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[[Category: Organisations]]

[[Unitary Authorities]] are single tier authorities which replace the two tier [[Local Authority]] structure of an upper tier [[Wikipedia:County council|County Council]] and the lower tier [[Wikipedia:Districts of England|district, borough or city councils]]. [[Unitary Authorities]] carry out all of the services and functions carried out by the County Council and the district or borough councils combined. [[Unitary Authorities]] are both [[Waste Collection Authority|Waste Collection Authorities]] and [[Waste Disposal Authority|Waste Disposal Authorities]]

[[Unitary Authorities]] are single tier authorities which replace the two tier [[Local Authority]] structure of an upper tier '''[[Wikipedia:County council|County Council]]''' and the lower tier '''[[Wikipedia:Districts of England|district, borough or city councils]]'''. [[Unitary Authorities]] carry out all of the services and functions carried out by the County Council and the district or borough councils combined. [[Unitary Authorities]] are both [[Waste Collection Authority|Waste Collection Authorities]] and [[Waste Disposal Authority|Waste Disposal Authorities]]

Within England there are 58 [[Unitary Authorities]]<ref name="LGA">[https://www.gov.uk/guidance/local-government-structure-and-elections/ Local Government Asociation]</ref>. They provide all local government services in their areas. These are mainly in the cities, urban areas and larger towns e.g. [[Luton Borough Council]], [[Blackpool Borough Council]] and [[Bath and North East Somerset Council]], although there are now six shire county councils that are unitary (i.e. have no district councils beneath them) e.g. Cornwall, Northumberland and Wiltshire<ref name="LGA" />.

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 [[Category: Organisations]]
-[[Unitary Authorities]] are single tier authorities which replace the two tier [[Local Authority]] structure of an upper tier [[Wikipedia:County council|County Council]] and the lower tier [[Wikipedia:Districts of England|district, borough or city councils]]. [[Unitary Authorities]] carry out all of the services and functions carried out by the County Council and the district or borough councils combined. [[Unitary Authorities]] are both [[Waste Collection Authority|Waste Collection Authorities]] and [[Waste Disposal Authority|Waste Disposal Authorities]]
+[[Unitary Authorities]] are single tier authorities which replace the two tier [[Local Authority]] structure of an upper tier '''[[Wikipedia:County council|County Council]]''' and the lower tier '''[[Wikipedia:Districts of England|district, borough or city councils]]'''. [[Unitary Authorities]] carry out all of the services and functions carried out by the County Council and the district or borough councils combined. [[Unitary Authorities]] are both [[Waste Collection Authority|Waste Collection Authorities]] and [[Waste Disposal Authority|Waste Disposal Authorities]]
 Within England there are 58 [[Unitary Authorities]]<ref name="LGA">[https://www.gov.uk/guidance/local-government-structure-and-elections/ Local Government Asociation]</ref>. They provide all local government services in their areas. These are mainly in the cities, urban areas and larger towns e.g. [[Luton Borough Council]], [[Blackpool Borough Council]] and [[Bath and North East Somerset Council]], although there are now six shire county councils that are unitary (i.e. have no district councils beneath them) e.g. Cornwall, Northumberland and Wiltshire<ref name="LGA" />.