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LGR: ‘it’s possible now that changes will never happen’

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The biggest shake-up of local government in a generation may be derailed in the wake of the government’s decision to review swathes of boundary decisions across the country, experts have warned.

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The government announced today that local government reorganisation (LGR) proposals in Essex, Hampshire, Norfolk and Suffolk had been withdrawn, while plans in 14 other

Ministers may let local government reorganisation (LGR) slide and accept a “messy” path towards devolution in the wake of the latest reorganisation bombshell, according to Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) chief executive Jonathan Carr-West.

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