Bradford Council is a public sector organisation which is responsible for a number of services which benefit people living in the Bradford district.
These services include social care, education, housing, highways, planning, environmental protection, libraries, street cleaning, waste collections and swimming pools.
Bradford Council is a metropolitan council, one of 36 in the country. This term is used to describe a council which serves a large town or city and its surrounding population. The total population of the district the Council serves is approximately 522,500 (2011 Census) and covers an area of approximately 141 square miles.
