unitary
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The five-council model conflicts with the proposal championed by Essex County Council, which had favoured setting up just three unitary councils.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
Twenty-nine councils have had their elections postponed this year so they can focus on local government reorganisation, which will see fewer all purpose unitary authorities replace existing councils.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026
"There will be more responsibilities as well – perhaps those unitary authorities don't wish to take on and town and parish councils could feel that void."
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026
The existing county council and six district councils would disappear - with Cheltenham joining Tewkesbury and the Cotswold district in a new eastern unitary authority.
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026
She had edited it herself and toned down his rhetoric, so that his argument—that only a unitary government could remove the divisions of regionalism—was clearer.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing unitary
Foundations of Government and Citizenship
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5th Grade Government Vocabulary, List 4
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