Local Government: Devon
Commons · Question 20854 · Tabled 17 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 27 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 101 of the English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, whether she plans to postpone local authority elections in Devon in 2025.
Answer
Answered by Jim McMahon, 27 Dec 2024
It is usual for the government to take account of requests for reorganisation, and to decide on the appropriateness of elections taking place to local authorities which are planned to be replaced, usually postponing to allow elections to the new shadow au...