Sentence examples for metropolitan authority from inspiring English sources

Sir Richard has said that he wants full devolution of all £22 billion of state spending to the metropolitan authority.

Library campaigners criticised the figures for presenting an incomplete picture, with the largest metropolitan authority, Birmingham, among those not supplying figures.

In this case, we have used the mapping and addressing to develop a system of municipal revenue generation – council tax – to help the metropolitan authority pay for public services.

Because it already has successfully proven its ability to achieve ambitious project involving very different actors, the metropolitan authority appears to be the more qualified for this task.

The authors thank all of the organizations that kindly provided the data used in these analyses: especially the Scientific and Technical Centre for Building (CSTB) and the Grand Lyon metropolitan authority.

The abolition of the metropolitan authorities removed an important line of accountability.

In the area of housing, the metropolitan authorities have been unable to meet the needs of the urban poor.

In total, there are 161 councils in England holding elections on Thursday - this involves 19 unitary authorities, 36 metropolitan authorities, 32 London boroughs and 74 non-metropolitan districts.

At her lofty peak, Thatcher abolished the Greater London Council and other metropolitan authorities around England partly because they gave her Labour opponents an alternative platform.

In addition to his sweeping public administration proposals, his plans include the establishment of 15 metropolitan authorities with wide-ranging powers, each led by a mayor.

The first fieldworkers were based in the offices of county councils and metropolitan authorities with strong conservation departments; the second group were managed by local architects, in 1982 a pioneering involvement of the private sector in government-funded work.