questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Further to the written statement of 4 December 2025, HCWS1128, on Devolution Priority Programme, what is the criteria that he will use to determine whether local council elections scheduled for 2026 are (a) held as currently scheduled, (b) postponed or (c) cancelled.
answerText: Our starting point is for all elections to go ahead unless there is strong justification otherwise.
heading: Local Government: Elections