East Devon MP Hugo Swire has called for an end to the uncertainty of the structure of local government in Devon. It would also be good if he asked some question of the Conservative East Devon District Council over the amount of money it has spent, and intends to carry on spending, as the anti-unitary cheerleader.
Hugo said in Parliament the other day: “Given that the country is bust and there is now no money for anything, that the recent local government reorganisation in Cornwall trebled in cost from £20 million to £60 million and that my honourable friend Robert Neill has said that any legislation enacted by this Government to reorganise local government, particularly in Devon, would be changed by legislation by an incoming Tory Government, will the Leader of the House have a word with her colleague the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and ask him to come to the House before Christmas to make a statement to end the uncertainties surrounding local government reorganisation in Devon and elsewhere?”
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