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- Brighton and Hove, a city and unitary authority in the English county of East Sussex, has a wide range of public services funded by national government, East Sussex County Council, Brighton and Hove City Council and other public-sector bodies. Revenue to fund these services comes partly from Council Tax, which is paid annually by residents: this tax provides the city council with nearly 20% of its income and also helps to fund the local police force, Sussex Police, and the county's fire service, East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Some of Brighton and Hove's utilities and infrastructure are provided by outside parties, such as utility companies, rather than by the city council. The city is made up of the previously separate towns and boroughs of Hove and Brighton, which had themselves absorbed other villages such as Aldrington, Portslade and Patcham at various times. Many of the city's public services have their origins in companies or entities formed in the 19th century, privately or by the councils of the formerly separate towns. For example, the first gas provider was formed in 1818 to provide a gas supply to the parish of Brighton; private electricity companies were set up in Brighton in the 1880s and Hove a decade later; numerous hospitals and healthcare facilities were established throughout the 19th century, starting with the Brighthelmston Dispensary in 1810; and police forces and fire brigades were formed in Brighton, Hove and Portslade. In many cases these were amalgamated into larger entities as the towns grew in the 19th and 20th centuries. Many public services buildings were rebuilt in the postwar era, including Brighton's central police station, the courthouses in Hove and Brighton and the local telephone exchanges. (en)
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- Brighton and Hove, a city and unitary authority in the English county of East Sussex, has a wide range of public services funded by national government, East Sussex County Council, Brighton and Hove City Council and other public-sector bodies. Revenue to fund these services comes partly from Council Tax, which is paid annually by residents: this tax provides the city council with nearly 20% of its income and also helps to fund the local police force, Sussex Police, and the county's fire service, East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Some of Brighton and Hove's utilities and infrastructure are provided by outside parties, such as utility companies, rather than by the city council. (en)
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