Leader of the Council

A Leader of the Council is the leader of the largest political group on a local government council in the United Kingdom.

United Kingdom

England and Wales

In local government in England and Wales, following the Local Government Act 2000, the position of Leader of the Council could be used in Cabinet-style councils as an executive position chairing a cabinet.[1] Councils could adopt alternative arrangements, such as the leadership role being taken by the mayor.

Scotland

In local government in Scotland the Leader of the Council is elected as the leader of the largest political grouping of councillors in a local authority. The Leader of the Council has no executive or administrative powers designated by statute, but the position is salaried.[2]

gollark: It's the internet. Roving bot things are automatically scanning probably every publicly routable device and trying exploits constantly (my webserver logs are filled with what looks like exploits on poorly designed PHP/CGI applications). Don't make their job easier.
gollark: <@428037846721626123> How could you possibly think that an internet-exposed anonymous FTP server was a good idea?
gollark: This does not appear funny, and would be in the wrong channel if it was.
gollark: The whole "thoughts as viruses" idea generally calls them "memes", actually.
gollark: You can't get "4TB of GIFs" on your phone without really good compression somehow, µSD cards and phone internal storage aren't THAT big.

References
  1. Greenwich. "Greenwich Accessibility features". www.greenwich.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2011-11-20. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  2. "The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Remuneration) Regulations 2007". www.oqps.gov.uk.
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