Sentence examples for offered councils from inspiring English sources

The housing minister, John Healey, has offered councils greater freedom in how they rebuild their housing stock.

The government offered councils £51m to maintain teacher numbers but said it would claw back cash if teacher numbers dropped.

The government has offered councils a cash incentive to freeze the tax, with Communities Secretary Eric Pickles previously saying they had a "moral duty" to do so.

They also highlight the plight of the "in-betweens" – low-paid workers unlikely to be offered council housing but with little chance of buying a home.

The family were offered council properties, but Dean and his wife were worried about crime.

If you are offered council housing for the first time, it may be an offer of introductory tenancy.

Note that you are unlikely to be offered council housing or housing association housing if you show "anti-social behavior" or are in serious rent arrears (having failed to pay a large amount of rent).

For example,Miliband wants to offer councils that secure government approval the opportunity to run the Work Programme.

Eric Pickles has defended the government's plans to offer councils financial support to restore weekly rubbish collections, saying the proposal is what most people want.

The manifesto offers councils "new powers to oppose gambling licences if there are too many betting shops" in a high street.

Laws' proposal also offers councils a bigger role than Labour's proposals for local school officers, while the DfE contends that its new network of eight regional commissioners responsible for academy oversight will solve the problem.