The Warwickshire councillor who was controversially stopped from speaking on plans to merge councils had his say in Nuneaton last week – admitting his favoured option is "not quite viable".

Cllr Keith Kondakor registered to speak at Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council's cabinet meeting, one which saw the Labour-led authority rubber stamp its intention to push for two unitaries in Warwickshire – one for the north and one for the south.

Services are currently divided between the county council and Warwickshire's five district and borough councils.

The national government wants all those services to be delivered through one level of local government from 2028 with Warwickshire County Council advocating a single, county-wide authority to do that, while Warwick and Stratford-on-Avon di

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