ENGLAND’S smallest county is set to disappear from the map under the biggest local government shake-up in more than 50 years. The overhaul will see Rutland County Council abolished and replaced by a larger authority stretching around Leicester, as ministers redraw council boundaries.
COUNT ME OUT England’s smallest county will be wiped off map forever under biggest council shake-up in half a century
July 18, 2026
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ENGLAND’S smallest county is set to disappear from the map under the biggest local government shake-up in more than 50 years. The overhaul will see Rutland County Council abolished and replaced by a larger authority stretching around Leicester, as ministers redraw council boundaries.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/39792344/england-county-wiped-map-council-shake-up/
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