A group of MPs want to abolish all of a county's 15 councils in a bid to create a simpler local government.
The Labour MPs have written to the government asking to replace the councils in Lancashire with just three or four local authorities and create a Lancashire mayor.
Each replacement organisation would deliver all services in their own area rather than splitting responsibilities between county and district authorities, they said.
However, council leaders have either rejected the proposals or called for a referendum on the idea, with one saying the proposal was "civic vandalism".
Oliver Ryan, MP for Burnley, has written a report on the new idea, saying: "Our time is now.