If they so much as try this, I won't vote Labour for a decade.
Local democracy should not be cancelled on account of a reorganisation. Whilst the present system of local mismanagement is far from ideal, I cannot believe that any sensible changes would necessitate shutting elections down.
I agree… Is no one else even slightly worried by the thought that the government of the day is calling off elections?!?!? With Labour’s track record for governmental and constitutional reform it’ll be a decade before there are elections again!
It’s a very troubling development, but would parliament have to approve?