Peterborough City Council leader Shabina Qayyum has voiced her support for a local government restructure proposal put forward by two local MPs as business cases continue development. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Peterborough Telegraph, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you. Submitting...Local Government Reorganisation (LGR), which will be implemented from April 2028, will replace current district, county and city councils, as well as existing unitary authorities such as Peterborough, with single-tier unitary councils. Peterborough City Council’s Labour leader Cllr Qayyum said: “Different options are under consideration but there is a lot of merit in a Greater Peterborough authority which builds on our heritage but brings in new areas as well – a bigger authority but with Peterborough at its heart. Advertisement Hide AdAdvertisement Hide Ad“This would mean a Greater Peterborough alongside a rural council in Cambridgeshire, better able to focus on the needs of those areas.