Sentence examples for cutting councils from inspiring English sources

But local government leaders said they were "vehemently opposed" to cutting councils out of the system.

Earlier this week, the Guardian and the anti-cuts campaigners False Economy demonstrated that the impact of cutting council tax benefit and transferring its operation to councils will mean a £120 annual increase for the poorest families.

In some areas, in-vessel composting and anaerobic digestion are playing a key role in cutting council spending on landfill tax and reducing methane emissions".

Since the government started cutting council funding in 2010, 340 libraries have closed nationwide as non-essential services bear the brunt of local authority cuts.

To make things worse, there was what he still sees as the simple iniquity of the government's actions, which arguably had a distinct flavour of class war, waged from the top: drastically cutting council funding per head in predominantly Labour areas, while more affluent, Tory-inclined places were comparatively untouched.

"Rather than cutting council tax the mayor should be providing the funding to keep these fire stations open," he said.

In Hammersmith and Fulham, the Conservative-run authority will be hoping its success in repeatedly cutting council tax will help win over voters.

Mr Farmer added that it was "not the time" to be cutting council tax and said Mr McChord should "hang his head in shame".

However, concerns have been raised about funding the costs of merging and the ability to manage the process while cutting council services.

He said: "The big issue is that by cutting council tax like this, you end up creating a hole in future years which you have to somehow fill.

There's also some populist measures, such as re-instating weekly bin collections and things like "provide best value for money for council tax payers by cutting council costs".