Welcome to the Keep Norfolk Local website

Keep Norfolk Local's council leaders outside Trevelyan House, London
Keep Norfolk Local’s council leaders outside Trevelyan House, London

The government is considering proposals to abolish local councils within Norfolk and replace them with one or more mammoth, “unitary” councils covering the whole of Norfolk and parts of Suffolk. If any of these proposals were to go ahead, they would lead to the creation of one of the largest unitary councils in Britain.

This council would be a vast and remote bureaucracy – twice the size of Luxembourg – with each councillor serving thousands of electors. It would be impossible for councillors to get to know their local residents. More importantly, it could lead to higher council taxes, lost jobs and reduced services.

Unitary local government in Norfolk would be:

We cannot allow this to happen.

This is the BIG question the public is asking...

“When was the last time local government reorganisation led to lower council tax bills?”

Keep Norfolk Local is the campaign to stop these half-baked proposals. It is supported by local MPs and councillors and by people from all political parties along with businesses, community groups and local residents.

For information on these proposals please visit the Boundary Committee website through the Links section at the top of this page.

Latest news

  1. Our response to the Boundary Committee (Thursday 28 May 2009)
  2. Local government review process in tatters (Wednesday 25 March 2009)
  3. Keep Norfolk Local responds to latest reorganisation developments (Monday 9 February 2009)
  4. MPs give their backing to Keep Norfolk Local (Thursday 11 December 2008)

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