A proposal to abolish all six councils and create a new unitary council for Oxfordshire has been published by Oxfordshire County Council.
One Oxfordshire aims to join up planning, housing, jobs and transport, and cut the number of councillors from 282 to between 100 and 125.
Two independent studies by Grant Thornton and PwC, commissioned by the county and district councils, estimate that joining up related services would save £100m over the first five years.
Cllr Ian Hudspeth (Conservative), leader of Oxfordshire County Council, said: “Councils in Oxfordshire have become a lot more efficient but we cannot continue to make savings without further cuts to local services.
“While we delay reorganising local government, we are wasting around £400,000 every week on running six councils – per year, that would fill 307,000 potholes or provide home care for 1,687 older people or approximately one million hours of home care.”
Residents are being asked to comment before the revised proposal and public response is considered by the county council’s cabinet on 14 March.
