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From 1974 until 1998, Halton Borough Council was a lower-tier authority providing district-level services, with Cheshire County Council providing county-level services. In 1998, Halton gained responsibility for county-level services. The way this change was implemented was to create a new non-metropolitan county of Halton covering the same area ...
In 2023 Wharton hit out at the Conservative UK Government after Halton Borough Council was forced to close a number of supporting services for children in Halton due to a lack of funding, Wharton was on record in the council meeting saying that the funding of local authorities was not a priority for the government, Wharton further went on to ...
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]
In 1932, Runcorn Urban District Council bought the house and the remainder of the grounds, a total of 11 + 3 ⁄ 4 acres (4.8 ha), for £2,250 (equivalent to £200,000 in 2023). [9] [10] The following year, the building was converted into the offices of the Runcorn Urban District Council which relocated from Waterloo House in Waterloo Road. [11]
Frodsham was the headquarters of Runcorn Rural District Council. In 1974 the district was split between Halton Borough Council, Warrington Borough Council and Vale Royal District Council (latterly Vale Royal Borough Council). In the early 1990s Vale Royal Borough Council opened a new purpose-built headquarters in Winsford.
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 .
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From 2024, the ceremonial county of Cheshire (which comprises the unitary authorities of Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire East, Halton and Warrington) is divided into twelve parliamentary constituencies; one borough constituency, and 11 county constituencies.