Residents Asked for Views on Local Government Reform
- Brighton and Hove City Council and Sussex authorities discussed local government reform during a June 5 committee meeting focused on devolution plans.
- The discussions followed a public consultation ending in April on forming a mayoral combined authority with elected mayors and new unitary councils in Sussex.
- Labour and Conservative councillors expressed varied resident priorities, with some emphasizing basic services like bin collection and others highlighting education and transport.
- The February-March engagement involved 597 people and anticipates mayoral elections in May next year and unitary authority elections in May 2027, pending government approval.
- If approved, Sussex would reduce councils to unitary authorities to streamline services, which councillors indicated requires robust, cooperative consultation and could significantly change local representation.
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Daniels County, the City of Scobey and the Town of Flaxville, invites all area residents to a public workshop featuring Dan Clark of Montana State University on Tuesday, June 10 at 5:30 p.m. The session will be held at the Scobey Lutheran Education Building and is open to everyone. The focus of the evening will be an open question- and-answer session about self-governing powers and the local
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