Labour ministers, clearly short of things to do, have launched one of the biggest ever shake-ups of English local government. Cheltenham Borough Council and Gloucestershire County Council could both be abolished, we could have a new executive super-mayor like Sadiq Khan or Andy Burnham covering an area as far afield as Bristol and it could even mean changes at parish level too. Our MP Max Wilkinson and I are worried this could mean decisions that affect us in Leckhampton being taken much further from our community by councillors who have no real local knowledge. But ultimately it looks like it will be ministers in Whitehall who decide. I’ve explained the changes in more detail here.