Complex sentence: These are effectively the same thing as the unitary authorities, as the metropolitan county councils were abolished in 1986 with most of their powers devolved to the districts, although they run some services jointly with other metropolitan districts within their counties.
Split into simpler sentences: These are effectively the same thing as the unitary authorities, as the metropolitan county councils were abolished in 1986, with most of their powers devolved to the districts. Although they run some services jointly with other metropolitan districts within their counties.