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Nine English council elections postponed amid local government shake-up
Conservatives and Lib Dems criticise delays, which are in areas under reorganisation to introduce elected mayorsUK politics live – latest updatesLocal elections in nine councils across England are to be postponed for a year as part of devolution measures that will reorganise local government in those areas, Angela Rayner has announced.The communities secretary, who is also the deputy prime minister, said her department had agreed to delay elections in half the areas that were seeking to introduce elected mayors, telling the Commons it would be pointless to have “elections to bodies that won’t exist”. Continue reading...
Conservatives and Lib Dems criticise delays, which are in areas under reorganisation to introduce elected mayors
Local elections in nine councils across England are to be postponed for a year as part of devolution measures that will reorganise local government in those areas, Angela Rayner has announced.
The communities secretary, who is also the deputy prime minister, said her department had agreed to delay elections in half the areas that were seeking to introduce elected mayors, telling the Commons it would be pointless to have “elections to bodies that won’t exist”. Continue reading...
