Reading Borough Council
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 Reading Borough Council facts

• It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined
• Berkshire is purely a ceremonial county, with no administrative responsibilities
• Reading Borough Council has adopted the committee system of governance and the current leader of the council is Councillor Jo Lovelock of the Labour Party
• The largely ceremonial post of mayor is held by Councillor Sarah Hacker
• The area covered by the Borough of Reading is one definition of the town of Reading
• However, in common usage, the town often encompasses suburbs that lie beyond the borough boundary, in the adjoining local authority areas of Wokingham, West Berkshire and South Oxfordshire
• These suburbs are outside the control of Reading Borough Council