Rutland MP Alicia Kearns to hold public meeting this Monday (27th January) to discuss recent government plans to scrap district councils, potentially bringing the future of Rutland County into question. 

The public meeting will be held on Monday 27th January from 6pm at Victoria Hall in Oakham. There will be a second meeting on Monday 3rd February. 

In a statement, Kearns said: "I want to hear your views on the Government's plan to scrap district councils, small unitary councils like ours and create new enormous unitary county councils serving 500,000 people.  

"The proposals put into doubt the future of Rutland as a county council.  

"I want to hold a public meeting to ensure Rutlanders understand what the Government is proposing, the potential outcomes of their proposals as I understand them at this time and what different stakeholders are proposing in response to the required re-organisations."



The Rutland MP is holding two public meetings at Victoria Hall to discuss devolution (Photo: Grace Kennington)

Rutland County Council formed in the late 1990s, and concerns have been raised locally about whether the smaller authority will be eclipsed by larger surrounding counties is a merger were to take place. 

The upcoming meetings will allow the public to discuss devolution, as well as offer up opinions on what the county could look like in the future.