The Government has announced plans for major reforms to Local Councils and local democracy. They intend to scrap district councils like Harborough District Council, as well as scrapping small unitary councils like Rutland. In their place they want to create new enormous unitary county councils which serve a minimum of 500,000 people – compare this for example, to Rutland County Council which currently serves 41,000 residents, or South Kesteven District Council which serves around 145,000 residents. 

If you live in our Harborough villages, I would very much welcome your views on the changes being proposed. Maintaining the status quo is not an option we’ve been given by Government. Please do share your views via my survey below.

Local Government Re-Organisation: Harborough Residents

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1. Do you support re-organisation of Local Councils to scrap District Councils, replacing them with unitary Councils which are three to seven times larger than the existing District Councils?
2. Do you think our Harborough villages are best served by one large unitary council across Leicestershire (excluding the City) or two large unitary councils (Rutland, East & West Leicestershire; or Rutland, North & South Leicestershire)?
4. If Leicestershire is to be served by two large unitary authorities, do you prefer the division to be East and West Leicestershire with Rutland or North and South Leicestershire with Rutland?
6. Do you believe Rutland should join the new Leicestershire unitary authority/ies?
7. Do you support the City of Leicester expanding its borders to take on parts of our Harborough villages?
9. Have you signed the petition against the City of Leicester expanding its borders to take on parts of our villages within its Council are?
You can sign the petition here.