Rochdale Borough Council was established in 1974 as the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale in Greater Manchester. The council serves the borough through township-based administration and delivers a broad range of public services, including benefits, bin collections, birth, death and marriage registrations, business and licensing, children's services, council tax, housing, planning, parking, schools, social care, sport and leisure. The council also operates through formal governance structures, with decision-making arrangements set out in its constitution and wider operating framework.