Sentence examples for improve council from inspiring English sources

The government offered the proposed almo access to an additional £283m to improve council homes.

Almos were first born out of Labour's desire to improve council housing without paying money directly to local authorities to do so.

To date York council has invited ideas around five main challenges: to better exploit underutilised council assets; to help vulnerable and older people in their own homes; to improve council procurement from small businesses; to use footfall to improve environmental sustainability; and to make York a more friendly city for residents with dementia.

Following the success of its new approach to voluntary sector funding, through an innovation and development fund, the council is now joining together with Google and the Big Innovation Centre to stage a "hack day" bringing data scientists and other experts in to explore how to improve council services.

"I think there's a lot of things that we can do together to improve Council District 6.

Asked about the increased use of prison labour by councils, Mehboob Khan, who chairs a programme board at the Local Government Group, an umbrella body to improve councils' performance, says: "The links between councils and prisons will depend on what connections they have established.

Best value was the government's big idea for radically improving council performance.

Today's vote suggests ministers will have to think again about the options for improving council housing.

Speaking earlier in the day, the audit commission's controller, Sir Andrew Foster, told delegates strong leadership and the strength to focus on the issues that matter rather than the latest initiative or crisis were key factors in improving council services.

His motion would see Unison developing its own agenda for reforming public services by focusing on existing staff, rather than the private sector, as a means to improving councils, hospitals and schools.

Liz Kniss, a former mayor who is now a county supervisor, said the idea of regulating body language was not a good one, but she suggested relations might improve among council members if everyone exhibited a little more self-control.