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Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent: Local government reorganisation

Documents relating to the government’s programme of local government reorganisation in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.

Timeline

5 February 2025

The invitation letter sent to councils in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent set out their milestones for reorganisation.

They were invited to submit final proposals for unitary local government by 28 November 2025.

5 February 2026 

​A written ministerial statement was made to Parliament. This set out that a statutory consultation on the proposals received for local government reorganisation in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent was launched.

On the same day, the Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness, Alison McGovern MP, wrote to the leaders of councils in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent to thank them for their proposals and to inform them of the consultation.

Consultations

Letters to Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent councils

Updates to this page

Published 5 February 2026