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Originally Posted by Madhatter
so your saying that blackburn and darwin are both borough and county and local, in the middle of a county where all other areas have a county council. they are in effect their own county like manchester.
how does the budget get divided then, because at the moment some of your council tax goes to county. That means they have to raise entire funds to do everything themselves from tax, which as they are a high density area is quite possible, but if accrington followed, could accrington.
I can't see what you have to gain, and can see that you have lots to lose.
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Your right. Blackburn and Blackpool are two unitary Councils, they provide all services and have nothing to do with County Council. Like 2 independent islands in the middle of Lancashire. Both were able to do this because their population size, twice Hyndburns, was thought sufficient to be able to run Education and Social Services. Certainly Blackburn feel they could costs by increasing size. They currently have the lowest Council Tax in East Lancashire.