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1 week ago | 
onthewight.com | Jason Lewis
For those interested in the progress of Local Government Reorganisation in the region, the leader of Southampton City Council has ruled out putting forward a local authority restructure proposal that includes joining with Portsmouth City Council. Here on the Isle of Wight the government has not ruled out the Isle of Wight council remaining a unitary authority. This is different from the Solent Devolution plan.
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3 weeks ago | 
basingstokegazette.co.uk | Jason Lewis
Hampshire County Council's headquarters in Winchester COUNCIL chiefs are waiting to learn if proposals for devolution have met the government’s statutory tests. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is expected to confirm this month if the planned regional authority and elected mayoralty can continue to the next phase.
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3 weeks ago | 
hampshirechronicle.co.uk | Jason Lewis
Hampshire County Council's headquarters in Winchester COUNCIL chiefs are waiting to learn if proposals for devolution have met the government’s statutory tests. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is expected to confirm this month if the planned regional authority and elected mayoralty can continue to the next phase.
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3 weeks ago | 
onthewight.com | Jason Lewis
Council chiefs across the region are waiting to learn if proposals for devolution have met the government’s statutory tests. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is expected to confirm this month (June 2025) if the planned regional authority and elected mayoralty can continue to the next phase. Devolution?
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3 weeks ago | 
portsmouth.co.uk | Jason Lewis
Three options for the restructure of councils in Hampshire and the Solent are being developed by the majority of the region’s local authorities. Each of these proposals would see the creation of four new unitary authorities delivering all council services, with Isle of Wight Council remaining a stand-alone entity.
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3 weeks ago | 
dailyecho.co.uk | Jason Lewis
Details on the nature of these “serious” issues were not given in an officer report, which is due to go before Southampton City Council’s governance committee on Monday, June 2. The paper by director of people and organisational culture Kerry Eldridge said a “deep dive diagnostic” took place across HR and organisational development in February.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Jason Lewis
Bus gate data shows large surges in nearby roadJason LewisLocal Democracy Reporting ServiceLDRSThe Portswood Road bus gate meant only buses, taxis and cyclists were permitted to travel along sections of the road at certain hoursA scrapped bus gate trial saw traffic in a surrounding residential road experience large surges during a peak time period.
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1 month ago | 
portsmouth.co.uk | Jason Lewis
A serving councillor in a Hampshire district has thrown his hat into the ring to be the Liberal Democrat candidate for the first regional mayor elections. Jack Davies said he would “fight to end the housing crisis for good”. Cllr Davies is seeking to become his party’s candidate for the new regional combined mayoral authority role, which is due to hold elections in May next year.
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1 month ago | 
dailyecho.co.uk | Jason Lewis
Southampton Civic Centre. Picture: LDRS A new rule has been approved preventing strip clubs from operating in close proximity to one another in Southampton. Members of the city council’s licensing committee approved changes to the authority’s sex establishment licensing policy. The move brings about the first changes to the policy, which covers sexual entertainment venues (SEVs), sex shops and sex cinemas, in over 10 years.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Jason Lewis
Image source, LDRSImage caption, The leader of Southampton City Council, Lorna Fielker, says she intends to run for mayorLocal Democracy Reporting ServiceA council leader has announced she will be standing down in order to run for the first regional mayor of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The leader of Southampton City Council, Lorna Fielker, said she would leave her role by the end of July.
