内容摘要：When he was handed in to Ulverston's Little Beasties pet shop, the tortoise was unscathed, except for a sore eye.

When he was handed in to Ulverston's Little Beasties pet shop, the tortoise was unscathed, except for a sore eye.

The county's six district council leaders were pitched the idea in a private Zoom meeting before Christmas, yet only Wyre Forest District Council is understood to have openly expressed support."I think they are rushing into things by not calling an election or not having the county elections in May… I think that's a mistake," said Joe Baker, the Labour leader of Redditch Borough Council.

Instead of new countywide authority, he said he was exploring the possibility of forming a North Worcestershire authority with other districts."Democracy should always be maintained… I don't think we should be fast tracked until everybody knows what we're doing and where we're going forward," he said."And I think the leadership in the county council at the moment is probably clutching at straws, trying to hold on to power."

Liberal Democrat county councillor Dan Boatright-Greene said the local authority had "no mandate" for the move."I am not against a unitary authority but I am against a handful of people deciding the political make up of an entire county without consulting residents or elected members," he said.

Councils are also required to put forward proposals to team together to form 'strategic' authorities covering larger areas, potentially headed by a directly-elected mayor, such as the West Midlands Combined Authority.

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