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Its main effect was to abolish the six county councils of the metropolitan counties that had been set up in 1974, 11 years earlier, by the Local Government Act 1972, along with the Greater London Council that had been established in 1965.
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In their place many single purpose authorities known collectively as 'joint authorities' were established for fire service, police and passenger transport.
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An ad hoc education authority was established for Inner London and a planning authority for Greater London.
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The legislation permitted councils to form 'joint arrangements' for waste disposal and other services that they wished to provide together.
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Time-limited residuary bodies were created to dispose of the assets of the former authorities.
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Following the victory of the Conservative Party at the 1979 general election, Margaret Thatcher's government were involved in a series of high-profile disputes with the GLC and Metropolitan County Councils.
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All of the authorities were controlled by, or came under the control of the opposition Labour Party during Thatcher's first term.
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