Reorganisation presents both opportunities and challenges for East Cambridgeshire District Council and its residents.
Benefits include the potential for improved services through more functions ‘under one roof’, clearer accountability for residents, and potential financial savings - which are explicitly expected by the government.
However, there will also be some challenges and changes that LGR will pose for our residents due to the increased size of any new unitary authority compared to the current district council.
For example, residents may see changes to services when the new unitary goes live and a possible increase in Council Tax, which thanks to our innovative and prudent approach to financing, we have been able to keep low for the last 12 years.
We know from our council surveys that access to local services and local councillors is important, as is maintaining our community identity.
Our focus over the next few years is to make sure that any changes which come into effect for the new unitary authority reflect these views and have the best interest of residents at their heart.
Our latest Local Government Reorganisation survey ran from 19 June to 20 July 2025 and we are now in the process of analysing the results and carrying out focus groups.
We will be engaging more with residents and stakeholders throughout the LGR process.
In the meantime, if you would like to make any specific views known, please email ContactUs@eastcambs.gov.uk or feel free to engage with local councillors.
East Cambs LGR survey
In spring 2025 we ran an initial survey to ask residents what is important to them in East Cambridgeshire.
Interim results are available on this page.
Find out more
We will regularly update this page as more information becomes available. The Local Government Association have also created a devolution hub which contains more detail.