Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 24126

Local Government: Reorganisation

Tabled: 14 January 2025
Answered: 21 January 2025

Question

Alicia Kearns

ConservativeRutland and Stamford

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2025 to Question 22092 on Local Government: Reform, whether local council mergers will be required under the English Devolution White Paper.

Answer

Jim McMahon
On 16 December, I wrote to all councils in two-tier areas and to neighbouring small unitaries alongside the English Devolution White Paper, to set out our plans. I intend to formally invite unitary proposals in January 2025 from all these councils and I w...

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