questionText: 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.
answerText: 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.
heading: Local Government: Elections