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<p>giving them <a href="page.php?w=borough_status_in_the_United_Kingdom">borough status</a> (and in some cases, they also have <a href="page.php?w=city_status_in_the_United_Kingdom">city status</a>). Metropolitan boroughs are now a form of <a href="page.php?w=Unitary_authorities_in_England">unitary authority</a>, due to the abolition of metropolitan county councils by the <a href="page.php?w=Local_Government_Act_1985">Local Government Act 1985</a>. Metropolitan boroughs pool much of their authority in joint boards and other arrangements that cover</p><p>
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