About Leicestershire County Council

Leicestershire County Council provides a wide range of services to over 600,000 local people. Information about our services, role and work with partners can be found here. We provide some services on-line, enable you to make your views known and link to other public services in Leicestershire.

Leicestershire is in the east midlands region of England and the County Council covers seven district council areas. The main centres of population in the county are market towns, but the population is split between a few small urban areas, extensive suburban areas and a range of rural settlements. The county includes the towns of Loughborough and Melton Mowbray to the north, Market Harborough to the south east and Hinckley and Ashby-de-la Zouch to the west.

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The council has 55 members and the political composition of the council is 36 Conservatives, 14 Liberal Democrats, 4 Labour and 1 BNP. The County Council has had its current administrative boundaries since 1997, when Leicester City and Rutland both became unitary authorities.

The council has a leader and cabinet model with a scrutiny commission, scrutiny committees and a number of regulatory bodies.

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The council's services are delivered by five departments that work together to provide services to local people.

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The 2009 / 2010 budget for the council is about £326 million, and approximately 15,000 staff are employed in delivering council services.

These services include

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