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The Derbyshire LGR decision map. Image from One Derbyshire Two Councils.

Plans to replace 10 Derbyshire councils with 2 new larger ones, to be paused for a “rapid review”

A major Government decision to scrap Derbyshire’s 10 councils and replace them with two new, larger councils from 2028 is to be paused for a “rapid review”. Sources have confirmed to the Local Democracy Reporting Service that the decision to pause follows judicial reviews brought over the four council reshuffles agreed by the Government earlier this year. The 14 decisions made in July, including the reshuffle for Derby and Derbyshire’s 10 councils, will now be paused for a review, the […]

7 September 2026 29

Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Council faces ongoing external financial pressures despite improvements

Derbyshire County Council has revealed an improved financial position at the authority despite concerns from a study claiming councils are still facing external pressures and many will need to plug a combined multi-billion pound budget gap shortfall with more savings by the end of the next financial year. The BBC Shared Data Unit’s study, Councils’ Continuing Crisis, found that councils across the UK will still need to meet a combined £3.8bn budget gap by the end of the 2027-28 financial […]

4 September 2026 31

Derbyshire County Council headquarters at County Hall, Matlock. Photo by Eddie Bisknell.

Borough Wide

£16m to be set aside by Derbyshire councils for the initial costs of local government reorganisation

Derbyshire councils are to set aside more than £16 million for the initial costs of closing down their own organisations and creating new ones – including laying off many staff. A new report details the expected cost of abolishing Derbyshire’s 10 councils, including the county, city and eight districts and boroughs, and creating two new larger north and south replacements, will be £66 million. In a worst-case scenario – or “stretch case” – this could reach more than £81 million, […]

3 September 2026 31

Borough Wide

Name revealed for combined Derbyshire councils

The Government has revealed the names for the new Derbyshire councils, which will be formed after the current 10 authorities are all scrapped. A letter from the Government to the chief executives of all of the county and city’s 10 councils outlines the next steps to form the new north and south authorities to replace the existing system from April 2028. It says the two authorities will be called Derbyshire North Council and Derbyshire South Council. The letter, from Ruth […]

30 July 2026 30

LGR

Plans to replace 10 Derbyshire councils with 2 new larger ones, to be paused for a “rapid review”

Derbyshire County Council faces ongoing external financial pressures despite improvements

£16m to be set aside by Derbyshire councils for the initial costs of local government reorganisation

Name revealed for combined Derbyshire councils

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