Angela Rayner scraps shake-up of councils after gerrymandering claims

Local government plans to reorganise Essex, Hampshire, Norfolk and Suffolk into unitary councils have been withdrawn, while changes in 14 areas have been halted

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One source in local government said Rayner’s move meant that the entire local government reorganisation process was now likely to be scrapped.