One authority which sought to tackle the problem was East Hampshire District Council.
But at least one authority believes that purchases like the one for Rockies.com could be a thing of the past when leagues are no longer forced to rely on .
Yesterday, Gwynedd council leader Dyfed Edwards said one authority for the north east and another for north west Wales could address the "significant financial challenge" rather than the current six local authorities.
And a more fundamental question - what will be the point of all the councillors in one local authority assembling in one place for a meeting any more when the real decisions on services are being made at a higher level?
What happened in the end in the Act, because Labour was given one extra authority, they were split.
"This conflict is essentially one of authority, " says Stephen Tomkins, of Ship of Fools, an online Christian magazine.
But according to Pakistan's constitution, the government is the only one with authority to file treason charges against Musharraf.
Our four shire counties (Gloucestershire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire) and one unitary authority (Shropshire) all go into these elections with substantial Conservative majorities, so Labour strategists are managing expectations carefully.
As well as the DfT, this included 27 councils and one public authority, who all paid private firms to undertake surveillance using powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa).
However as an example, one NHS authority, NHS Tayside, argued it provided comprehensive out-of-hours cover in Kinloch Rannoch, partly through the use of NHS 24 and doctor, nurse and ambulance services based in Pitlochry.
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Counter to Tory policy nationally, Wiltshire councillors agreed to abolish four district councils and merge into one unitary authority - saving a fortune in bureaucracy but cutting a deal with the then Labour government that none of its central funding would be reduced.
One recognized authority, namely ESPN, posted their predictions before the season and lo and behold, the forty-five experts named the Red Sox to sit gleefully atop the AL East, while only one predicted the Detroit Tigers would take the AL Central (kudos to Peter Pascarelli).
No one has the authority, the power or the wisdom to break the chain.
Certainly, there was no one with the authority and the will to stop what was going on.
In addition, one local education authority plan was found to have 307 targets.
Simon Spencer, the county council's deputy leader and cabinet member for highways and transport, said road safety was one of the authority's "top priorities".
One of the authority's priorities is greater protection of the loch's islands and sensitive areas, along with major shallow areas which are important for vegetation and breeding fish.
Fast-track authority is one of the most important devices in the U.S.'s toolkit for establishing trade agreements.
The local authority is one of the first in Scotland to make plans to move to using iPads.
Lugar questioned one man's authority to bar the hearing of a diplomatic nomination.
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Since no one can manage from authority, the company has to create genuine rewards (promotions, bonuses) for doing unpleasant work.
This could make the difference between an administrator who needs to get company approval for all decisions, and one who has independent authority.
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What Mr Brown needs is to find a tone between adamantine denial and abject prostration, one that bolsters his authority rather than forfeiting it.
The 10 volumes take the reader from pre-history to 1986, each one written by an authority and interspersed with essays on culture, events and people.
Along with Croydon, the authority was one of only two London councils to award pay rises to three senior councillors in 2010, during a public sector pay freeze.
One question is what authority the prime minister will have.
One hard reality is the emergence of transcontinental alliances of liberals and conservatives, undermining the ancient Christian principle that in each geographical area only one bishop should have authority.
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