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<p>who acts as the leader of the council and makes most policy decisions, supported by a cabinet that they choose from amongst the district councillors.</p>

<p><big>History</big></p>
<p>Before the establishment of districts in the 1890s, the basic unit of local government in England was the parish, overseen by the <a href="page.php?w=Church_of_England">parish church</a> <a href="page.php?w=vestry_committee">vestry committee</a>. Vestries dealt with the administration of both <a href="page.php?w=wikt%3Aparochial">parochial</a> and <a href="page.php?w=secular">secular</a></p><p>
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