Pollyanna Perkins is a director of adult social care for a large local authority.

Many larger authorities maintain a separate register of interests which is available for public inspection.

Many larger authorities now provide secretarial and other supportive services for members.

The Conservative administration, whose party members do not often control these large urban authorities, has shown no interest in this matter.

In 1972 it expected that the new system of fewer and larger local authorities would prove more efficient.

When their report was published in 1969, they recommended a system of large unitary authorities.

The implication is that greatest efficiency comes with fewer, larger authorities.

Without a large central authority and its laws, the pirates themselves started to gain much influence.

The state's largest authorities have accumulated more than $120 million in debt.

The council has 52 elected members and is the largest local authority in Ireland.