Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 87773

Local Government: Reorganisation

Tabled: 4 November 2025

Answered: 17 November 2025

Question

Sir James Cleverly

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to allow local referendums on (a) local government restructuring, (b) changes to the governance model of local councils and (c) the establishment of combined aut

Answer

Alison McGovern

Parliament has set out in the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 the process for establishing unitary councils in two-tier areas, and a referendum is not part of the statutory process that has already begun. The process requires st...

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