Reorganising council boundaries can improve services and value for money

This week your Labour Council launched an important consultation on local government reorganisation. Government is abolishing 2-tier councils, such as our neighbouring authorities East Sussex County Council and Lewes District Council, in favour of unitary authorities which provide all local government services under one roof. Brighton & Hove is already a unitary authority and has been since the late 1990s when Brighton and Hove merged and then became a City.