Sarah Pochin

Sarah Pochin

Reform UK — Runcorn and Helsby

Speaking in the House of Commons on 19 January 2026

Debate

Local Elections: Cancellation

Contribution

Last year, a junior Housing Minister, the hon. Member for Peckham (Miatta Fahnbulleh), stood at the Dispatch Box and said that “local council elections are happening in 2026. We are cracking on with it”.—[Official Report, 4 December 2025; Vol. 776, c. 1164.] For some communities, this is the second year in a row that elections have been cancelled. How does the Minister expect the British people to believe anything this Government say, or have any faith in their commitment to democracy?

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