questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his decision letter to council leaders in Essex on local government reorganisation, dated 25 March 2026, whether there will be any public consultation on what the names of the five new Essex councils should be.
answerText: A statutory consultation has already been undertaken on the proposal for five new unitary councils, which will now be implemented.It is intended that the secondary legislation establishing the new councils will name them in line with that proposal.Once es...
heading: Local Government: Essex