Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 51080

Portsmouth City Council: Reorganisation

Tabled: 8 May 2025
Answered: 14 May 2025

Question

Amanda Martin

LabourPortsmouth North

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the evidential basis is that (a) growing and (b) reorganising Portsmouth City Council will increase it's financial stability.

Answer

Jim McMahon
The government was elected on a manifesto that pledged to fix the foundations of local government alongside a transfer of power and funding out of Westminster through devolution. Local government reorganisation is central to this pledge, and we have set o...

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