Question follow-through · 95327
Councillors
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 4 of the Autumn Budget 2025, HC1492, 26 November 2025, if he will publish the evidential basis for the claim that there would be a £250 million saving from
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 27 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 16 Dec 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 4 of the Autumn Budget 2025, HC1492, 26 November 2025, if he will publish the evidential basis for the claim that there would be a £250 million saving from
1 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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16 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to cutting the cost of politics. The £250 million figure was calculated based on estimated savings from the potential reduction in local councillors through Local Government Reorganisation and from the abolition of Police and C...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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