1.   A local council can spend more than its total guideline if it finances more from sales than the government assumes.

2.   A lot of local councils and a lot of private industry under deregulation are now turning to the buses.

3.   A number of factors influenced this highly cautious approach by central government, local councils, the police and the courts.

4.   A statutory duty on local councils to provide integrated child care services for the under-fives.

5.   All ludicrous examples of local councils wantonly spending excess cash are gratefully received.

6.   But the local council has put it in the highest council tax band - for houses worth at least three hundred thousand pounds.

7.   Encouraging local councils, assisted by a special budget we have set aside, to introduce pedestrian priority areas and cycle lanes.

8.   For many years, he had been on the local council.