I am wondering if the issue is that the Government asked councils to request postponement and, er, asking a legislative body to extend itself is a bit suspect. If England needs local government reorg… (View Post)

And if they couldn't, putb a Bill before Parliament (View Post)

Hampshire is a phase 1 unitary council although I am not sure if they have decided on 3 or 4 unitaries yet. Personally I think it was a missed opportunity for a cross-Blackwater council (Sandhurst, S… (View Post)

So it was said. I did my HR qualification there 30 years ago, when it had only recently become a university, and that was the story then. (View Post)

Given how quickly the government caved, you have to question the quality of the legal advice that said they could do it all along. (View Post)