'We don't want this': residents give their verdict on council shake-up plan

Almost two thirds of the Lancashire public are opposed to plans that would see their local council scrapped.

- by Paul Faulkner

That is according to the results of a survey into a government-ordered shakeup under which all 15 main councils in Lancashire would be axed and replaced with a handful of new authorities. A clear majority of the more than 13,000 people who responded wanted to keep things the way they are.

The prospect has proved hugely contentious, with existing authority leaders disagreeing over the number and shape of the replacement councils-and even whether the changes should happen at all.

Now, in their first say on the subject, Lancashire residents have made it clear they have no desire to see the back of the councils that currently serve them.