Petition · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

Keep Local Government LOCAL. Stop plans for county scale unitary authorities.

Closed 135 signatures

What the petition asks

We oppose government plans to create large unitary authorities which we think will be remote from and out of touch with those they serve.
We think the "so called" devolution plans actually represent greater centralisation of local government.
The proposed devolution plans centralise current local government powers into larger authorities, in return for returning a small number of powers, responsibilities and income streams previously held by local government and taken by Whitehall in previous changes to local government. We think Whitehall should return that money and those powers to councils without imposing what we see as unwanted centralisation.

Timeline

20 Feb 2025 Petition opened for signatures
20 Aug 2025 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 135
Status Closed
Department Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Opened 20 Feb 2025
Closed 20 Aug 2025

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 27 Jul 2026.