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...) at the end of the year. While it also receives funds from the devolved administrations, Lee admits that it is.... This is partly because the body works for the devolved administrations as well as Whitehall; there w...
...n March 2005, brings together government, scientists, NGOs and industry, and is supported (financially and politically) by each of the UK devolved administrations. It provides a co-ordinating...
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Budget flexibility for devolved administrations announced
...A new system of budget flexibility for devolved administrations was announced today. T...be approaved by the parliaments of the devolved administrations.Chief secretary to the Treasu...recognises the unique situation of the devolved administrations. This agreement will give dev...
Defra set to scrap SDC funding
...the Welsh Assembly and £120,000 from Northern Ireland. The SDC is the independent climate-change watchdog for the UK government and the devolved administrations, providing advice and scrutin...
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...] were running the whole country,” he says. “We have not reduced the number despite the fact that we now have 17 million people under devolved administrations.” He also believes that cu...
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..., and Lee says there was “no negotiation between Whitehall and the devolved governments” before Defra c...g. This created confusion, he says, and delayed the ability of those administrations to decide what measures they...
...ion designed to stretch the capabilities of the nation, and force co-ordination on an as-yet unseen scale between government departments, devolved administrations, local organisations and emer...
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Treasury: clear accounting lines needed as services are devolved
Senior Treasury officials have emphasised the need for devolved service providers to adopt appropriate accounting standards.Permanent secretary Nicholas Macpherson told the Public Accounts Committee last week that there must be consequences for academies, free schools and other new organisations ...
Tags: academies, school finance, devolved administrations
On April Fool’s Day 2008, the Department for Transport (DfT) made a widely-popular move: it expanded the concessionary fares scheme. This gave everyone aged 60 and above (and many disabled people) free off-peak travel on local buses throughout England – rather than in just their local authori...
Tags: transport, disabled people, devolved administrations, concessionary fares, national assembly for wales, prescription charges, nhs commissioning, rail transport in south east, high speed rail