Question follow-through · 50995

Unitary Councils: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to delay planned local elections for new unitary authorities after 2027.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled: 8 May 2025
Target answer date: 12 May 2025
Answer: 14 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

8 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to delay planned local elections for new unitary authorities after 2027.
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 May 2025
Answer published
Under the local government reorganisation programme, we anticipate that, on the most ambitious timelines, there could be elections to ‘shadow’ unitary councils in May 2027, ahead of “go live” of new councils on 1 April 2028. For Surrey, our expectation is...

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