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STOCKTON ON TEES Borough Council

Stockton-on-Tees is located at the heart of the Tees Valley in the North East of England. The area is within easy reach of city shopping and leisure facilities, the coast and rural North Yorkshire, as well as being home to industrial zones. There is a mixture of urban centres, [......]

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CWMBRAN Community Council

Cwmbran Community Council serves the population of Cwmbran, within Torfaen in South Wales. The Council provides a diverse range of services for all ages, from Summer Playschemes for local children through to gardening and decorating services for the elderly or less able. ... Read more »

DACORUM Borough Council

The Borough of Dacorum is in West Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. It is composed of the main towns of Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted and Tring plus the western part of Kings Langley. Dacorum, in its present form, was created in 1974.Five smaller council areas, those [......]

HYNDBURN Borough Council

Hyndburn is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England whose council is based in Accrington. The district, formed in 1974, is named after the River Hyndburn. 2010, Hyndburn was voted the 10th best council in the Times "Best Public Sector Places [......]

MERTON London Borough

The London Borough of Merton is a borough in southwest London, England. The borough was formed under the London Government Act in 1965 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Mitcham, the Municipal Borough of Wimbledon and the Merton and Morden Urban District, all [......]

Portsmouth, City

Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island and is a significant naval port of England.

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ROCHDALE Metropolitan Borough Council

RochdaleMBC is a Metropolitain Borough in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the foothills of the Pennines on the River Roch, 5.3 miles (8.5 km) north-northwest of Oldham, and 9.8 miles (15.8 km) north-northeast of the city of Manchester. Rochdale along [......]

SURREY County Council

Between the 15th and 19th October, Surrey County Council will taking part in ‘European Local Democracy Week’, a Europe-wide event that aims to foster knowledge of local democracy and promote the idea of democratic participation at a local level.

Surrey is one [......]

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Local Government Association

The LGA is the national voice of local government and our mission is to support, promote and improve councils.

We work with councils to achieve our shared vision for local government by focusing our efforts where we can have real impact, being bold and ambitious, [......]