Sentence examples for is centralisation from inspiring English sources

This is centralisation of power, where spending decisions could have been left to the individual park authorities.

Scotland has moved down the road of rationalisation (that is, centralisation) in police and fire, though not yet reaped much reward by way of cost savings or effectiveness, according to Audit Scotland.

The internationally accepted goal now is centralisation or, failing this, the establishment of tightly co-ordinated networks of cancer services providers capable of multidisciplinary co-operation with a high degree of specialisation and maximum quality assurance.

So this thing about English votes for English MPs, that's not real devolution, that's centralisation.

One of the IPPR's more subtle arguments for localism is that centralisation and uniformity increases inequality.

It is the centralisation of power and the colonial methods of suppression of dissent that are the biggest threat to that territorial integrity.

The units initiate their own policies, rather than trying to arbitrate between specialist departments.To their supporters, the purpose of the SEU and PIU is not centralisation but (in the ugly phrase favoured by Mr Blair) "joined-up government".

The far-right leader had appeared to back a referendum late last month when he said that Austrians should be given a vote "if within the next year the [EU's] course is towards centralisation".

The government's priority has always been the centralisation of power.

There would be huge centralisation of services that are currently provided in many hospitals in order to improve the quality of care.

Thatcher's legacy to local governments was increased centralisation and the willingness of her successors to cap, limit and control local democracy in England.