Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the gov.uk collection entitled Local government reorganisation: Policy and programme updates, updated 12 March 2026, whether he intends to hold shadow unitary elections in each of the localities listed, other than Surrey, in May 2027.

The Government is continuing to take forward the programme of local government reorganisation and councils should continue to plan on the basis of the current timetable.