The government wants to simplify local government and give more power and money to local areas.
To do this, the government wants to do two things:
- Devolution
- Local government reorganisation
Our proposal for local government reorganisation is to abolish Oxfordshire’s six existing councils, along with West Berkshire Council, and replace them with three new unitary councils:
- Greater Oxford Council – covering Oxford and its Green Belt
- Northern Oxfordshire Council – covering most of the existing Cherwell and West Oxfordshire districts
- Ridgeway Council – covering most of the existing South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse districts combined with West Berkshire
You can find out more about devolution, local government reorganisation and our three-council proposal by clicking on the links below.
