Council governance and democracy
Welcome to the Council Governance and Democracy homepage
Governance is ‘The highest standard of transparency, integrity and accountability in the way in which the Council and its partners operate, embodied in a set of rules and procedures'. More on Governance.
This section also includes details about all your local councillors, a guide to our departmental structure and information about council meetings. Here you will find our Corporate Plan to deliver high quality services to the community.
Select a link from the list of options below:
- Benefits
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- Democracy and Elections
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- Equality and Diversity
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- Governance
- Grants
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- Marriages
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- Regeneration and Strategic Development
- Statement of accounts, budget and capital programme
- Successful City-Suburbs for Successful City-Regions
- Statistics and census information
- Supported and Sheltered housing
- Tenders and contracts
- Unitary authorities
- Ward information
