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Slough's borough status was transferred to the new district, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor, continuing Slough's series of mayors dating back to 1938. [ 7 ] From 1974 until 1998, Slough Borough Council was a lower-tier authority, with Berkshire County Council providing county-level services in the borough.
The Borough of Slough is a unitary authority with borough status in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, Southern England. The borough is centred around the town of Slough and includes Langley . It forms an urban area with parts of Buckinghamshire and extends to the villages of Burnham , Farnham Royal , George Green , and Iver .
The parishes of Slough and Stoke-in-Slough were both urban parishes and so were not given their own parish councils, but were directly administered by Slough Urban District Council, which replaced the Slough Local Board. The parish of Stoke-in-Slough was abolished in 1896, with the parish of Slough enlarged to cover the whole urban district. [3]
Council Tax is a local taxation system used in England, Scotland and Wales. It is a tax on domestic property, which was introduced in 1993 by the Local Government Finance Act 1992, replacing the short-lived Community Charge (also known as "poll tax"), which in turn replaced the domestic rates.
The parish of Bexley adopted the Local Government Act 1858 in 1880, and a local board of 15 members was formed to govern the area. [3] The local board established offices at Oxford Place, High Street, Bexley. [4] The Local Government Act 1894 reconstituted the local board's area as an urban district. [5] Bexley Urban District Council replaced ...
E-scooters are available once again across Slough after new operator Voi took over.
The new council formally came into its powers on 1 April 1965, at which point the old districts and their councils were abolished. [9] The council's full legal name is "The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Bexley". [10] Prior to 2007 the council branded itself "Bexley Council", which name is still commonly used for it. [11] [12]
Some 1,300 council staff, who were previously based in four separate locations in the borough, [10] moved into the new Bexley Civic Offices in May 2014. [ 3 ] [ 11 ] It was officially opened by the Mayor of London , Boris Johnson , in October 2014.