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Dorset councils to push forward with two unitary option

Dorset’s nine councils are preparing to ask communities secretary Sajid Javid to be scrapped and replaced by two new unitaries.

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By Dan Peters | 23 December 2016

Dorset's nine councils are preparing to ask communities secretary Sajid Javid to be scrapped and replaced by two new unitaries.

A report published today said that ‘based upon the weight of public opinion and other analytical evidence' one unitary should cover Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, with a separate council for East Dorset, North Dorset, Purbeck, West Dorset, Weymouth and Portland.

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