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| Northamptonshire County Council votes to scrap itself | |
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| Councillors at a cash-strapped local authority have backed plans to replace the county's eight existing councils with two unitary ones. | Councillors at a cash-strapped local authority have backed plans to replace the county's eight existing councils with two unitary ones. |
| A government inspector recommended the move in light of Northamptonshire County Council financial trouble. | A government inspector recommended the move in light of Northamptonshire County Council financial trouble. |
| It has issued two notices banning all new spending this year and faces a funding shortfall of about £70m. | It has issued two notices banning all new spending this year and faces a funding shortfall of about £70m. |
| Thirty-one councillors backed the proposal, with 14 against and seven abstentions and absences. | Thirty-one councillors backed the proposal, with 14 against and seven abstentions and absences. |
| All eight local authorities in the county will vote on the plan, which would see the councils come into operation in 2020. | All eight local authorities in the county will vote on the plan, which would see the councils come into operation in 2020. |
| Max Caller, who led the government investigation, said one unitary authority would cover Daventry, Northampton and South Northamptonshire and the other would oversee Corby, East Northamptonshire, Kettering and Wellingborough. | Max Caller, who led the government investigation, said one unitary authority would cover Daventry, Northampton and South Northamptonshire and the other would oversee Corby, East Northamptonshire, Kettering and Wellingborough. |
| This week, all of the councils in the county will have similar meetings, prior to submitting a plan for reorganisation to James Brokenshire, the minister responsible for local government. | This week, all of the councils in the county will have similar meetings, prior to submitting a plan for reorganisation to James Brokenshire, the minister responsible for local government. |
| Legally, only one council needs to vote to back the plan for it to go to the Secretary of State for approval. | Legally, only one council needs to vote to back the plan for it to go to the Secretary of State for approval. |
| But, the councils said a total of two would need to vote for it before they would put the plan forward. | But, the councils said a total of two would need to vote for it before they would put the plan forward. |