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Portsmouth City Council: Reorganisation

Commons · Question 51080 · Tabled 8 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 14 May 2025

Question

Asked by Amanda Martin

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the evidential basis is that (a) growing and (b) reorganising Portsmouth City Council will increase it's financial stability.

Answer

Answered by Jim McMahon, 14 May 2025

The government was elected on a manifesto that pledged to fix the foundations of local government alongside a transfer of power and funding out of Westminster through devolution. Local government reorganisation is central to this pledge, and we have set o...