Cumbria House. Picture: Google Streetview
More details have been revealed about Cumbria County Council’s proposal for the future of local government in the county.
The Government has now started formal consultation on the future of local government in Cumbria. The consultation was launched/published yesterday.
In total the Secretary of State received four proposals from councils in Cumbria.
The proposal from Cumbria County Council is for One Cumbria – a new unitary council for the whole of Cumbria which has the following benefits.
Cumbria County Council say One Cumbria will:
Make services more direct and much easier to access in a single council wherever you are in Cumbria â simplifying and removing artificial boundaries between councils and places â ending the current confusion of who does what.