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City of Wolverhampton Council is the local authority for the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, England. Wolverhampton has had an elected local authority since 1848, which has been reformed several times. Since 1974 the council has been a metropolitan borough council. It provides the majority of local government services in the city.
In the financial year 2019/20, local authorities received 22% of their funding from grants, 52% from council tax and 27% from retained business rates. [61] In the financial year 2023/24, 51% of revenue expenditure is expected to come from UK Government grants, 31% from council tax and 15% from retained business rates. [27]
The authority said fly-tipping costs Wolverhampton taxpayers around £300,000 a year and since the start of January last year, 52, £400 fixed penalty notices have been issued.
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.
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Wolverhampton Homes is an Arms-length Management Organisation (ALMO) [1] [2] which manages properties owned by Wolverhampton City Council, [3] in Wolverhampton, England. It was established in 2005 and is a registered member of the National Federation of ALMOs. [ 4 ]
Wolverhampton is a strong Labour council. The party have controlled the council for most of its history, only failing to win a majority in 1987, 1992, 2008, and 2010. [1] The 2023 election was for the entire council on new ward boundaries. [2] In that election, Labour won 47 seats with 57.2% of the vote, and the Conservatives won 13 with 37.0%.
The abolition of the West Midlands County Council in 1986 left the county without a single authority covering the whole area, although some council functions continued to be provided jointly, through the West Midlands Joint Committee, the West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority, West Midlands Police (initially under the oversight of the West Midlands Police Authority and currently ...