Council leaders have either rejected the proposals or called for a referendum on the idea
A push by a group of Lancashire MPs to abolish all 15 of the county’s councils has received a mixed response from the leaders of the authorities that would face the axe, ranging from outright rejection to calls for consensus – and even a referendum – over the issue.
“If you take adult social care away from a Lancashire-wide model…you’ll be competing for staff, which you don’t currently have , and you’ll lose some of the economies of scale that exist,” Cllr Vincent said. “This civic vandalism, creating ever more remote decision making – they are removing local democracy,” Cllr Stephen Atkinson said of the MPs’ blueprint.
“I feel an imposition from central government – without a further and final attempt to get agreement on new structures – won’t be well received across the county. If agreement cannot be found there may be no choice, but councils should come up with their own proposals to government first,” Cllr Brown said.
That politically charged prospect prompted a joint response from the three ‘top tier’ authorities which struck the present devolution deal – minus a mayor – stressing their belief that the agreement signed with the last Conservative government and since approved by the new Labour administration “is in the best interests of Lancashire”.
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