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Boundary Committee recommends new unitary authorities
The Boundary Committee for England has just published its report into local government arrangements in Devon (including the Lib Dem minority control council of Exeter), Norfolk and Suffolk.
It says:
In Devon, the Committee has put forward a single unitary council for the current Devon county area.
In Norfolk, the Committee has put forward a single unitary council [...]
Are local council boundaries set to change?
That’s what the Electoral Commission is suggesting in its ‘farewell’ press release to mark the handing over of responsibilities for local government boundaries to a new body:
Max Caller, Chair of the Boundary Committee and Electoral Commissioner, said: “The new Local Government Boundary Commission for England’s job will be to keep the map of local government [...]
