Local government matters
Local government matters to local communities. Over 21,000 elected councillors serve on some 410 local authorities in England and Wales.
Over two million people work in local councils, across a range of some 700 different services.
You can find out more about Salford City Council from this website. Just return to our home page and explore.
The following pages provide a snapshot of interesting facts and figures to try and reflect the size and scale of local government across the country and to demonstrate how local councils represent their communities.
- People and voting
- Community safety & crime reduction
- Councillors and communities
- Social services and health
- Standards and improvement
- Education & lifelong learning
- Taxing and spending
- Housing
- Jobs & careers in local government
- Arts, sports and culture
- Tackling disadvantage & rebuilding communities
- Environment
- Transport
- Cities, seaside & countryside
- Planning & regulation
The information quoted on the above pages was provided by the Local Government Association, and figures quoted were correct at October 2006.
This page was last updated on 09 August 2007
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