EDDC makes proposal for dividing Devon into two unitary authorities
As the government pushes ahead with its plans for replacing the county & district councils by unitary authorities, EDDC and its leader Paul Arnott have made a proposal for how thus could be done, with two councils each covering a large area, one based in Exeter and the other in Plymouth. If this has to happen, thus seems a sensible proposal, at least from an East Devon point of view.
The key thing in my view is that this should be properly discussed and put to the electorate, not steamrollered through by an unholy alliance of the Labour and Conservative parties. This needs time and in the meantime the Devon county election should go ahead, so that those who make these decisions are reflecting the current views of the electorate.
, www.midweekherald.co.uk/news/24848437.east-devon-merged-exeter-unitary-authority/
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