Council Shake-up Survey Blasted as 'Waste of Money' Amid Row over Devolution

New Forest 'should stay in one piece'

The New Forest should stay in “one piece and not be split” in a major council shake-up. That is the view of district council leader Julie Cleary whose authority wants to merge with Test Valley, East Hampshire and Winchester.

Council shake-up survey blasted as 'waste of money' amid row over devolution

'The survey fails to ask the key question about local government reorganisation, which model would you prefer?'

Survey reveals reorganisation scepticism

Respondents to a poll on local government reorganisation are concerned by proposals to create two unitary authorities for Peterborough and Cambridgeshire.