A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national government.
Bournemouth: Unitary Authority tree. The tree on the left, on the concourse of the Bournemouth Town Hall, was planted on 1 April 1997 to mark the occasion of Bournemouth council becoming a unitary authority on that day. This was part of the local government reorganisation of the late 1990s, when certain more urban districts were essentially separated from the relevant county council, with no services for Bournemouth residents now being carried out by
Districts of Northern Ireland
Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of governance or public administration within a particular sovereign state.
Meeting of Jyväskylä's city council in 1925
Taipei City Government
A town hall of Viljandi
Sastamala Town Hall in Vammala, Sastamala, Finland