The 'worried' chairman-elect of the County Councils Network has warned it would be a 'disaster' if devolution led to backdoor local government reorganisation. Kent CC leader, Cllr Paul Carter, told The MJ he wanted to see county devolution deals that avoided reorganisation and directly-elected mayors. He added there was a 'grave danger' that government insistence on having mayors would act as a 'distraction'. Cllr Carter, who aims to put together a devolution bid for Kent including welfare reform, skills and health and social care by the end of the year, said: 'I think the majority of residents of Kent will be horrified by local government reorganisation, which would take three to four years to unwind and deliver efficiencies.
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机译：县议会网络的当选主席的“担心”警告说，如果权力下放导致后门地方政府重组，这将是一场“灾难”。肯特（Kent）CC领导人卡尔·卡特（Cllr Paul Carter）告诉MJ，他希望看到避免了改组和直接选举市长的县级交易。他补充说，存在“严重危险”，即政府坚持要求市长担任“分心”。卡特尔（Cllr Carter）的目标是在年底前将肯特的权力下放，包括福利改革，技能，健康和社会保健。他说：“我认为肯特的大多数居民将因地方政府的重组而感到恐惧，展开并提高效率需要三到四年的时间。
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