They will keep the same number of councillors as before but only one administration service with one Chief Executive.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-29944622

Watch now for East Devon merging with one, two or three councils around us – after spending more than £250,000 of our money in 2007-11 telling us that this was not a good idea and resisting a Devon unitary authority.  And when one of the first things that the new Coalition government did was to stop all talk of such a deal saying it would not be beneficial to us

Truly, a year is a long time in politics!