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Area committee

Many large local government councils in the United Kingdom have a system of area committees or area boards, which involve local people and organisations in decisions affecting council spending within their area. They cover a geographical area such as a group of parishes, one or more electoral wards, or a local authority district.

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Many large local government councils in the United Kingdom have a system of area committees1 or area boards,2 which involve local people and organisations in decisions affecting council spending within their area. They cover a geographical area such as a group of parishes, one or more electoral wards, or a local authority district.

See also

See also

  • Municipal district (Ireland), part of a county whose government is partly delegated by the county council to a committee comprising those councillors from the local electoral areas within the district
References

References

  1. "Your local area committees". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 19 May 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  2. "Area boards". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 22 January 2022.