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county council
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Noun1.county council - the elected governing body of a county
governance, governing body, organisation, administration, brass, establishment, organization - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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county council n (Brit) → consiglio di contea
county council n (Brit) → consiglio di contea


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Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher decided that the Greater London Authority,led by Ken Livingstone, should be abolished and all of the new county councils created at the same time as part of the 1974 Local Government Act,also had to go.
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If the new tier of regional government is brought in it is likely to signal the end of the region's county councils.
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