Written questions

Local Government: Reorganisation

Commons · Question 28590 · Tabled 9 Sep 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 15 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department are taking to ensure that Basildon and Thurrock do not lose access to funding or investment opportunities while local government reorganisation is under

Answer

Answered by Jim McMahon, 15 Sep 2026

As set out by the Secretary of State in her oral statement of 7 September, the government has withdrawn the March 2026 decisions for Essex, Hampshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, and paused decisions for the other 14 areas while a full review of the local govern...