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From 1974 until 1986 the borough council was a lower-tier district authority, with Tyne and Wear County Council providing county-level services. The county council was abolished in 1986, since when the borough council has provided both district-level and county-level services, as the old county borough of Gateshead had done prior to 1974.
Basildon Council in Essex introduced fortnightly black bin days and a new recycling system last year. A total 72.3% of people who responded to a public consultation wanted the collections to ...
The Archives Service was established in 1974 by Tyne and Wear County Council, drawing in the collections of the former Newcastle Archives Office, which closed. On the abolition of the county council in the local government reorganisation of 1986 Tyne and Wear Archives Service became a joint service of the five metropolitan districts, managed by Gateshead Council.
A council in Lincolnshire has received a national award for its waste collection services. South Kesteven District Council's (SKDC) bin crews have been named the most improved performer at the ...
Result of the council election when these seats were last contested in 2021 Result of the most recent council election in 2023. The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974.
Last year, a combination of a new system and a pause during the Christmas period lead to a waste collection backlog that took weeks to clear and cost the council a £2 million overspend.
After Tyne and Wear County Council was abolished in April 1986, Gateshead Council took on significant extra responsibilities from the county council and the old town hall was considered inadequate for the expanded role. [2] The new building, which was designed by the borough's Director of Architecture, D W Robson, was completed in 1987. [3]
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