questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with refence to his Department's oral statement of 18 December 2025 on Local Government Reorganisation, Official Report col 1130, what recent discussions his Department has had regarding financial support for whichever restructured council area inherits the debts of Thurrock, Basildon, and Essex Councils.
answerText: Thurrock Commissioners were involved in the development of reorganisation proposals and my officials met with them in the course of those and other responsibilities. The Department met with councils following the submission of proposals on 26 September, a...
heading: Local Government: Reorganisation