It's the ultimate official domain for a Council.
Elevated level of security
Improves compliance
Improves GDPR – and FOI & SAR situations
Added benefits and security services
More professional
Improved authenticity of message
■ Can only be used managed by authorised organisations for added security & governance
It's an acceptable UK-based domain for a Council.
Elevated level of security above free emails
Helps with compliance
■ Improves GDPR – and FOI & SAR situations
■ Requires less scrutiny so = less official than .gov.uk
You can also use .com, .co.uk or other council-owned domain suffix but they are not within the UK jurisdiction managed by Nominet.