Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
From 1974 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by the Greater Manchester County Council. The county council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to Greater Manchester's ten borough councils, including Tameside, with some services provided through joint committees. [5]
Manchester's borough and city statuses and its lord mayoralty passed to the new district and its council. [11] [12] In 1980, Manchester was the first council to declare itself a nuclear-free zone. In 1984 it formed an equal opportunities unit as part of its opposition to Section 28. [13]
The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. Its largest town is Rochdale and the wider borough covers other outlying towns and villages, including Heywood, Littleborough, Middleton & Milnrow. It is the ninth-largest district by population in Greater Manchester with a population of 226,992 in ...
Mar. 25—MANCHESTER — The Board of Directors is considering phasing in new property assessments to avoid a big jump in some residential tax bills. Town staff have recommended against the phase ...
Jun. 12—Facing about $20 million in unanticipated costs, Manchester aldermen are looking at creating a special tax district to help fund planned transportation infrastructure improvements from ...
Greater Manchester was created as a metropolitan county composed of ten metropolitan boroughs on 1 April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972.From its investiture through to 31 March 1986, the county had a two-tier system of local government; district councils shared power with Greater Manchester County Council.
Jun. 9—For the second year in a row, Manchester aldermen failed to muster enough support to override the city's cap on property tax revenue and expenditures, opting instead to pass a fiscal year ...
The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is south-east of central Manchester and south of Tameside.As well as the towns of Stockport, Bredbury and Marple, it includes the outlying villages and suburbs of Hazel Grove, Bramhall, Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme, Gatley, Reddish, Woodley and Romiley.