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unitary authority
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unitary authority
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in the United Kingdom) a district administered by a single tier of local government, esp those districts of England that became administratively independent of the county councils in 1996-98


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If Mr Brown who lives in Stockton really believes that four unitary council chief executives, each on an average annual salary of pounds 150,000, equates to better services and is more cost effective than having one Teesside unity council chief executive on say pounds 175,000, he is well out of step with current public opinion.
The unitary council is setting up a unified and more stringent system of collecting council tax, which has led to some people being sent warning letters or court summonses wrongly stating they have not paid their bills.
Durham County Council bosses launched a series of meetings inviting people to give views on how the unitary council should work with local communities when it is launched in April next year.
 
 
 
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