He has developed a reputation for reneging on pledges, indulging in cronyism, and dodging responsibility for issues like policing.
It was "not practical" for a minister to take responsibility for issues such as planning, transport and allocating capital at that local level.
Its interim chairman at the time said that Halsall had often "found himself in the position of taking responsibility for issues when others should have been alongside him".
– the UN has been telling Geri that she's an international ambassador for their population fund, with special responsibility for issues such as maternal health and halting the spread of HIV/Aids.
She told the Mail on Sunday: "It would mean Scottish MPs who have no responsibility for issues like health, education and policing in their own constituencies [as they are devolved to the Scottish parliament] making decisions on those issues for England and Wales.
Two weeks into his job, Mr. Geithner has taken full responsibility for issues on which Lawrence H. Summers, his boss at the Treasury in the 1990s and now the chief economic adviser in the White House, had filled in while Mr. Geithner weathered his confirmation controversy.
This means ensuring that other agencies are taking full responsibility for issues under their remit.
It's good to see Nest now being more clear about taking responsibility for issues that seriously affect customers.].
In small municipalities, the leading politician (chief operating officer) often has direct responsibility for issues related to communications, infrastructure and investment in road transport, while in large municipalities, the responsibility for these issues is shared among two or more politicians.
While it accommodates the absorption of knowledge put forward by broad ranges of audiences, it does not explicitly engage with how those audiences can be engaged and how these audiences can be made to see themselves as carrying any responsibility for issues on the table.
