Sentence examples for powers to be devolved to from inspiring English sources

It argues for more powers to be devolved to local authorities.

To improve this, Clarke argues for better skills training for local people, more planning and tax-raising powers to be devolved to local politicians and more land, including a small portion of green belt, being made available for building.

Ms Sturgeon said the Government's Scotland Bill, which proposes a raft of new powers to be devolved to the Scottish government, did "not even come close" to honouring the so-called "Vow" that Mr Cameron made on the morning after the independence referendum.

Say Nicola Sturgeon issues a strident demand for full-scale powers to be devolved to Scotland.

The NIC called for more powers to be devolved to elected mayors to solve congestion.

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for powers to be devolved to Scotland "free of any new conditions".

The LGA's opposition to the proposals will be underlined tomorrow by its president, Lord Ouseley, who is expected to use his keynote speech to the association's conference to call for more power to be devolved to local government.

Ahead of a report on Monday calling for more power to be devolved to cities, the Royal Town Planning Institute's Richard Blyth picks examples – from Gateshead to the Olympic Park – where good planning made the difference.

"Our task is to balance the necessity for international cooperation – whether on climate change or financial regulation or peace and security – with the thirst that people have for power to be devolved to local communities so that they can take more decision for themselves.

The TUC is calling for more power to be devolved to communities that have been "abandoned for a generation".

During the Queen's Jubilee year of 1977 there were growing calls for power to be devolved to Scotland and Wales.