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Collaboration is key to creating North’s new unitary council
Closer partnership working is the key to ensuring the new North Northamptonshire Council has better, joined-up services for residents, councillors heard last night.At their latest online meeting, members of the North Northants Shadow Executive endorsed a fresh collaborative approach with the existing councils towards managing land, buildings and finances in the run-up to the new […]
North Northamptonshire Shadow Executive sets up task groups to focus on the creation of the brand new council
Councillors on the North Northamptonshire Shadow Executive met last night for the first time to agree the scope of a suite of task groups that will help to deliver a new unitary council in the north of the county.Over 150 councillors met online last week for the very first North Northamptonshire Shadow Authority meeting. Last […]
Historic first meeting for North Northamptonshire Shadow Authority
Councillors from across North Northamptonshire came together last night for an historic meeting that laid the foundations for the new unitary council in April next year.Members from Corby, East Northants, Kettering and Wellingborough councils joined county councillors covering those areas to take up their seats for the first meeting of the North Northamptonshire Shadow Authority, […]
First Shadow meetings mark next chapter for unitary preparations
Councillors from across Northamptonshire will take up their seats on the two new shadow authorities this week as preparations progress to create the North and West unitary councils. Members of the West Northamptonshire Shadow Authority will meet for the first time at 7pm on Tuesday (2 June) and the North Northamptonshire Shadow Authority at 7pm […]
Search is on for new senior officers for unitary councils
A national recruitment drive launches today to find and appoint the chief executives and statutory director roles that will head up Northamptonshire’s two new unitary councils.Legislation requires that by the end of December this year, a permanent Chief Executive, Monitoring Officer and Chief Finance Officer (Section 151) must be in place for each of the […]
Shadow authorities set to meet for first time in early June
Two new Northamptonshire shadow authorities will hold their first meetings early next month as preparations progress to create the North and West Northamptonshire unitary councils on 1 April next year. Members of the West Northamptonshire Shadow Authority will meet for the first time on Tuesday, 2 June at 7pm and the North Northamptonshire Shadow Authority […]
Plans to create two new councils undergo major redesign as Covid crisis continues
With tackling the Coronavirus everyone’s top priority, plans for creating two new councils in Northamptonshire will be scaled down, with a new approach called ‘Safe and Legal Plus’.New legislation that came into effect on 8 May, as expected confirms the new North and West Northamptonshire Councils will start on 1 April 2021. This follows the […]
Interim arrangements for North and West Northamptonshire shadow councils agreed by Government
Plans to create two new unitary councils for the county from next April will now continue within the planned timescales following the confirmation today of new legislation by the government.Following the postponement of May’s local elections because of the Covid-19 pandemic, an alternative approach and new legislation were needed for the creation of the organisations.The […]
Joint Statement from the Leaders of all eight local authorities in Northamptonshire. Future Northants – Local Government Reform.
“Next week the government will publish, and legislate for, its response to dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic. It will include reference to the planned reorganisation of Local Government in Northamptonshire. We welcome the clarity this will provide.“We expect that this legislation will outline the creation of two new Shadow Authorities to come into being in […]