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The LHA system is a form of housing benefit administered, along with council tax benefit, by the local authority in whose area the property being rented lies. For those areas where there is two-tier local government Housing Benefit is administered by the district or borough council layer of local government.
The Greater Manchester Council was abolished in 1986, after which Bolton became a unitary authority, providing all local government services. Bolton Council unsuccessfully petitioned Elizabeth II for the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton to be granted city status in 1992 (the Queen's 40th year as monarch), in 2000 (for the Millennium celebrations ...
Housing Benefit is a means-tested social security benefit in the United Kingdom that is intended to help meet housing costs for rented accommodation. It is the second biggest item in the Department for Work and Pensions ' budget after the state pension, totalling £23.8 billion in 2013–14.
The council styles itself Bolton Council rather than its full formal name of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council. [6] 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 Manchester's ...
[11] [12] As a County Borough, Bolton was independent of the administration of Lancashire County Council, although it remained part of the county for judicial, shrievalty and lieutenancy purposes. In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972 , the County Borough of Bolton was abolished and its territory transferred to Greater Manchester to form ...
This is a list of notable council estates. Public housing in the United Kingdom has typically consisted of council houses , often built in the form of large estates by local government councils. Becontree in The London Borough of Barking & Dagenham is generally considered to be the largest council estate (in terms of population).
On Wednesday night's Claim to Fame season 3 finale, Michael Bolton's nephew, Adam Christoferson, was declared the winner of a $100,000 prize after correctly guessing that his opponents were ...
The Council Chamber, Bolton Town Hall. The original building on a rectangular plan is designed in the neoclassical style in the form of a temple with a tall baroque -style clocktower. The town hall has a high basement storey and two principal floors above in sandstone ashlar which is rusticated at basement level.