Local Government Act 2000

The Local Government Act 2000 is a UK law that changed how local governments in England and Wales work. It aimed to:

 Give local councils more power to improve their local economy, society, and environment.
 Make councils switch from using committees to having a leader (like a mayor) and a cabinet to make decisions. People could vote for the mayor in some areas.
 Separate the roles in councils, so some councillors check the work of the leaders.
 Create rules for how councillors should behave, with a national group to handle complaints.
 Make councils publish how they work.

One big change was letting areas have directly elected mayors. By 2017, most local referenda on this idea failed, and only a few areas chose to have one. Out of 53 referenda only 16 resulted in a directly elected mayor. Other mayors in the UK are mostly for ceremonial purposes. Directly elected mayors are like older types of powerful mayors in Britain and some other European countries.

 References 

Category:21st century in law
Category:Legislation