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Local Government: Elections

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 18 February 2025UIN 29500

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the conversations and negotiations which she had in order to determine which elections were to be postponed.

Answered by Jim McMahon

The Secretary of State will not publish these details. I wrote to councils who requested for their local elections to be postponed from May 2025 to May 2026 to inform them of the outcome of the government's decision. The bar for postponement was high and requests were only granted where this supports delivery of both reorganisation and devolution to the most ambitious timeframe.

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