Sentence examples for despite council from inspiring English sources

Despite Council opposition, the housing authority is still considering its own rehabilitation plan, although it has yet to say what the building's final use would be.

A landlord who used a sticker to disguise a faulty fire alarm and left tenants living in damp and freezing homes, despite council warnings, tops a list of letting agents and landlords who have been convicted for housing offences.

In March, councillors on the board postponed a decision over the future of the building to give the concortium more time to put a more detailed bid together, despite council officers recommending against councillors supporting the scheme.

But Labour lost seven seats in the Scottish parliament, and Miliband's officials are disturbed by the way in which the Tories, across most of southern England, escaped serious punishment despite council spending cuts and an unprecedented squeeze on the living standards of middle England.

The proposal was made despite council workers across Scotland narrowly voting to accept a 1% pay rise on Wednesday.

Despite council assurances that things were getting better, the Department of Education has now issued an urgent improvement notice.

Satisfaction with local services remains high despite councils receiving 40% less core government funding than in 2010.

Despite councils' best efforts to tear down and sell off estates, Trellick's 31 stories of Grade II-starred listed architecture still stand proud.

A number of issues remain despite councils taking steps to improve their offering; many departments are unaware of the numbers of self-funders that will pass through the doors, or the level of professional support required.

However, the necessity for further budget savings worth £1.1bn combined with other pressures of insufficient funding, growing demand and escalating costs mean that despite councils' best efforts they are having to make tough decisions about the care services they can provide.

The local government department, despite councils having already faced a 40% cut to their funding since 2010, has just agreed to slash around a further 30% from its budget over the next four years, with public health and adult social care particularly at risk.