Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 107954

Local Government: Elections

Tabled: 22 January 2026

Answered: 29 January 2026

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his letter to council leaders whose elections he is seeking to postpone published on 22 January 2026, if he will make it his policy to utilise the affirmative procedu

Answer

Alison McGovern

The Secretary of State’s decisions were explained in his Statements to the House on 22 January and the letter he sent to council leaders, which was also copied to the Honourable Member, and is publicly available. The Department will now prepare the necess...

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