Councillors: Employment
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the number of elected councillors without the right to work in the UK.
Answered by Alison McGovern
The Department does not record this data and has no plans to make this assessment.
The right to work in the UK is not an explicit qualification or disqualification criteria for English local government candidacy or membership. The Electoral Commission publishes detailed guidance on qualifications and disqualifications online.
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