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1990s UK local government reform
The structure of
local government in the United Kingdom
underwent large changes in the 1990s. The system of two-tier local government introduced in the 1970s by the
Local Government Act 1972
and the
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
was abolished in
Scotland
and
Wales
on 1 April 1996 and replaced with
unitary authorities
. In
England
, some areas remained two-tier but many unitary authorities were created. No changes were made to
local government in Northern Ireland
.
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