Facing local pressure to spend more efficiently, these leaders are canvasing independent opinions on public-works projects and encouraging greater scrutiny of how money is spent.
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Edward VI succumbed to local pressure and returned the ownership of the Hospital and all its possessions, land and property to the corporation, which then used it to priorities charitable work in the community.
We must work with our public health colleagues, who will for the first time be part of local government rather than the NHS, to put pressure on local councils to prioritise high quality sexual health services amid demands from many disciplines for unallocated funding.
Local politicians put pressure on them to keep tariffs low, which leads to huge losses.
They are asking the council to pressure local MPs to challenge cuts in Parliament that affect disabled people.
In Britain, for instance, a contingency fund to help cash-strapped local authorities facing pressure on public services has been scrapped.
Today, profit-seeking Internet companies that operate in quasi-competitive markets have strong incentives to pressure local governments to allow them to deploy broadband in an economically viable manner.
But many are also too small to cope with tasks like disease control or watershed management, or to sustain any oversight in the form of local media or pressure groups.
The plans follow pressure on local authorities to reduce reliance on landfill sites and increase recycling.
These factors put significant pressure on local independent bookstores because they typically sold fewer books at higher prices.
It was saved a year ago after pressure from local people who felt it was part of their community.
Our correspondent says the arrests came after intense international pressure on local authorities.
In the education sphere these obligations are putting new pressure on local taxes and competing with funding for classroom instruction.
"The extra tax is putting unnecessary pressure on local breweries, " he added.
The people implementing the reform program sometimes yield to pressure from local politicians or worry more about their own tenure than land tenure.
But they would also hurt manufacturers and lead to an inflow of foreign money that could put sharp upward pressure on local currencies.
The bigger difference is the increasing pressure on local authority budgets, and confirmation that the spending squeeze will last until 2017 at the very least.
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The report also says that with EU help, regional airports could do more to boost local economies and ease pressure at congested airports, such as Heathrow.
The protest was organised by Thanet Independent councillor, John Warrow, who said the aim was to put pressure on local MPs to lobby the power companies.
The minister confirmed that there was still plenty of salt available for any future bad weather and that although some local authorities were under pressure, none ran out of salt.
Mohamed Adde Muse agreed in November 2006 to introduce Islamic law in the territory, apparently following pressure from local Muslim and clan leaders, many of whom had threatened to revolt.
Labour councillor David McKie said he felt ministers had a duty to help with the transition costs - particularly at a time when the local authority was under pressure to make budget cuts.
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Drawing on the experience of the 300 companies which have already gone down this path, the PESE companies may identify ways to operate more efficiently (and cut costs), easing pressure on local resources such as water supplies.
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But the local government scheme does not face the same pressure because it is ultimately guaranteed by taxpayers, both local and national.
State and local budgets are under extreme pressure right now and its showing in reduced purchases of textbooks and other education materials.
Hence, we expect a stronger economic pressure on the local public schools the more students that chooses to opt out and attend independent schools.
The Boston Protest Group is due to hold a demonstration in the town on 18 November to highlight the pressure put on local services and infrastructure.
This is a question that worries many of the more conservative cardinals, and particularly so when it is applied to Africa and Asia, where there is widespread pressure to incorporate local traditions into the liturgy.
The MP has been under pressure from his local newspaper, the Northants Evening Telegraph, which reported he had allowed his student son to use the London flat and has published dozens of angry e-mails from readers on its website.
Planning Minister Deputy Rob Duhamel said planners had to weigh up conservation concerns with pressure to support the local economy.
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