Sentence examples for grant settlement from inspiring English sources

Tony Blair acknowledged today that some schools were facing funding problems under the government's grant settlement.

The unfairness of the government's financial grant settlement for Manchester, one of the five worst in the country, has been widely reported.

In a ruling highly critical of the Ministry of Defence, Mr Justice Blake said its advice to the Home Office on whether to grant settlement to the Gurkhas was confusing, resulting in "irrational and unlawful" restrictions being applied.

1.50pm: The umbrella body for town halls, the Local Government Association, has issued a statement in response to the 2,000 jobs Manchester city council says it needs to lose to make ends meet as a result of its grant settlement (see 8.39am).

This contrasts sharply with the special grant settlement that the Home Office has reached with police forces in the West Midlands, Greater Manchester and Merseyside, which have had 100% of their compensation liabilities under the Riot Damages Act reimbursed and 85% of their operational policing costs.

The search for savings would also be enhanced by allowing councils to plan their spending with a five-year horizon, rather than stumbling from budget to budget, with the government announcing each grant settlement barely weeks before the new financial year.

And far from getting a "fair" share of cuts, Manchester – one of the most deprived council areas in the country – received one of the five worst grant settlements, with £30m being taken from us and given to more affluent areas.

The Department for Communities and Local Government has insisted grant settlements to local authorities are fair and are needed to tackle the deficit.

It also wants to see the Welsh Government take action, including three-yearly grant settlements, returning funding to councils to at least 2013-14 levels in real terms and to work with councils to release existing revenue streams.

Since 2010, we have granted settlement to more than 100,000 refugees.

The number of people granted settlement, which is to be the subject of fresh curbs to be announced next week, fell by 32% last year to 163,477.