Written Question·Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities·UIN 195311

Local Government: Liability

Tabled: 20 July 2023

Answered: 8 September 2023

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a new tier of governance accountability for councils, in the context of events such as Grenfell Tower.

Answer

The governance model for a local authority in England must be either: the mayor and cabinet; the leader and cabinet; or the committee system. It is for local areas to decide on their governance. Local people can have a say on the authority's governance vi...

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