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2024-12-17 17:42:35 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 349C6460248E53EEA3EF3265D2A649FE4F5556BB877B2AC88A1F9502FF1C0377
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Creating unitary authorities out of two-tier systems has lead to local elections being cancelled in the past under other governments. The newly created council will get elected in the usual way https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-56168977 https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/local-government-unitarisation#:~:text=What%20is%20the%20legal%20process,of%20parliament%20to%20take%20effect https://democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2021/02/02/the-most-complex-elections-ever/ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/proposals-for-unitary-local-government-in-cumbria-north-yorkshire-and-somerset
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