County is set for unitary decision

IT looks likely Shire Hall will back asingle unitary authority as the preferred option for local government reorganisation in Gloucestershire today, writes

- Carmelo Garcia.

Gloucestershire County Council along with the six district authorities have worked together to come up with two proposals for how local government could be organised in the future.

‘These are for one single unitary authority or splitting the county into East and West with one council made up of Gloucester, the Forest of Dean and Stroud and the other composed of Cheltenham, Cotswold and Tewkesbury.

Separate plans for a Greater Gloucester unitary council with another unitary for the rest of the county is being put forward by the City Council.