questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, in what circumstances new unitary councils will be able to apply for borough status once they are in (a) shadow and (b) vested form where predecessor councils were boroughs; and what criteria will be used to determine whether borough status will be renewed for new unitaries.
answerText: Where local government reorganisation takes place, we work with councils to ensure appropriate arrangements, such as Charter Trustees, are established to preserve ceremonial rights, including city or borough status already granted to predecessor councils,...
heading: Local Government: Reorganisation