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There are 317 local authorities covering the whole of England. [7] There are five main types of local authorities: London borough councils, two-tier county and district councils, metropolitan district councils and unitary authorities. [7] Some local authorities have borough, city or royal borough status, but this is purely stylistic. [12]
Local government in Wales; For the history of local government in each country, see: History of local government in England; History of local government in Northern Ireland; History of local government in Scotland; History of local government in Wales; For local government entities in each country, see Category:Local authorities of England ...
Local Government Act 1894; Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898; London Government Act 1899; Local Government Act 1929; London Government Act 1963; Redcliffe-Maud Report (1969) Local Government Act 1972; Streamlining the cities (1983) Local Government Act 1985; Local Government Act 1988; Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994; Local ...
Pages in category "Local government in England" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
England's 317 local authorities are made up of: 32 London borough councils, 21 county councils and 164 district councils (two tiers of local government which share responsibility for the same physical area), 36 metropolitan district councils, 62 unitary authorities, and 2 sui generis authorities, the City of London Corporation and Council of ...
A combined county authority (CCA) is a similar type of local government institution introduced in England outside Greater London by the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023, but may only be formed by upper-tier authorities: county councils and unitary authorities. The members of the CCA are appointed by its constituent councils.
At the same time, parish-level local government administration was transferred to civil parishes. Another reform in 1900 created 28 metropolitan boroughs as sub-divisions of the County of London. The setting-down of the current structure of districts in England began in 1965, when Greater London and its 32 London boroughs were created. They are ...
The unitary authorities of England are a type of local authority responsible for all local government services in an area. They combine the functions of a non-metropolitan county council and a non-metropolitan district council, which elsewhere in England provide two tiers of local government.