local authority
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In England people can currently qualify for local authority financial support in a residential care home if all their assets - including their home - are worth less than £23,250.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The Gironde local authority said early Monday that the fire had remained "broadly stable" overnight.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
A separate, smaller fire in a ravine near Valencia in the east meanwhile killed one person, the local authority in the affected town of Manises said on X, without giving further details.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Lewisham Council has become the first local authority in the UK to refuse to assist Home Office immigration raids wherever "legally possible".
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
About ten o'clock he announced his intention of going ashore, in order, he said, that he might confer with a certain local authority regarding their proposed departure for the south next day.
From The Red Rat's Daughter by Boothby, Guy
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