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PurpleLass · 03-05-2005, 14:06

Theoretically, you don't need the two tiers. Blackburn with Darwen is a unitary authority and as far as I understand (I may be wrong) they don't answer to Lancashire County Council.

Lancs CC manage things across the county like schools, fire service, libraries, ambulances, etc that are better managed centrally and HBC manage local things that are unique to Hyndburn like parks, roads, police, etc.

In theory any borough council could become a unitary authority and separate itself from the county council but they would have to prove that they were capable of managing all those things alone - can you honestly see HBC being able to prove that they were capable?

03-05-2005, 14:06	#2
PurpleLass Full Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 269 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 42	Re: Lancashire County Council Theoretically, you don't need the two tiers. Blackburn with Darwen is a unitary authority and as far as I understand (I may be wrong) they don't answer to Lancashire County Council. Lancs CC manage things across the county like schools, fire service, libraries, ambulances, etc that are better managed centrally and HBC manage local things that are unique to Hyndburn like parks, roads, police, etc. In theory any borough council could become a unitary authority and separate itself from the county council but they would have to prove that they were capable of managing all those things alone - can you honestly see HBC being able to prove that they were capable?