Written Question·Treasury·UIN 97317

Local Government: Reorganisation

Tabled: 4 December 2025
Answered: 12 December 2025

Question

Lewis Cocking

ConservativeBroxbourne

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2025, published on 26 November, HC 1492, on what evidential basis she estimated the saving arising from the abolition of Police and Crime Commissioners and re-organising local gov

Answer

James Murray
The Government is committed to cutting the cost of politics. The figures were calculated based on estimated savings from the potential reduction in local councillors through local government reorganisation and from the abolition of Police and Crime Commis...

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