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Halton Borough Council is the local authority for Halton, a local government district with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Since 1998 the council has been a unitary authority , being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council .
The borough was created in 1974 and contains the towns of Runcorn and Widnes and the civil parishes of Daresbury, Hale, Halebank, Moore, Preston Brook, and Sandymoor. [5] Since 1998, Halton Borough Council has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. [6]
Wharton was first elected to Halton Borough Council in 2002 for the ward of Hale Village. [2] Around 2006, Wharton was given the Halton Borough Council portfolio for resources, which placed him in charge of producing the council's annual budget. Four years later, he became the deputy leader of the council.
On the upper floor are reception rooms and a kitchen. A more modern council chamber has been added to the rear. The entrance hall has a mosaic floor, probably by Minton, in the centre of which is the figure of a young girl's head, possibly the daughter of Thomas Johnson. The mayor's parlour has an unusual feature, a window above the fireplace.
In 2008–2010, Liverpool had the UK's fastest growing economy outside London, one of the UK's top three biomedical centres, and has the UK's second largest wealth management industry. [38] [39] The region is largely monocentric with Liverpool as the dominant employment centre, however economic activity is widely spread across the six districts.
Its area includes the City of Liverpool local authority area, the Metropolitan Boroughs of Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, and Wirral, and the Borough of Halton. It was established on 1 April 2014 by statutory instrument under the provisions of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 .
The importance of Halton declined with the coming of the Industrial Revolution and the development of the chemical and other industries in Runcorn. [8] Halton was formerly a township and chapelry in the parish of Runcorn. [9] In 1866, Halton became a separate civil parish. [10] On 1 April 1967, the parish was abolished and merged with Runcorn. [11]
Halton Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Halton Borough Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Halton in Cheshire , England .