And mounting cuts to local authority budgets will reduce arts funding, with potentially disastrous consequences – particularly in regions where withdrawal of council support for some venues may threaten their existence.
But this week France, backed by Germany and so far by Russia too, put forward a "memorandum" which, it hopes, will block any chance of council support for military action by instead winning agreement to extend inspections in Iraq for at least four months more.
As previously reported, a public meeting has been organised by the new Friends of Kirkgate Market group for April 26, traders are also planning a deputation to the next full meeting of Leeds City Council, where a white paper will be put forward by the opposition Labour group calling for more council support for the market.
After years of Mr. Daley's winning unanimous Council support for his agenda, a minority of the Council has become more restive, but Mr. Tunney and Mr. Allen are among aldermen who rarely break ranks with the administration.
But the money is only available for a year, will only go to schemes that meet "certain criteria", and amounts to just a fifth of the total cut in funding for council tax support that local authorities receive.
But the LGA argues that the shift in responsibility from national to local government was accompanied by a 10% reduction - equivalent to £410m - in government funding for council tax support.
Traders, supporters and campaigners will gather at Leeds Kirkgate Market this lunchtime to show off a 10,000-strong petition demanding more council support for the facilities.
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Finance and economy convener Neil Benny said: "This is the biggest innovation in council support for local businesses in decades, and I'm very excited about what it could help achieve.
Several Council officials described a full-court press by City Hall, including from Mr. de Blasio's top political adviser, Emma Wolfe, to secure Council support for the horse-carriage bill, an initiative that has been a top goal of wealthy political supporters of the mayor, a Democrat.
