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...