Local Government: Recall Petitions

The government is not currently proposing to introduce recall petition powers for councillors. Instead, we are committed to strengthening the local government standards regime through a comprehensive package of reforms. The government response to the ‘Strengthening the standards and conduct framework for local authorities in England’ consultation, published in November 2025, states our intention to legislate for a clearer and more consistently applied conduct system that will help local elected members to hold themselves and their colleagues to account in meeting the high standards and conduct their roles demand and the public have a right to expect.