Should Nottingham City be (re)merged with Nottinghamshire for real democracy?

In the 1980s Cities were allowed to "leave" their county and become unitary authorities. These days Nottingham City might be labelled as "tyranny of the majority", because Labour holds virtually all the seats.

Meanwhile in non-city Nottinghamshire, a few months ago Reform took a commanding win over the county council. THEY have a "tyranny of the majority" for all of us living outside Nottm City Boundaries (and a significant part of Metropolitan Nottingham is run by the County, not the City).

Is this fair? Should city + council be reintegrated? It would:
(1) Make the council competitive: Labour and Reform must compete against each other. No more "complacency" knowing voters' view "don't matter".
(2) Re-establish a long-held principle of British democracy: that we're all in this together. No more "richer Council" getting benefits of City (bus-passes etc) without contributing to City finances (since Council Tax in Nottm City heavily penalises the naturally worse off people who live in city boundaries). Nottm city will soon be the 9th most obese place in UK among kids.

We are all proud of our Notts heritage. Time to pull together?