Southampton City Council
Southampton City Council is the local authority of the city of Southampton. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government services including council tax billing, libraries, social services, processing planning applications, waste collection and disposal, and it is a local education authority. The council runs a municipal company, 'Southampton Local Authority Trading Company', which covers various public services and until September 2020 ran 'CItizEN', a not-for-profit energy company which was absorbed into British Gas upon their takeover of the licence partner Robin Hood Energy.The council uses a leader and cabinet structure. From 2012 until May 2021 the Labour Party was in administration. The council is a member of the South East England Councils association and Key Cities, a lobby group.
Local government body in England
unitary authority in England