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Local Government: Mayors

Asked by Rebecca SmithConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 20 June 2025UIN 59537

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to allow local councils to (a) adopt and (b) retain a mayoral executive model.

Answered by Jim McMahon

In the English Devolution White Paper, the Government made a commitment to consider the governance models available to local authorities across the sector.

As part of wider reforms to the local government landscape, the department continues to review available governance models to ensure decision making is best supported at all levels of local government.

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