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City of Doncaster Council is the local authority of the City of Doncaster, a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire, England. Prior to being awarded city status in 2022 the council was called Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council .
The old Doncaster Guildhall in 1911 The first municipal building in the town had its origins in the ruins of the Church of St Mary Magdalene which was built in the Market Place in around 1130. [ 1 ] Civic leaders acquired the old church in 1557 and converted the surviving chancel and nave into a town hall: the structure was rebuilt to a ...
A leaflet explaining the Community Charge (the so-called "poll tax"), Department of the Environment, April 1989. The Community Charge, commonly known as the poll tax, was a system of local taxation introduced by Margaret Thatcher's government whereby each taxpayer was taxed the same fixed sum (a "poll tax" or "head tax"), with the precise amount being set by each local authority.
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The Commission felt that this, along with evidence that the council had not been well run for 15 years, was leading to a loss of public confidence. [9] The Commission's report was issued in April 2010. It found that Doncaster was a dysfunctional authority and that there were three factors preventing the council from providing good governance: [10]
Jones served as Civic mayor of Doncaster in 2009–10. [5] Jones was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to local government. [6] In the 2018 World Mayor prize, Jones came runner up. [7] Jones retained her Mayor of Doncaster position in the 2021 election. [8]
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It elects 2 councillors to Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council. The ward is named after the Roman Ridge , a bridleway that was an ancient Roman road. In 2011 it had a population of 11,229.