Sentence examples for councils were given from inspiring English sources
More than a century has elapsed since councils were given the job of rationalising thousands of different voluntary schools, ensuring decent standards and access for every child.
When public health transferred to local authorities in April 2013, councils were given a budget from the NHS to improve and promote health and wellbeing and deliver some NHS services.
Labour's fund had spent money on translation services rather than English lessons, the home secretary said, and councils were given money to promote recycling rather than the support they needed to ease housing pressures.
Ministers have said councils were given the financial clarity requested.
Ministers said councils were given the financial clarity they had requested.
Councils were given powers to introduce the bans, known as public spaces protection orders (PSPOs), in October 2014.
If local councils are given less money to parcel out, and asked to decide for themselves where it should go, local theatres will inevitably suffer.
He proposes that local councils be given the power to buy agricultural land from farmers and then sell it, with planning permission, to developers.
This resulted in 136 councils being given extra debt totalling £13bn; each local authority's share was dependent on their predicted income and Swindon's was £138.6m.
He also suggests that councils be given powers to hold referendums, possibly through the electoral commission, on local issues at the time of local, national or European elections.
