Sentence examples for make local councils from inspiring English sources

He also intends to make local councils responsible for administering the reduced budget next year.

Websites and apps that make it easy for citizens to report potholes, faulty traffic lights and other inconveniences already make local councils more responsive.

In times of sharp austerity, others saw the new spending transparency as a way to make local councils look like reckless wasters of public money.

If 13 disenfranchised individuals can make local councils change their minds, it shows that the people have real power and local democracy still exists.

That is why are introducing legislation to make local councils prioritise early intervention and preventative care services in their local communities," said a spokeswoman.

As for England, the last time Labour in opposition failed to make local council gains was in 1985, when the party had lost two elections and would go on to lose two more.

The poll tax (or community charge) was supposed to make local council finance fairer and more accountable.

Making local councils responsible to tackling air pollution made sense as they were best placed to understand local problems, he said.

Labour made local councils consider competing bids whenever they needed new schools; the Tories would allow charities, churches and parents to open new schools without asking for councils' permission even in areas with plenty of school places.

It makes local councils fully responsible to local people for their financing – rather than central government – something that local government has been campaigning for over a number of decades".

In the UK, cuts to public funding have made some local councils heavily reliant on it.