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What is the role of the local councillor?

The starter and exit quiz of the lesson “What is the role of the local councillor?”, from the unit “How does local democracy work?” (Year 7 Citizenship) by Oak National Academy.

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12 questions

  1. What is this describing? A group of people elected to represent citizens and make decisions on how the local area should be run.
  2. If an area is run by just one council, this is a ___ tier local government system.
  3. What is the name of the type of council which is focused on a small part of a town or a village?
  4. Tick all of the services/roles a local council is involved with.
  5. What is this describing? The money a person or government earns.
  6. Match the word to the correct definition.
  7. Which is the best description of a council officer?
  8. An __________ is the small amount of money given to local councillors to help them carry out their role.
  9. Which of these is not the role of a councillor?
  10. If a person wants to be a councillor, they must be 18, a British/Commonwealth citizen and...
  11. Match the quality to its correct description.
  12. Which of the following statements are correct?

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