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Aneta Tunicka LOCAL GOVERNMENT VS. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT Some countries, such as the USA and Canada, are federal. They consist of states, each of which has its government which has power to make its own laws and collect taxes. In these countries the governments are given powers by the states and this is the only reason why they have powers. In Britain it is the other way around. Local government authorities (generally known as "counsils") are given powers by the national government. Actually, they only exist because the national government allows them to exist. The system of local government is very similar to the system of national government. There are elected representatives, called councillors (the equivalent of MP's). They meet in a council chamber in the Town Hall or County Hall (the equivalent of Parliament), where they make policy which is implemented by local government officers (equivalent of civil servants). People in Britain have...

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