Leicestershire County Council
Web address: www.leics.gov.uk
Leicestershire County Council in the East Midlands covers seven district council areas. The main centres of population in the county are market towns, but the population is split between a few geographically small urban areas, extensive suburban areas and a range of rural settlements. The county includes the towns of Loughborough and Melton Mowbray to the north, Market Harborough to the southeast and Hinckley and Ashby-de-la Zouch to the west.
The county council has had its current administrative boundaries since 1997, when Leicester City and Rutland both became unitary authorities. The council has 55 members and the political composition of the council is 31 Conservatives, 13 Labour and 11 Liberal Democrats.
The council has a leader and cabinet model which was introduced in 1999, with formal adoption in 2001. In addition, a scrutiny commission, several scrutiny committees and a number of regulatory bodies were formed. At officer level, the council has reformed its structure into six departments. These departments which either provide support, or support the provision of services to local people, are Chief Executive's, Community Services, Children & Young People's Service, Highways, Transportation and Waste Management, Resources and Adult Social Care Service.
The budget for the council is about £280m, and approximately 15,000 staff are employed in delivering council services. These services include Education, Social Care, Highways, Waste Management and Community Services which includes the Libraries, Museums and Country Parks Services for the County.
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Leicester City Council
Web address: www.leicester.gov.uk
Leicester City Council is the unitary authority serving the citizens, communities and businesses of Leicester, the biggest city in the East Midlands.
With 54 councillors and over 15, 000 staff, we are responsible for delivering services to a diverse range of customers across Leicester.
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Blaby District Council
Web address: www.blaby.gov.uk
Blaby District, situated in the South West of the County of Leicestershire, covers an area of approximately 50 square miles (13,000 hectares). The District offers a diverse mix of urban and rural environments, the latter more pronounced towards the south and reflecting the District's heritage based upon agriculture and local cottage based industries. There is no principal town serving the district but there are 24 parishes varying in population from 32 residents to 14, 038 residents.
Both the M1 and M69 motorways run through the District, meeting at Junction 21 towards the north of the District, providing access to key transportation routes and a factor in the District's economic success. Major cities such as Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Coventry and Birmingham are within easy reach, whilst London is just 2 hours drive away.
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Charnwood Borough Council
Web address: www.charnwood.gov.uk
Charnwood sits centrally in the triangle formed by Nottingham, Leicester and Derby. Just over one third of the 164,800+ population live in the thriving university town of Loughborough. Of the remaining two thirds, many live in larger villages/small towns of the Soar and Wreake valleys and on the edge of Leicester. The Borough of Charnwood is divided into 28 wards.
It was formed on 1 April 1974 as a merger of the municipal borough of Loughborough, Shepshed urban district and the Barrow upon Soar Rural District. It was granted borough status on 15 May 1974.
The symbol of Charnwood BC is the fox, historically linked with Leicestershire, and this is also (confusingly) the symbol used by Leicestershire County Council. However Charnwood contains Quorn, which is believed to be the birthplace of fox-hunting.
To the south it borders Leicester, about 20 km away from Loughborough. There is a moderately urbanised A6 corridor between the towns and close to the River Soar, including Quorn, Barrow-on-Soar, Mountsorrel, Birstall, Thurmaston, Syston and East Goscote. Shepshed, to the west of Loughborough, is the other major town in the district.
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Harborough District Council
Web address: www.harborough.gov.uk
Harborough is a diverse, largely rural district located in South Leicestershire. It serves a growing population and is geographically the largest of the Leicestershire districts. The two major population and commercial centres are the market towns of Market Harborough and Lutterworth. These two towns, together with the villages of Thurnby , Bushby and Scraptoft adjoining Leicester City, and the villages of Broughton Astley , Great Glen ,Kibworth Beauchamp, Kibworth Harcourt and Fleckney accommodate 67% of the district population. The remaining residents live in villages varying from populations of several hundreds to hamlets comprising a handful of dwellings.
The district borders Warwickshire to the west, Rutland to the east, Leicester city to the north and Northamptonshire to the south.
The district is generally prosperous. ODPM statistics produced in August 2004 show it as the 18th least deprived out of all the English
administrative areas. The prosperity of the district owes much to its diverse local economic base. Although agriculture still plays an important part in the local economy, manufacturing, distribution and the service sector are of ever-increasing importance.
Harborough district is a popular residential area, and its location adds to its attraction as a place to live. Market Harborough is on the
Midland Mainline into London, with journey times of less than ninety minutes, and there is good access to the M1, M6 and the A14. Nottingham East Midlands Airport is approximately 35 miles from Market Harborough.
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Melton District Council
Web address: www.melton.gov.uk
Melton is a local government district with borough status in north-eastern Leicestershire, England. It is named after its main town, Melton Mowbray. Other settlements include Asfordby and Bottesford. It has a population of 46,861.
It was formed in 1974 from the Melton Mowbray Urban District and the Melton and Belvoir Rural District.
The district borders South Kesteven, in Lincolnshire, to the east, Rutland to the south, Charnwood to the west, and Rushcliffe and Newark and Sherwood in Nottinghamshire to the north. The north part of the district is known as the Vale of Belvoir.
The district is fairly affluent, with the third highest house prices in Leicestershire, even higher than Charnwood.
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North West Leicestershire District Council
Web address: www.nwleicestershire.gov.uk
North West Leicestershire is a local government district in Leicestershire, England. Its main towns are Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Coalville.
It contains East Midlands Airport, which has flights to the rest of Britain and various places in Europe. It is also notable for Castle Donington, site of Donington Park, a grand-prix circuit and site for music festivals.
In Parliament, it is represented by David Taylor (Labour).
This district has a long history of mineral extraction, with coal, brick clay, gravel and granite amongst the products. All the deep coal mines are now closed, but opencast continues.
It was formed in 1974 by a merger of Ashby de la Zouch Urban District, Ashby Woulds Urban District, Coalville Urban District, Ashby de la Zouch Rural District, Castle Donington Rural District and Ibstock from the Market Bosworth Rural District.
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Oadby and Wigston District Council
Email address: www.oadby-wigston.gov.uk
Oadby and Wigston is a local government district and borough in the English county of Leicestershire. It is composed of the areas of Oadby, Wigston Magna and South Wigston. It is predominantly urban, and runs directly into Leicester, to the north-west.
It is part of the Harborough constituency, and was formed in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of the Oadby and Wigston urban districts.
It is twinned with the towns of Maromme and Norderstedt.
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