Unitary authorities of England

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In England, a unitary authority or unitary council is a type of local authority that performs all local government functions, which is used in 132 of the districts of England. The unitary authority system replaces the previous two-tier system of local government which was used near-universally across England from 1974 to 1986, in which local government responsibilities are shared between county councils and district councils. The two-tier system of local government has been replaced with the unitary system gradually over time, with the remaining two-tier areas proposed to be replaced by unitary authorities as part of the upcoming changes to local government. The districts which are under the jurisdiction of a unitary authority are also referred to as "unitary authority areas" or "unitary areas". The terms "unitary district" and, for those which are coterminous with a former two-tier county council area, "unitary county" are also sometimes used. The term unitary authority is also sometimes...

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