The Budget and the annual Finance Bill
This briefing examines the way that Parliament scrutinises the Government's proposals for taxation, set out in the annual Budget statement.
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Councillors and Council Control: 1979-2009 (49 KB , PDF)
The following note looks at the number of councillors by party in Great Britain since 1979.
In 2009 there were around 4,700 fewer councillors in Great Britain than in 1979. This is as a result of numerous changes to the structure of local authorities, particularly the introduction of unitary authorities in Wales and Scotland in 1995, when the number of councillors fell by 1,605.
In 2009 the Conservatives are 5,270 councillors better off compared to 1996 when they had 4,276 councillors. Labour has less than half the number of councillors compared to 1996 (11,000). The Conservatives have also seen a gradual increase in the number of councils it controlled in England since 1998 when they had 24 compared to 209 in 2009. Labour on the other hand had seen a steady decrease since 1998 when they controlled 140 councils to the current level of 37 councils in 2009.
Documents to download
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Councillors and Council Control: 1979-2009 (49 KB , PDF)
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Local growth funds
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History of local government in English towns and cities
Historically, towns and cities could gain powers of self-government not available to other areas. Successive local government reforms have changed the system.
