Local Government: Elections

Commons · Question 115976 · Tabled 25 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 4 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Zöe Franklin

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to local authorities arising from the postponement of the 2026 local elections and the subsequent reversal of that decision; and

Answer

Answered by Alison McGovern, 4 Mar 2026

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...