Building costs were supposed to be shared by central and local authorities, but the latter often failed to chip in.
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To address issues related to environment, climate change and disaster risk management, the UN will support central and local authorities in the sustainable management of the environment and natural resources across all sectors, and better environmental education and awareness - ultimately contributing to sustainable economic growth and increased quality of life.
Overlapping jurisdiction between the central government and local authorities has created a regulatory muddle.
This is a story which keeps repeating itself in a country which has been hit by over half a dozen big "terror attacks" this year - the central and local security authorities trade charges over the sharing and quality of intelligence, followed by knee-jerk responses and investigations which fizzle out in a couple of years.
Rates are calculated and collected by local authorities and put into a central pool before being redistributed according to a complex formula.
And all stakeholders would need to see benefit central governments, local authorities, forest communities and individuals.
Local and central authorities didn't immediately respond to requests to comment.
He said that ministers were introducing "a shift in financial risk from central government to local authorities and at the same time a cut in resources of at least 10%" and alleged that council tax benefit cuts would be greater in deprived areas.
Thursday's figures cover those working in central government and public quangos but not local authorities.
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Central Scotland Police said that some companies and local authorities in the force area were struggling to gain access to their facilities because of abandoned vehicles.
Focusing on city infrastructure and sustainable urban development, this three-day conference and exhibition will be attended by over 1, 000 delegates, and 5, 000 professional visitors, comprising Central and State Urban Development Departments, Municipal Corporations, Urban Local Bodies, Urban Development Authorities and Urban Parastatals.
Under the scheme, powers such as the ability to set and spend budgets are devolved from central government to local authorities in a bid to increase growth.
Under the city deal scheme, certain powers, such as the ability to set and spend budgets, are devolved from central government to local authorities in a bid to increase growth.
The funding is currently part of the Early Intervention Grant paid by central government to local authorities in England to support early years and family intervention programmes, including Sure Start Children's Centres.
Local governments and banks rushed to take advantage of the central authorities' indulgence while it lasted.
They noted while central government spending was now "significantly below budget limits", local authorities and hospitals were still over-spending.
Although central governments tend to stand back, local authorities have become much more sophisticated and generally insist that a regeneration scheme forms part of broader development plans.
Central government should scrutinise more closely how local authorities are investing in roads, light rail and buses, a committee of MPs has said.
Tebbutt's release came after lengthy negotiations between elders in Adado and local authorities, said Omar Mohammed Diirey, a regional administration official in central Somalia.
It also represents a further, unmistakable alignment of the United States with the central authorities in Moscow over the reform-minded governments coming to power at the republic and local levels.
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David Simmonds, representing the Local Government Association, cautioned that local authorities had diminishing amounts of direct control over schools - because of central government directives and targets and the shift towards academies.
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Teaching unions, Labour and other opponents claim free schools will increase divisions in the state school system and weaken educational services provided by councils because they are directly funded from central government, not through local authorities.
They doubt their overstretched local authorities are up to the task, and want wise policymaking support from the central government of the sort that, for good or ill, used to be a hallmark of the Japanese state.
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