Government must pay for the cost of its Local Government Reorganisation pause
Government must pay for the cost of its Local Government Reorganisation pause
7 Sep 2026
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Gloucester
Lib Dems welcome plan to review local government reorganisation
Proposals to scrap Gloucester City Council and the five other district councils and replace them with a single unitary council for the county will be reviewed and paused
7 Sep 2026
Government U-turn on Local Government Reorganisation destroys confidence in the whole process
The Deputy Leader of Brentwood Borough Council, comments on the Government’s decision to postpone its top-down reorganisation of local government in Essex.
7 Sep 2026
"Plans to Redraw the Council Map have descended into Utter Shambles"
To find out that the Government has had to pull the emergency brake across the country, withdrawing decisions in neighbouring counties and freezing plans for Kent and Medway is hugely damaging.
7 Sep 2026
Local Government reorganisation pause: “an embarrassing and chaotic climbdown”
Responding to the Government’s decision to pause plans for Local Government reorganisation in light of new legal advice, Liberal Democrat Local Government Spokesperson Zöe Franklin MP said:
7 Sep 2026
"Young people have so much to offer": Alex welcomes local students to Parliament
Alex Brewer MP welcomed young people from across North East Hampshire to Parliament this week for an insight day into life at Westminster, following on from work experience she offered a group of GCSE students in July.
7 Sep 2026