(UK, politics, historical) The situation where a local council contravenes national directives and offers more generous welfare payments to citizens, as in the Poplar Rates Rebellion in Poplar, London
(UK, politics, historical) The situation where a local council contravenes national directives and offers more generous welfare payments to citizens, as in the Poplar Rates Rebellion in Poplar, London, England, in 1921.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(Ireland, UK, politics, derogatory, informal) Political activity that is more evidently concerned with addressing the immediate needs of the local electorate than with strategy that might affect the national interest.
(UK, politics) representation by population.
British slang, often used with dry humor, for tap water — the stuff that comes free from the council (local government) pipes. The joke is in the contrast: 'pop' (British for fizzy drink or any beverage) elevated to something worth naming, when really it's just what comes out of the tap. Ordering 'council pop' at a pub or restaurant is a classically British way of asking for water without seeming pretentious about it, while also gently mocking the affectation of paying for bottled water.
(UK, often, politics, dated, derogatory, figurative) Of local interest or significance only; petty, parochial.