Sentence examples for devolved authority from inspiring English sources

Devolved authority and decision-making will be key.

Last, but far from least, are the devolved authority elections.

The capital has its own devolved authority with an elected Mayor shouting loud for London.

Although the Scottish Parliament acquired its devolved authority on July 1 , 1999 the UK Parliament remains the supreme legal authority throughout the union.

But the unassuming Derbyshire town has found itself the subject of a fierce custody battle between the county council and a new devolved authority.

It was made worse by a structure that devolved authority to 84 separately incorporated national units, and by an absence of a clear role for Joseph Berardino, who resigned as chief executive of Andersen Worldwide last month.

That is why we are decentralising and devolving authority away from Whitehall to the frontline.

And, of course, devolving authority to local churches has empowered conservative as well as liberal voices.

"My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility," he said, according to a prepared text of his speech.

In 1969, the Labour Gov't set up a Royal Commission on the Constitution to consider the case for devolving authority to the regions.

In China, the decision to devolve authority over forests to local communities and households came less from a belief in rights and more from realities.