Paul Hartshorn, has warned the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, that his devolution vision risks creating a left-behind Britain, pitting community against community as winners and losers, with Leicestershire without a metro-mayor set to lose out.
On 16th July 2026 the UK Government accepted the Leicester City Council proposal for Local Government Reorganisation that would see 2 huge Councils for Leicestershire, including a massive expansion of the City Council, dragging our villages into the city!
Paul Hartshorn, Lib Dem Parliamentary Spokesperson, has warned the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, that his devolution vision risks creating a left-behind Britain, pitting community against community as winners and losers, with Leicestershire without a metr
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