In practice it is most common for Orders in Council made under the Act to be in furtherance of European Union objectives, an example being under Title V of the Treaty on European Union (provisions on a common foreign and security policy).
Centrica, which spent £100m on a 25% share of Cuadrilla's fracking operation in the county, said: "The most common theme [of a county council meeting] was that separate onshore regulation is needed of shale, they clearly don't feel totally comfortable with the current situation/or understand how it will work".
The mayor-council type is most common, though several cities operate under a city-manager council plan.
In the municipalities there is no uniform system of government; the mayor-council form is most common, but some cities have a commission, and some employ a city manager.
Dog mess is one of the most common causes of complaints to local councils and four out of 10 people consider it a problem in their local area, says the campaign group Keep Britain Tidy.
The charity said the most common debts referred by local authorities were council tax arrears, business rate arrears and parking fines.
The questions were: 'What circumstances/factors have, until today, facilitated the council's implementation of the RG? Mention the three most common circumstances/factors.'; 'What circumstances/factors have, until today, been potential barriers to the council's implementation of the RG? Mention the three most common potential barriers'.
Mirroring the HSCIC statistics, India is the second most common country of qualification after Britain, according to the council, which says 25,122 doctors registered in the UK were trained in the world's second most populous nation.
"Consumer debts like credit cards and personal loans have traditionally been the most common debt problems that come through our doors, but since the end of council tax benefit we've seen council tax arrears problems go through the roof.
Council tax, for instance, is one of the most common problem areas, according to National Debtline.
