Picklewatch - Pickles outlines plans to abolish regional government

Eric Pickles, Communities and Local Government Secretary, has announced the Government's intention in principle to abolish the remaining eight Government Offices for the Regions across England, subject to using the Spending Review to resolve consequential issues. The final decisions will be made at the end of the Spending Review in the autumn.

http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/corporate/1646834