Decision details

LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANISATION AND DEVOLUTION UPDATE

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

(i)              That the forthcoming statutory consultation on proposals for local government reorganisation (LGR) in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, be noted;

 

(ii)             That a cross?party LGR Cabinet Panel be established, chaired by the Leader of the Council.

 

(iii)           That the work being undertaken to support a devolution offer for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent be noted and endorsed;

 

(iv)           That it be noted that the Ministry for Housing, Communities & Local Government has acknowledged receipt of the Council’s intention to hold elections in May 2026 and has confirmed this will proceed.

 

Publication date: 03/02/2026

Date of decision: 03/02/2026

Decided at meeting: 03/02/2026 - Cabinet

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