"unitary council" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "unitary councils",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "unitary council (plural unitary councils)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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      "glosses": [
        "A single-tier local authority that has responsibility for all government functions in its area"
      ],
      "id": "en-unitary_council-en-noun-AU0UFzxh",
      "links": [
        [
          "local",
          "local"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ],
        [
          "responsibility",
          "responsibility"
        ],
        [
          "government",
          "government"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK) A single-tier local authority that has responsibility for all government functions in its area"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "unitary authority"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "unitary council"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "unitary councils",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "unitary council (plural unitary councils)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "British English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A single-tier local authority that has responsibility for all government functions in its area"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "local",
          "local"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ],
        [
          "responsibility",
          "responsibility"
        ],
        [
          "government",
          "government"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK) A single-tier local authority that has responsibility for all government functions in its area"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "unitary authority"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unitary council"
}