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Local Government: Reorganisation

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 4 September 2026UIN 20174

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 17 June 2026 to Question 8780, on Local Government: Reorganisation, what is the criteria for a council’s use of the committee system to be protected.

Answered by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Councils operating the committee system are generally required to move to the leader and cabinet model. However, where a council has adopted the committee system more recently through either a public referendum or council resolution and remains within the relevant moratorium period, it may retain that model until the end of that period, after which a governance review must be undertaken.

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