The government wants areas like Surrey to become Strategic Authorities — led by an elected Mayor.
To do this, Surrey must first reorganise into unitary councils, which combine county and district & borough services into a single level of government.
Surrey currently has 12 councils and is proposing to reorganise into two new councils – East Surrey and West Surrey.
You can find the consultation (open until Tuesday 5th August) for the Surrey County Council Local Government Reorganisation by starting here
I have two concerns as follows:
What happens to the existing Surrey County and Borough debt totalling about £5.5bn?
What happens about the SCC commitment (2019) of £270m towards the River Thames Scheme and other county flood alleviation partnership funding contributions?
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