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Are there local elections near me? Map shows where votes are on 1 May

AOL 22 Apr 2025
Eight are taking place in unitary authorities, they are ... of councils, merging smaller district councils with larger local county councils to create single unitary authorities.How do I register to vote.
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Nigel Farage just as likely to be next PM as Keir Starmer, poll finds - ...

The Daily Mail 20 Apr 2025
Nigel Farage is as likely as Sir Keir Starmer to become the new prime minister after the next election, according to a new poll ... Read More ... 'We've got to see the long-term contracts that many of these county or unitary authorities have signed up to ... .
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DAN HODGES: Hope you enjoyed your break, Sir Keir - you're about to walk into ...

The Daily Mail 19 Apr 2025
Number 10 officials are glad Keir Starmer chose the past week to be on holiday ... ‘On the estates our support is collapsing ... Next month the pieces of that precious vessel will lay scattered across Britain’s shires, unitary authorities and mayoralties ... .
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How voter fraud in the UK has enabled the Muslim rape gangs

The Exposé 17 Apr 2025
The 2025 United Kingdom local elections will be held on 1 May 2025 for 1,641 council seats across 24 local authorities. All seats on 14 county councils and eight unitary authorities in England will be up for election ... Related.
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Second homes tax cash not being spent on local housing, councils admit

AOL 17 Apr 2025
Local authorities have been ... While district councils collect council tax from second home owners, the majority of this money is then given to the unitary authority who decide how the money is spent.
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Mike's Minute: We need to amalgamate councils

NewstalkZB 16 Apr 2025
My fun fact of the week, not that it's that fun or even new, given it's been around if you could be bothered looking.  ... On the upside there is talk of as few as 13 unitary authorities ... We have authorities for handfuls of thousands of people ... .
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The Guardian view on Birmingham’s bin strikes: a wake-up call for Labour

The Observer 16 Apr 2025
In the 1890s, a visiting American journalist described Birmingham as “the in the world” ... The 1.1 million or so residents in the United Kingdom’s largest unitary authority are thus receiving the rawest of raw deals ... Share. Reuse this content. .
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Rayner’s employment law ‘will pave way for more bin strikes’

The Daily Telegraph 16 Apr 2025
Sir Andrew, the MP for Sutton Coldfield, said the change would make it “easier” for unions to wreak havoc. He said ... This is a lazy and opportunistic attack by a Conservative Party that inflicted the sharpest cuts on Birmingham of any unitary authority.
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Reform UK would ‘get the auditors in’ to councils over DEI and ergonomic chairs

London Evening Standard 15 Apr 2025
Party leader Nigel Farage said ‘we’ve got to see the long-term contracts that many of these county or unitary authorities have signed up to’ ... .
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Farage warns Reform is parking its 'tanks' on Labour's lawn and of 'Nige-mare on Downing ...

The Daily Mail 15 Apr 2025
Nigel Farage launched the Reform party's local election campaign in Durham yesterday ... Your browser does not support iframes ... He added. ‘We’ve got to see the long-term contracts that many of these county or unitary authorities have signed up to ... Labour. .
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Bin workers across North Yorkshire to switch to four-day weeks

BBC News 13 Apr 2025
The changes are a result of the amalgamation of the county's old borough and district councils into North Yorkshire's unitary authority ... it could save the authority about £560,000 a year.
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Nigel Farage helps vigilante gardener fill in 'monstrous' potholes with flowers as Reform leader says ...

The Daily Mail 12 Apr 2025
Moreover, three councils, including Blackpool Unitary Authority and Tameside Council, alongside the London Borough of Bexley, failed to fill in a single pothole or resurface any of their roads last year.
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How Birmingham became Britain’s scapegoat

New Statesman 12 Apr 2025
Serving over 1.1 million residents, Birmingham City Council is not only the largest unitary authority in the UK by population, but all of Europe ... author, historian and Brummie Richard Vinen told me.
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Local elections: What does your West Midlands council do for you?

BBC News 11 Apr 2025
For example, Shropshire Council, external is a unitary authority, which means they provide all front-line local services - from kerbside bin collections, to social care, planning and council tax collections.
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Local elections: From where they are to what they're all for - your ultimate guide

AOL 10 Apr 2025
Unitary authorities ... A unitary authority is a one-tier local government, where the services of a county council and the other smaller councils listed above are combined ... to become unitary authorities.
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