What is Salford City Council?
'''Salford City Council''' is the local authority of the [[City of Salford]] in [[Greater Manchester]]. It is a [[metropolitan borough council]], one of the ten in Greater Manchester. It was set up by the the [[Local Government Act 1972]]. It runs most of the [[local government]] services in Salford. It is part of the [[Greater Manchester Combined Authority]]. The directly elected mayor is [[Paul Dennett]]. Since 1973, political control of the council has been held by the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party.]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC NEWS {{!}} Election 2008 {{!}} Salford council|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/br.stm|access-date=2023-04-02|website=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Salford]] [[Category:City councils]] {{UK-stub}}