Sentence examples for metropolitan authorities from inspiring English sources

Massive metropolitan authorities have the effect of squashing local identity.

The abolition of the metropolitan authorities removed an important line of accountability.

In the area of housing, the metropolitan authorities have been unable to meet the needs of the urban poor.

In total, there are 161 councils in England holding elections on Thursday - this involves 19 unitary authorities, 36 metropolitan authorities, 32 London boroughs and 74 non-metropolitan districts.

In 1984, he was one of 17 Conservatives to vote against the bill paving the way for the abolition of the GLC and six metropolitan authorities.

At her lofty peak, Thatcher abolished the Greater London Council and other metropolitan authorities around England partly because they gave her Labour opponents an alternative platform.

Sir Richard has said that he wants full devolution of all £22 billion of state spending to the metropolitan authority.

Despite grand plans by the metropolitan authority, the dilapidated road network is still the talk of the town.

Library campaigners criticised the figures for presenting an incomplete picture, with the largest metropolitan authority, Birmingham, among those not supplying figures.

The chairman had hoped to use a general meeting to declare the festival's independence from government control, despite the metropolitan authority's status as the event's largest stockholder and main funding body.

In this case, we have used the mapping and addressing to develop a system of municipal revenue generation – council tax – to help the metropolitan authority pay for public services.