Question follow-through · 115143
Local Government: Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his letter to council leaders on 16 February 2026, whether legal advice was considered when the 2025 local elections were postponed.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 23 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 26 Feb 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his letter to council leaders on 16 February 2026, whether legal advice was considered when the 2025 local elections were postponed.
26 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Feb 2026
Answer published
I refer hon. Members to the Secretary of State’s Written Ministerial Statement made on 23 February (HCWS1349). It is a longstanding principle that government does not comment on or publish legal advice.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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