• FelixCress@lemmy.world
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        24 days ago

        “number of councils”?

        The article refers to " 21 county councils operate across England, with 164 district councils acting under them".

        It is district councils which may be abolished, so the maximum number can even be 164.

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          24 days ago

          Except they do not know the number. 3 county councils are agreeing to try this out. According to the article. But nothing indicates that will lead to all district councils under them being closed.

          The number you give are nationwide. This is not happening nationwide, Only with councils willing to work with them. They do not seem to know that number.

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            24 days ago

            Read again. Instead of saying “dozens of councils” they should have said “number of councils”.

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                24 days ago

                Precisely. Which is why saying “dozens of councils” made no sense. “Number of councils due to close” covers everything from just a couple to 164 or whatever the maximum number is.

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                  23 days ago

                  a number of is generally not recommended when “Some councils…” or even “An unknown number of councils” would be better.

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    23 days ago

    I feel like one goal of this is to get rid of the blockers from housing development so that the government can try to reach their targets. I doubt we’ll see any improvements to waste collection, especially as in my area they are looking at changing the collection to every 2 weeks…