Agenda

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“Following receipt of the Interim Plan Feedback document from the government in June on local government reorganisation proposals for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, and comments from the City Mayor of Leicester at the Full Council meeting of Leicester City Council on Thursday 3^rd July that “both the County Council Leadership in public, and District Council Leaders in private acknowledge that the case for boundary revision for the city is unarguable”, this County Council resolves to:

A)    Require that proposals for, or agreements to Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation made on behalf of Leicestershire County Council by the Leader and/or Cabinet and/or Chief Executive, be subject to debate by and a vote of Full Council before submission to the Government. A Special Council meeting will be scheduled in November 2025 in anticipation of this vote;

B)    Recognise that such a submission would only pass this County Council with the support of opposition Councillors and therefore requires the Leader to consult with all Group Leaders on a weekly basis to update them on progress of discussions with Leicester City Council and/or Rutland County Council and/or the Borough and District Councils;

C)   Confirm that Leicestershire County Council does not support any expansion of the Leicester City Council area boundaries.”

(A requisition for an Extraordinary Meeting of the Council for the purpose of considering this motion was put forward by the following members of the Council in accordance with the Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 12, paragraph 3: Mrs D. Taylor CC, Mr J. Poland CC, Mr N. Chapman CC, Mr D. Grimley CC, Mrs B. Seaton CC, Mr S. Bradshaw CC, Mr P. King CC, Mr O. O’Shea CC, Mr J. Melen CC.)