county council

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county council - the elected governing body of a county

governance, governing body, organisation, administration, brass, establishment, organization - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"

Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

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county council

n (Brit) → consiglio di contea

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This act for extending county council control is practically his bill; so you may say he's in the government even before he's in the House."

"I bet the squire's a bigger pot than the county council in that county.

Why don't we give the squire's land to the squire's tenants, instead of dragging in the county council?"

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He talked of pink and pig-skin breeches, of foxes at Ring's Bottom, where now the County Council pauper lunatics were enclosed, of Lady Bone's chintzes and crinolines.

More people were run over in the streets upon that one day, than in the previous three months, and a County Council steamboat, the Isaac Walton, collided with a pier of Westminster Bridge, and narrowly escaped disaster by running ashore--it was low water--on the mud on the south side.

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Startled by this discovery and seeing herself pacing a circle all the days of her life round Picadilly Circus she was greatly relieved to pass a building put up by the London County Council for Night Schools.

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Some town and parish councils pay for their own services to top up the county council's offer.

Grounds for concern over changes

Flintshire County Council's Armed Forces Champion, councillor Andy Dunbobbin, said: "Flintshire County Council is committed to the Armed Forces Covenant.

Council proud to raise Red Ensign to celebrate Merchant Navy Day

He wrote: "You may recall that over 10,500 people signed a petition back in 2016, to urge the then Labour controlled County Council not to close Helmshore Textile Museum.

Rossendale MP declares Helmshore Mills Textile Museum to RE-OPEN; Jake Berry said the county council decision was 'fantastic' news

At a meeting of the county council last week, Coun Max Hunt, county councillor for the Loughborough North West ward, asked whether the conversion of Loughborough's pedestrianised shopping area into a Pedestrian and Cycle Zone was supported by a county wide policy.

Plans for 24-hour cycle zone in town scrapped

As part of its Modern Worker programme, Surrey County Council ensured staff had MobileIron-secured iOS devices.

Surrey County, England Council picks MobileIron

Head of finance Kerry Feather said: "Flintshire County Council has sold its claims against the insolvent estate of LBI (Landsbanki).