REORGANISATION

City and county clash over reorganisation plans

Staffordshire CC has teed up a clash with Stoke-on-Trent City Council by proposing a county unitary covering a population of 876,000.

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By Dan Peters | 27 February 2025
Stoke-on-Trent City Council © RMC42/Shutterstock

Staffordshire CC has teed up a clash with Stoke-on-Trent City Council by proposing a county unitary covering a population of 876,000.

The city council, which is already a unitary authority, had proposed joining with Newcastle-under-Lyme BC and Staffordshire Moorlands to create a North Staffordshire unitary, which would have a population of about 500,000.

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