MHCLG publishes statutory invitation letters to councils in two-tier areas
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has announced that the Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution, Jim McMahon, has issued statutory invitation letters to all councils in two-tier areas and small neighbouring unitary authorities across England. The invitation calls for the development of unitary proposals to merge lower and upper tier local government services into new unitary councils. The letters were sent to councils in various areas, including Cambridgeshire, Devon, Essex, Hampshire, and Surrey, among others.