Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 30469

Local Government: Elections and Reorgansation

Tabled: 10 February 2025
Answered: 18 February 2025

Question

Alex Easton

IndependentNorth Down

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will publish the rationale for cancelling or delaying certain council elections scheduled for May 2025; what assessment she has made of the potential impact of

Answer

Jim McMahon
On 16 December I wrote to leaders of all two-tier councils and of neighbouring unitary authorities, explaining that government would only postpone elections where it will help deliver both reorganisation and devolution to the most ambitious timeframe. I c...

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