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Local Government Act

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1972–1985Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1972

Edward Heath1972

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Local Government Act 1972 reorganises local government in England and Wales

1985

Margaret Hilda Thatcher1985

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Local Government Act 1985 abolishes the Greater London Council and metropolitan county councils

Names involved

Edward HeathMargaret Hilda Thatcher

Provenance

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