📓 Chapter 5: The UK Government, the Law and Your Role

5.2.8 Local government and councils

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Towns, cities, and rural areas in the UK are governed by local authorities (councils). Councils provide local services such as education, planning, roads, refuse collection, libraries, and social services. Local councillors are elected by local residents. Council tax is a local tax that helps pay for local services. The amount depends on the value of your property.

Key Facts

  • Local authorities (councils) provide local services
  • Services: education, planning, roads, refuse, libraries, social services
  • Council tax — local tax based on property value
Local government and councils
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  • Local councils āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻž, āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž, āφāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϜāύāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϞāĻžāχāĻŦā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώ⧇āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
    • Local authorities (councils) āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώ⧇āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
    • āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώ⧇āĻŦāĻž: āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž, āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž, āφāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϜāύāĻž, āϞāĻžāχāĻŦā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŋ, āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϜāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώ⧇āĻŦāĻžāĨ¤
    • Council tax — āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĨ¤
  • Council tax āĻšāϞ⧋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰ āϝāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώ⧇āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ⧇ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
    • Local authorities (councils) āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώ⧇āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
    • āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώ⧇āĻŦāĻž: āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž, āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž, āφāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϜāύāĻž, āϞāĻžāχāĻŦā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŋ, āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϜāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώ⧇āĻŦāĻžāĨ¤
    • Council tax — āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĨ¤

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