Sentence examples for first councils from inspiring English sources

First, councils have an important responsibility.

Bolton is among the first councils in England to implement a by-law that will remove roadside tributes after 30 days.

But the SNP is on course to win a number of significant gains: it is on track to take control of Dundee, Stirling, Perth and perhaps Edinburgh, potentially giving the SNP its first councils where it has an overall majority.

The way round it is not to say 'you've got too large a family, you can't afford it.'" He told me that Tower Hamlets was one of the first Councils to impose a minimum social housing quota for developers and had successfully defended the policy in the courts.

Tory councils are already using new approaches to information and transparency, said Osborne, who cited the examples of Windsor council and the Greater London authority, run by Boris Johnson – the first councils to publish detailed information about their spending programmes online.

The first councils to offer help to people wanting to build their own home through the government's 'Right to Build' scheme have been announced.

The London borough of Camden is the first council to sign up to it.

Edinburgh is the first council to use discretionary housing payment in such a way.

Cambridgeshire was the first council to announce it was dropping the firm after the "unacceptable" tweets.

He will be the first council chief to serve just one term.

The North East party won its first council seat in Peterlee, County Durham, in December.