Question follow-through · 115975
Local Government: Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he consulted (a) Cabinet and (b) the Prime Minister prior to the decision to (i) postpone the 2026 local elections and (ii) reverse that postponement.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 4 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he consulted (a) Cabinet and (b) the Prime Minister prior to the decision to (i) postpone the 2026 local elections and (ii) reverse that postponement.
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Mar 2026
Answer published
I refer the hon. Member to the Secretary of State’s Written Ministerial Statement of 23 February (HCWS1349). It is a longstanding principle that government does not comment on or publish legal advice. Councils are being supported to deliver elections. The...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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