Local authorities could disappear under plans to devolve decision-making from Whitehall, councils warn
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is filmed on a phone while he gives a speech in Buckinghamshire, December 5, 2024.
LOCAL authorities could disappear under plans to devolve decision-making from Whitehall, councils have warned.
The proposals, announced today, could see the scrapping of city- and town-based district councils through mergers, creating bigger “strategic” authorities.
This would take decision-making further away from local communities, district councils argued.
LOTTE COLLETT welcomes the arrival of a new party for the left, a vehicle for councils to finally fight for progressive policies on housing, green spaces and public facilities, rather than administering cuts and misery from central government
