The government has placed a cap on local council spending.

政府给地方议会的经费支出规定了最高限额。

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NATO commanders plan to reduce his influence as the chairman of the provincial council by making the local government more effective.

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Earlier this year, the Department for Communities and Local Government upheld a local council rejection of the studio's Project Pinewood scheme.

BBC: Pinewood Studios drops housing from expansion plans

Sir Sandy Bruce-Lockhart, who runs Conservative-held Kent County Council and also chairs the bipartisan Local Government Association, says his council has to provide the government with information on over a thousand performance indicators.

ECONOMIST: Local democracy

In future, councils may have to work within a fixed budget, set by the Department for Communities and Local Government, for council tax benefit.

BBC: Ministers plan to cap council tax benefit pot