"council" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Both would have seen the council reduced to ten wards and the Board of Control eliminated.
- But in some districts, where the boards performed well, critics said the new councils would reduce the voice of neighborhoods in education policy.
- This step added to some speculation in the financial markets that the bank's policy-making council would reduce official interest rates when it meets on Thursday.
- The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 reducing the number of seats by 2.
- From 1979, the council had 15 3-member wards, reduced to 14 wards in 2002 and 13 in 2012.
- A proposal to restructure the municipal government would have seen the council reduced to ten wards and the Board of Control eliminated.
- The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seat by 1.
- After the council agreed to issue cash instead of vouchers but reduced the value of relief payments the Association organized a "voucher strike" to raise the payments.
- The Alliance argues that "By trimming the fat from their budgets, councils can reduce the burden on hard-pressed families and pensioners without cutting important services."
- Increased grants from central to local government would allow councils to reduce poll tax demands.
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