The Boundary Committee speaks.

I have just received the news from Babergh that the Boundary Committee, hot on the heels of the recent Court of Appeal decision, has now made its recommendations to the Secretary of State with regard to the proposals for unitary local government in Devon, Norfolk and Suffolk.

As far as Suffolk is concerned the press release states the following:

In Suffolk, the Committee has made two proposals: a unitary county of Suffolk (the Committee’s preferred alternative proposal for Suffolk); and a two-unitary pattern comprising an Ipswich & Felixstowe authority and a Rural Suffolk authority.

Preference for One Suffolk unitary represents a change of view from the Committee. However, having abandoned the idea of excluding Lowestoft from Suffolk, One Suffolk is really the only coherent solution.

The $64,000 Question is now: Can the Government implement this before the General Election? It will be very tight, but, they claim, not impossible.