Local Government in the United Kingdom
(2023)
Book Chapter
Bailey, S., & Christidis, A. (2023). Local Government in the United Kingdom. In M. Nicolini, & A. Valdesalici (Eds.), Local Governance in Multi-Layered Systems: A Comparative Legal Study in the Federal-Local Connection (301-330). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41792-4_14
Local government in the UK is complex, comprising a separate system for each of the UK’s four nations. These are the product of centuries of history. It lacks autonomy guaranteed by law and the four systems are among the most centralised in the world... Read More about Local Government in the United Kingdom.