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The council is the successor to the county council of the administrative county of Lancashire, which was created on 1 April 1889. The council was abolished and reconstituted in 1974, when local government in England was reformed and a non-metropolitan county of Lancashire was created, governed by a county council and thirteen district councils.
However at the signing ceremony the leader of Lancashire county council stated that Lancashire was not a good fit for a mayor due to its rural nature. [6] Proposals for a non-mayoral combined county authority for Lancashire were approved by the new Labour Government on 19 September 2024.
Cambridgeshire County Council: August 2011 Cardiff: Iff card: Cardiff Bus: October 2010 Cheshire: Cheshire Travelcard: Cheshire County Council: 2002 Cornwall: Cornish Key: Cornwall County Council: Introduced February 2002 [75] – discontinued April 2005 [76] Crawley: The Key: Metrobus: In use in 2018. Derby: Spectrum Card: Derbyshire County ...
The Senior Railcard is an annual card available to people aged 60 and over, which gives discounts on certain types of railway ticket in Britain. The Railcard has existed in various forms since 1975; the current version is priced at £ 30.00 and is valid for one year, with a 3-year card available for £70.
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Lancashire (/ ˈ l æ ŋ k ə ʃ ər / LAN-kə-shər, /-ʃ ɪər /-sheer; abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England.It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west.
The other seven districts had all been part of the administrative county of Lancashire prior to 1974, with Lancashire County Council serving as their upper tier authority. When the metropolitan borough of Bolton was created in 1974 it was transferred to the new metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, with Greater Manchester Council providing ...
The borough Council has signed up to Lancashire's Municipal Waste Management Strategy, which specifies that the borough must recycle or compost 56% of all waste by 2015 and 61% by 2020. There are currently 2 household waste recycling centres run by Lancashire County Council in the borough.