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.