Government consultation into local government reorganisation in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

From Thursday 5 February to Thursday 26 March 2026, the Government is consulting on four different options for local government reorganisation in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough - including option B, which we support.

Local Government Reorganisation is the government’s plan for a once in a generation shake up of local councils across the country which, in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, will see all seven city, district and county councils reorganised into two or three new councils providing all local services – from housing and planning to social care – under one roof.

Cambridge City, East Cambridgeshire District and South Cambridgeshire District councils all support option B, which proposes two new unitary councils which would deliver all the services currently delivered by different district, city and county councils:

• a Greater Cambridge council, for Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire
• a North Cambridgeshire and Peterborough council, for East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire and Peterborough

Please note the four options are not presented in alphabetical order in the government's consultation platform. They are listed in the following order: option B, option A, option E, option D.