Following radical Presbyterian reform, the islanders became deeply religious, with card games, music and dancing forbidden, and three compulsory services every Sunday.

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Can Labour really sweep away the capping of council budgets and compulsory competitive tendering for local services, and still keep the public finances in order?

ECONOMIST: Local councils

Romania's constitution provides legal guarantees for citizens to have access to basic social services, including education which are free and compulsory up to the age of 16.

UNESCO: Parent Empowerment for Family Literacy Project (PEFaL)

The Census, which is used to provide information about people living in the UK and help plan public services, takes place every ten years and is compulsory.

BBC: Census forms

She called for a social strategy - to look at minimum pricing and licensing controls on home delivery alcohol services - as well as criminal justice controls, such as making breathalysers compulsory.

BBC: Oral questions

But it warned although managers would try to minimise the number of compulsory redundancies, the loss of posts would have a "significant impact on the overall resilience and capability of council services".

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