Bid to Block New Town Council Now Local Government Shake-up on Hold

Bid to block new town council now local government shake-up on hold

A councillor says plans for a new town council should be scrapped following Angela Rayner’s pause on plans to restructure local government.

Pause on Local Government Reorganisation in Warwickshire

Statement from Leader of Warwickshire County Council, Councillor George Finch following the Government's announcement of a review of the Local Government Reorganisation programme.

Rugby councillors call for clarity after Warwickshire’s local government reorganisation put on pause

COUNCILLORS in Rugby have called for clarity after plans to re-organise local government in Warwickshire were put on hold. Secretary of State Angela Rayner announced this week that a plan to form two new local authorities in the county was being deferred following updated legal advice. The shock move came less than two months after the Government approved the plan, which would have abolished the county’s existing six councils by 2028 and replace…