Local Government: Reform
Commons · Question 22092 · Tabled 6 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Alicia Kearns
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, whether unitary local authorities will be required to merge with neighbouring councils to mee
Answer
Answered by Jim McMahon, 9 Jan 2025
On 16 December, I wrote to all councils in two-tier areas and to neighbouring small unitaries alongside the White Paper, to set out our plans. I intend to formally invite unitary proposals in January 2025 from all these councils. I will ask for interim pl...