We also challenged MHCLG on how reorganisation in local government will affect WGA.32 The Local Government Reorganisation ambition is to simplify local government by ending the two-tier system and establishing new single-tier unitary councils.33 MHCLG confirmed that accounts for areas currently operating under the two-tier system will continue to be prepared in the usual manner up to and including the 2027–28 financial year and from 2028–29 onwards, a single consolidated set of accounts is ex...

We also challenged MHCLG on how reorganisation in local government will affect WGA.32 The Local Government Reorganisation ambition is to simplify local government by ending the two-tier system and establishing new single-tier unitary councils.33 MHCLG confirmed that accounts for areas currently operating under the two-tier system will continue to be prepared in the usual manner up to and including the 2027–28 financial year and from 2028–29 onwards, a single consolidated set of accounts is expected for each new unitary authority.34 While acknowledging the inherent complexity of this transition, MHCLG emphasised that reorganisation will not co Type: conclusion | Number: 17 | Response status: response_pending