Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 7690

Local Government: Standards

Tabled: 7 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Mr Peter Bedford

ConservativeMid Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of arrangements for standards enforcement in local government.

Answer

Jim McMahon
The Government is actively considering options to strengthen the standards regime for local government and provide councils with more effective means to address serious misconduct by elected members. We want to give local leaders the tools they need to es...

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