- Caring and supporting children, young people and families
- caring for the elderly and vulnerable and people with disabilities and mental health problems
- public health and supporting people with drug or alcohol problems
- Fire and Rescue Service
- road maintenance and safety
- coordinating bus services and providing home to school transport for children
- recycling and waste disposal
- responding to major planning applications – for example, housing and mineral extraction
- economic development
- providing libraries, archives and local studies material
- protecting consumers against poor quality goods and services and upholding fair trading laws
- community safety (crime / anti-social behaviour reduction initiatives) and emergency planning.
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