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with effect from 1 April 1974; it kept the same boundaries and its borough status, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor, but there were changes to the council's responsibilities. In particular, it became a lower-tier district authority, with Berkshire County Council providing
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By 2013 the council's offices at the civic centre were deemed to be at the end of their design life. The council purchased an existing building called Plaza West on Bridge Street, which had been built in 1986 (originally being called Bridge Street Plaza). The building was renamed Civic Offices and
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on Blagrave Street was built in phases between 1786 and 1897, and served as the headquarters of the borough council until 1976. The council's annual meeting when new mayors are appointed continues to be held at the Town Hall. In 1976 the council moved to a new
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Liberals took the helm of the new Reading Council's top committee yesterday... Councillor Day was voted policy committee chairman on the new district council...
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opened as the council's headquarters in 2014, with the old council offices at the civic centre being demolished shortly afterwards.
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since the 1974 reforms. Since the abolition of Berkshire County Council in 1998 some county-wide functions such as the
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have been administered by joint committees of the six district councils. Reading Borough Council has adopted the
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As a unitary authority, Reading Borough Council delivers all local government services in the area. There are no
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The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Reading. Political leadership is instead provided by the
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majority control since 2012. It is based at the Civic Offices on Bridge Street in the town centre.
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off Castle Street, adjoining other facilities including a police station, magistrates' court, and
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Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms took effect has been as follows:
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Ditchfield, P. H.; Page, William, eds. (1923). "The borough of Reading: The borough".
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The county council was abolished in 1998. Reading Borough Council then became a
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When the town became a county borough in 1889 the borough comprised the three
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Since the last boundary changes in 2022 the council has comprised 48
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of the abbey in 1538 the borough was granted a new charter in 1542.
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The council has been under Labour majority control since 2012.
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Since 2014 the council has been based at the Civic Offices on
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county-level services in the town for the first time.
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