funeral directors' charges, as cremation fees are at present.

The second tier now has five district councils instead of seven which are responsible for services such as refuse collections, housing, planning permission and parks and leisure.

An earlier version referred to Fraserburgh district council instead of Aberdeenshire council.

In another symbolic gesture, Mr. Bremer began calling the new Iraqi ruling body a governing council, instead of a political council, in public statements in the last two weeks.

But Ms. Dyson, the interim chairwoman, defended using an electoral council instead of letting the world's Internet users vote directly for their board representatives.

But Barry, who first supported marijuana decriminalization as mayor in the 1980s, said he would prefer that the council, instead of voters, decide the matter.

Miller is holding a consultation on whether the press industry's royal charter should be considered first by the privy council instead of the the rival plan drawn up by the government and backed by Labour.