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Expert analysis, published today, suggesting that the County Council’s One Somerset proposal for local government reform contains significant risks and challenges will be brought...

We are now more than halfway through the 8-week consultation on proposals for reform of local government in Somerset.   As Leaders of the District Councils in Somerset we are more determine...

Somerset’s district councils have welcomed the launch of a public consultation on the Stronger Somerset plan to deliver better jobs, affordable homes, stronger communities and a carbon zero co...

Somerset’s four District Councils have overwhelmingly backed the Stronger Somerset proposal for a fresh start for the county. At Thursday’s Full Council meetings, councillors vote...

More Somerset residents would back Stronger Somerset as the right solution for a better future than Somerset County Council’s vision for a single council according to the early results from an...

A partisan report which was released to suggest that the creation of old-fashioned single unitary authorities in counties like Somerset was the “best way forward” has been pulled apart b...

With the Government pressing ahead with its call for major change in the way public services are provided in Somerset, experts from across the region are coming together to help create a new way of ...

The Government will soon make a decision on how council services are delivered in Somerset which will have a significant impact for decades for every resident. Cllr Val Keitch is one of four council ...

The Leaders of Somerset’s district councils said in a joint statement today (October 10): “We have received the invitation from the Secretary of State to submit our innovative p...

The key principles which set out why Stronger Somerset is the best choice for a better future in the county have been made clear in an article for The MJ. Written by Georgina Cox, local governme...

The draft Stronger Somerset proposal has now been submitted to Government to keep key ministers up to date with our ambitious plan for a better future. While the final business case for change w...

Somerset urgently needs change to ensure our communities gain greater control over the things that matter to them, services improve and a better quality of life for everyone The district council...