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uk_eng
The UK is divided into an administrative (political/economic) hierarchy like
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- Country (UK)
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- Countries* (E+NI+S+W) (see appendix)
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- Regions
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- Counties
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- District / Borough / City / Town
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- Parish / Community
Which are shaped by various linguistic, historical and political influences.
Local democracy - Councils
See Councils, which have economic and political functions.
Economic
Provision of [public goods and services](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_good_(economics) - education, social housing and care etc. Independent budgets with income raising function (through local taxation) and central government transfers.
Political
- Locally elected officials and leaders (mayors)
- Local political chambers
- They also have limited ability to create rules in the form of bye-laws
Regions
- pt iii. Regions have a limited role at time of writing (Regional Development Agencies / CA / Statistics)
Data
The data is an attempt to simplify and normalize (1,3,4 and to a limited extent 5) into a three tiered geo ragged hierarchy with shape file and linked public bodies.
Working with the data
- The column features will point you to the relevant subsets within the geojson reference
- It is a little redundant to say, but seeks to apply MECE principle ie. None intersecting and exhaustive.
- If you have issues working with some of geojsons, lookup help on "bowties" initially.
Appendix
- Have political chambers (assemblies), elected leaders (S+W+NI Holyrood, Cardiff, Stormount), independent budgets and ability to create legislation (rules) that are not considered a "common" to the UK e.g Defense, Maritime
- UK parliment (Westminster) creates legislation to cover the collective common and England.
For fun
- A catchy melody by Röyksopp (NO), detailing a day in the life of a Londoner.
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