{"id":2834,"date":"2025-10-28T23:52:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T23:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=2834"},"modified":"2025-10-28T23:53:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T23:53:50","slug":"surrey-county-council-reorganisation-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=2834","title":{"rendered":"Surrey County Council reorganisation confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The government has\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.surreycc.gov.uk\/community\/news\/categories\/your-council\/government-lgr-confirmation\">confirmed plans for Local Government Reorganisation in Surrey<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 From April 2027, two new unitary councils \u2013 East Surrey and West Surrey \u2013 will replace the existing twelve councils.<\/p>\n<p>Council offices and community spaces will remain open, and services will continue as usual. We will be updating these pages shortly with more information on the new arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>(From SCC source <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.surreycc.gov.uk\/council-and-democracy\/lgr\">here)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government has\u00a0confirmed plans for Local Government Reorganisation in Surrey.\u00a0 From April 2027, two new unitary councils \u2013 East Surrey and West Surrey \u2013 will replace the existing twelve councils. 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