Interesting idea:

http://localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19739:nalc-welcomes-county-plan-to-hand-services-to-clusters-of-parishes&catid=59&Itemid=27

Now all we need is district council powers devolved to clusters of parishes and we have cracked it.

Oh, wait, that’s what Devon County Council wanted to do when it wanted to unitise but EDDC spent more than £250,000 to try to persuade us not to do it. And one of the first things the new government did was to cancel the project – now it’s flavour of the month!