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Leaders clash over unitary proposals

Hampshire leaders have clashed over plans for reorganisation after county leader Roy Perry proposed a single county-wide unitary.

By Sam Clayden | 17 May 2016

Hampshire leaders have clashed over plans for reorganisation after county leader Roy Perry proposed a single county-wide unitary.

Portsmouth City Council leader Donna Jones, who has spoken with communities secretary Greg Clark about a unitary council for the Solent, described Cllr Perry's plan as ‘localism in reverse'.

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