Latest updates

Government ministers have launched a consultation on the future number of councils in Kent and Medway and the areas they should cover.

They want to hear your views on the biggest shake up of local government in 50 years.

Ministers asked councils to come up with plans to create unitary councils in a process known as local government reorganisation (LGR). 

To take part in the government’s consultation, have your say via the official Government website.

You have until 11.59pm on Thursday 26 March 2026 to do so. 

Next steps

Once the consultation closes, the civil servants and ministers will consider everyone’s responses alongside the evidence that has been presented to them. 

A decision on which option ministers have chosen is likely to be announced in the summer of 2026.