What you need to know
Local government is changing across the country - last December the government published a white paper on a national programme of devolution and reform to local government.
Currently Staffordshire has:
- One county council, which provides and manages services that are linked across the county, like schools, social services and roads.
- Eight district & borough councils, which provide and manage more local services, like helping people with housing, waste collection, planning and more.
- Town and parish councils
- Find out more about which council does what.
The UK government’s plan is to replace the nine councils in Staffordshire with a smaller number of unitary councils.
Unitary councils are bigger councils that provide and manage all services in an area (other than those delivered by town and parish councils).
The idea of local government reorganisation is to:
- Make services simpler and easier to access
- Help you know who to contact
- Join up services like housing, health, transport and care
- Save money and run more efficiently
Thank you to the thousands of you who gave your views to help us shape our proposal for what a new council should look like - we will submit our final proposals on 28 November 2025.