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The 2024 United Kingdom local elections took place on 2 May 2024 to choose 2,658 councillors on 107 councils in England, 11 directly elected mayors in England, the 25 members of the London Assembly, and 37 police and crime commissioners in England and Wales. The 2024 Blackpool South parliamentary by-election was held on the same day. [2]
The history of local government in England is one of gradual change and evolution since the Middle Ages. England has never possessed a formal written constitution, with the result that modern administration (and the judicial system) is based on precedent, and is derived from administrative powers granted (usually by the Crown) to older systems, such as that of the shires.
The UK is the best site in Europe for wind energy, and wind power production is its fastest-growing supply. In 2021, the UK was the world's 14th-largest consumer of energy and the 22nd-largest producer. [326] The UK is home to many large energy companies, including two of the six major oil and gas companies – BP and Shell. [327]
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The Greens announced a 'Charter for Small Business', which pledged £2 billion per year in grant funding for local authorities, regional mutual banks for investment in decarbonisation and local economic sustainability, and increasing annual public subsidies for rail and bus travel to £10 billion.
The 2025 United Kingdom local elections will be held on 1 May 2025. [2] All seats on all 21 county councils in England and nine unitary authorities in England will be up for election. They will be the first local elections following the 2024 general election. Two existing combined authority mayors and two existing single authority mayors will ...
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