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Guidance

Regional care cooperatives

Published 5 August 2026

Applies to England

RCCs

The new RCCs and their constituent local authorities are as follows.

Cheshire and Merseyside

  • Cheshire East Council
  • Cheshire West and Chester Council
  • Halton Borough Council
  • Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Liverpool City Council
  • Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
  • St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Warrington Borough Council

East Midlands

  • Derby City Council
  • Derbyshire County Council
  • Leicester City Council
  • Leicestershire County Council
  • Lincolnshire County Council
  • North Northamptonshire Council
  • Nottingham City Council
  • Nottinghamshire County Council
  • Rutland County Council
  • West Northamptonshire Council

West Midlands

  • Birmingham City Council
  • City of Wolverhampton Council
  • Coventry City Council
  • Dudley MBC
  • Herefordshire Council
  • Sandwell MBC
  • Shropshire Council
  • Staffordshire County Council
  • Stoke-on-Trent City Council
  • Telford and Wrekin Council
  • Walsall MBC
  • Warwickshire County Council
  • Worcestershire County Council

London 

  • London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
  • London Borough of Barnet
  • London Borough of Bexley
  • London Borough of Brent
  • London Borough of Bromley
  • London Borough of Camden
  • City of London Corporation
  • London Borough of Croydon
  • London Borough of Ealing
  • London Borough of Enfield
  • Royal Borough of Greenwich
  • London Borough of Hackney
  • London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
  • London Borough of Haringey
  • London Borough of Harrow
  • London Borough of Havering
  • London Borough of Hillingdon
  • London Borough of Hounslow
  • London Borough of Islington
  • Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
  • Royal Borough of Kingston
  • London Borough of Lambeth
  • London Borough of Lewisham
  • London Borough of Merton
  • London Borough of Newham
  • London Borough of Redbridge
  • London Borough of Richmond
  • London Borough of Southwark
  • London Borough of Sutton
  • London Borough of Tower Hamlets
  • London Borough of Waltham Forest
  • London Borough of Wandsworth
  • City of Westminster

North East

  • Darlington Council
  • Durham County Council
  • Gateshead Council
  • Hartlepool Council
  • Middlesbrough Council
  • Newcastle upon Tyne Council
  • North Tyneside Council
  • Northumberland County Council
  • Redcar and Cleveland Council
  • South Tyneside Council
  • Stockton-on-Tees Council
  • Sunderland Council

RCC pathfinders

The 5 new RCCs are in addition to the Greater Manchester and South East RCC pathfinders. Their constituent local authorities are currently as follows.

Greater Manchester

  • Bolton Metropolitan Council
  • Bury Council
  • Manchester City Council
  • Oldham Council
  • Rochdale Borough Council
  • Salford City Council
  • Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Trafford Council
  • Wigan Council

South East

  • Bracknell Forest Council
  • Brighton and Hove City Council
  • Buckinghamshire County Council
  • East Sussex County Council
  • Hampshire County Council
  • Isle of Wight Council [footnote 1]
  • Medway Council
  • Milton Keynes City Council
  • Oxfordshire County Council
  • Portsmouth City Council
  • Reading Borough Council
  • Slough Borough Council [footnote 1]
  • Southampton City Council
  • Surrey County Council
  • West Berkshire County Council [footnote 1]
  • Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council
  • Wokingham Borough Council
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