On 27 March 2007 Local Government Minister Phil Woolas announced that 16 councils bidding for unitary status had been shortlisted to go forward for public consultation.
This in turn was abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England and has been replaced by a unitary Durham County Council.
In 2009 there was another re-organisation of local administration, with the creation of a unitary authority (Shropshire Council) covering most of Shropshire.
In 2009 there was another re-organisation of local administration, with the creation of a unitary authority covering most of Shropshire.
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In local government, the town falls under the auspices of Wiltshire Council, a unitary authority established in 2009 as part of wider local government changes in England.