Compare and Contrast the Central-Local Relationship in the UK System and the US System

There are many differences between the central local government relationships in the US and the UK system. The first major difference has to be the scale upon which the two systems operate on. The US, with a population of over 275million people is divided up into 50 states. The UK's population is around 60 million and is also divided into counties. However in the UK the division is merely geographical where in the US the division is political as well as geographical. The different counties in the UK do have their own set of powers but they are nowhere as powerful as the states in the US. …