Ministers have given hope to counties pushing for local government reorganisation as they give mixed messages to the sector.
Local government secretary Robert Jenrick had told councils beyond the three chosen areas of Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset that reorganisation was a topic for a ‘later, happier time’.
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