Proposals to abolish all seven district and borough councils in Nottinghamshire have been met with anger. The Labour government's plans aim to streamline local government, but critics warn of a move towards 'dictatorship'.
It is being described as the 'biggest change in local government for over half a century' and it could affect everything from your council tax to your bin collections. Councils across Nottinghamshire could end up being abolished in a move which could see services changing hands and elections being cancelled.
The plans were unveiled in a paper published by the Labour government on Monday (December 16), with Downing Street saying it wants to 'streamline local government to focus on delivering for residents'. Yet the plans have provoked fury from some Nottinghamshire council bosses, with Broxtowe Borough Council's leader saying Nottinghamshire would be moving closer to a 'dictatorship'. Will you be voting in the local elections in May? Let us know here Who currently runs my services? Nottingham City Council is a unitary authority, meaning it has responsibility for all services in its area, ranging from social care and education to bin collections and parks. Outside the city, local government is split into two. Nottinghamshire County Council runs services including social care and roads maintenance for all areas outside the city. There are then seven district and borough councils across Nottinghamshire managing more localised services including waste collections and parks. What are the new plans? The new plans could see all seven district and borough councils being abolished, with Nottinghamshire County Council becoming a unitary authority like Nottingham. That would mean councils like Gedling Borough Council, Broxtowe Borough Council, Mansfield District Council and Ashfield District Council all disappearing. Nottinghamshire County Council could end up delivering all services for the seven areas where a district and borough authority is set to be scrapped. Alternatively, Nottingham City Council could end up taking some of them on, with the Labour-run authority having previously suggested it could expand to cover Gedling, Broxtowe and Rushcliff
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