What we are not told, is why is it not legal. What is the legal principle it failed on? What was the legal advice? Were previous postponements of elections not legal either, and just not challenged, … (View Post)

Why isn't it a shadow cabinet? Is that something only the official opposition is allowed to have? In which case it's something of a technicality. (View Post)

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)