local authority vs Britain

local authority and Britain both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
local authority	Yes	No	No	No
Britain	Yes	No	No	No

local authority (noun)	Britain (noun)
an administrative unit of local government	a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom