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Shops on Harpenden High Street, the town centre that will remain part of a new, larger local authority from 2028.
Shops on Harpenden High Street, the town centre that will remain part of a new, larger local authority from 2028. David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0
Council & politics

Harpenden to lose its St Albans council to Hemel Hempstead

St Albans City and District Council is to be abolished and Harpenden absorbed into a new authority stretching west to Berkhamsted and Tring. Nothing changes on the doorstep until 2028 — but the town has until next May to work out who will speak for it.

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