Councillors have come up with two proposals: to merge all seven existing councils in to one "super unitary", or to split the ...

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Worcestershire won’t have a functioning council in two years’ time without moving to a unitary system, a cabinet member has said.

The leader of Surrey Heath Borough Council has written to the local government minister over Surrey County Council's merger ...

Just a third of Devon’s existing councillors could survive the biggest overhaul of local government in 50 years, creating mega-wards for those left that some feel only retired people could manage.

Concern has been shared that the new unitary authorities planned to be created after existing councils are abolished will not ...

Devon’s district councils announced a joint proposal yesterday for a council restructure in a bid to simplify local ...

Council debts of £2.3bn could render proposed local government reforms in Kent "unworkable and unviable", a councillor has warned. Official figures show the total borrowings by the county's first and ...

A CROSS-PARTY group of MPs is backing a proposal for five new unitary authorities in Greater Essex. If the Government’s plans for local government reorganisation go ahead, MPs from Labour, ...