Wyre Council - DEVOLUTION SET TO CHANGE LANCASHIRE’S COUNCIL LANDSCAPE
23rd of December, 2024
The local government map of Lancashire looks set to be radically redrawn – but what it will look like and when the changes will come remain uncertain.
The government’s ‘devolution revolution’ also points the way to the county having at some time in the future an elected mayor.
Currently Lancashire has 15 local authorities and for the most part a ‘two-tier’ structure - with borough and city councils and the county council.
That system is set to end under the blueprint unveiled by the government and its expectation that areas operating the current structure will draw up proposals to “streamline” local government.
That would point to the end of the present arrangement in Lancashire, which sees service provision split between 12 borough and city councils and the county council, while Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen, operate as unitary authorities.
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