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Dan Peters 15 October 2025

Reform council backs county unitary

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Warwickshire County Council © chrisdorney / Shutterstock.com.

Reform-led Warwickshire CC has backed a plan for a county unitary and a bid to join the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA).

A Warwickshire CC report had said a rival proposal to split the county geographically would create a ‘loser' council in the north of the county and ‘winner' in the south.

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