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unitary

[yoo-ni-ter-ee] / ˈyu nɪˌtɛr i /










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All 10 city, county, district and borough councils in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent are due to be abolished and replaced with new unitary authorities.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Southend-on-Sea City Council leader Daniel Cowan, who led on the five district proposal, said his team could draw on almost "thirty years" of already being a unitary authority.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

The new all-purpose councils - known as unitary authorities - are due to take effect in 2028 for a county of 1.9 million people.

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

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




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