0 in England, a town or city or large area that is responsible for all the functions of local government, so that these are not divided between two different authorities:
The vast majority of district and county councils that responded to our recent consultation paper on the structure of local government in England expressed their desire to become unitary authorities.
Unitary authorities provide the best means for securing local services at the lowest cost.
He said Cleveland would be best served with a unitary authority covering the current area.
Plans to impose more unitary authorities on Britain's disjointed patchwork of local government have hit a glitch after a judicial review was brought in the High Court.
Unitary authority decisions can be cavalier in the extreme.
It is a unitary authority for local government purposes.
To our knowledge, no other authority has suggested that it needs more councillors solely because of its new responsibilities as a unitary authority.
Our excellent settlement allows us to get the unitary authority off to a good start in funding its services.
