Some authorities, including in Germany, have even paid for information on alleged tax evaders stolen from banks.
The final total is likely to be even higher as some authorities have not given target numbers.
Some authorities choose to put in more than they are obliged to, funding it from the local council tax.
We're still waiting for some authorities to come back to say whether they're going to support us or not.
Some authorities have published their guidelines on restrictions, but others simply told the Lib Dems their treatment was being "further refined".
The law was intended chiefly to guarantee adequate safety standards, but some authorities have since used it to ban films deemed unfit for local consumption.
The communities and local government minister with responsibility for fire services, Bob Neill, said that some authorities had adapted better to their changing financial circumstances than others.
The speech, from Mansion House in the London's "square mile" financial district, Mr Clegg announced a restoration of spending powers to some authorities in cities and districts across England.
However, some authorities have already given workers notice that their current jobs are at risk of redundancy although it is possible that the people affected may be found other roles.
The survey also found that some authorities are concerned that long-serving, experienced staff are being replaced by unqualified or newly qualified social workers and that authorities have been forced to recruit staff from as far afield as South Africa and Australia.
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The proposal, which is still under consultation, has angered some local authorities and is opposed by Labour.
The Conservatives say the figures underline concerns on school places expressed to them by some local authorities.
They also have concerns that some local authorities may not be passing all the funding onto nurseries.
Some local authorities have resorted to random allocation of school places, which at least is scrupulously fair.
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There were also some local authorities with much higher proportions of pupils not getting any of their school choices.
Ofsted said that some local authorities within the region performed better than others.
Cards could also be used to incentivise healthy behaviour, he added, and some local authorities are already experimenting with such a policy.
Europol's findings, announced this month, put Singapore's law-enforcement agencies under scrutiny as some foreign authorities foreign authorities said they were slow to respond.
Even before the government's fresh money arrives, some local authorities in southern England are relying on planning gain to help meet demanding targets.
Pest control is not a statutory service for councils to provide and some local authorities argue that private companies can offer the service cheaper.
The view in Dublin was that the prospect of the Kells transfer, already being resisted by some university authorities, was now in further doubt.
The spokesman said the increase was "in keeping with general practice", adding that "some other authorities set the threshold for levying the charge much lower".
While some local authorities faced a near 9% drop in their overall spending power, others were having to adjust to a much smaller 1.1% reduction.
The housing minister said that the scheme already existed in some local authorities, however ruled out the option to introduce this across the whole of Wales.
The Plaid Cymru AM said evidence showed that some local authorities across Wales were shipping waste for recycling as far afield as China, Brazil and India.
Some local authorities have reacted by cutting men's wages and introducing a pay protection plan for those affected to cushion the blow to their wage packets.
Weekly collections work best for some local authorities, whereas others say alternate weekly collection of different types of waste is the best way to increase recycling.
Some local authorities in London are piloting a log book for all reported homophobic incidents, which Mr Jennett said should be extended to all schools, including primaries.
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According to Plaid Cymru AM Nerys Evans, evidence shows that some local authorities across Wales ship their waste for recycling as far afield as China, Brazil and India.
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