Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 5957

Tabled: 2 June 2026

Question

Sir James Cleverly

ConservativeBraintree

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) shadow unitary authorities and (b) newly vested unitary authorities will have the power to change their formal new name without recourse to his Department.

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