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The Greater Manchester County Council (GMCC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater Manchester from 1974 to 1986. A strategic authority, with responsibilities for roads, public transport, planning, emergency services and waste disposal, it was composed of 106 directly elected members drawn from the ten metropolitan boroughs of Greater Manchester.
DoneDeal is an Irish online marketplace focused on helping buyers and sellers of cars in Ireland. In 2019, the site listed more cars for sale in Ireland than any other website. The site was founded in May 2005 by Fred Karlsson, a native of Sweden, and his Irish wife Geraldine. [1] The site currently has over 300,000 live ads.
Manchester Town Hall is an example of the Victorian architecture found in Manchester and is the home of Manchester City Council. The City of Manchester forms part of the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, which had its county council abolished (along with the other metropolitan counties) in 1986. Manchester consists of several districts ...
Of these, 21 are upper-tier authorities in a two-tier arrangement; their areas are divided into a number of non-metropolitan districts, which each have a district council. [1] The other eight county councils are unitary authorities , having taken over district functions on the abolition of districts in those counties.
The Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) was established in 1986 following the Local Government Act 1985, which abolished the Greater Manchester County Council. It has operated as a voluntary association representing the collective interests of the local authorities within Greater Manchester and as a joint committee with ...
The county council was abolished in 1986 by the Local Government Act 1985. Since April 2011, some of the borough's responsibilities have been pooled with neighbouring authorities and subsumed into the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, which covers ten boroughs including Wigan. The first elections to the borough council were held on 10 May ...
The council styles itself Trafford Council rather than its full formal name of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council. [6] [7] From 1974 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by the Greater Manchester County Council. The county council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to Greater ...
The more urban areas centre around the town and neighbouring boroughs of Bury, Oldham and Manchester. The town of Middleton is contiguous with the northeastern suburbs of Manchester and the towns of Chadderton, Failsworth and Oldham. The towns of Heywood, Littleborough and Milnrow form an urban area with Rochdale.