questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) guidance and (b) advice his Department has given to local authorities on whether employees of (i) district and (ii) county councils can serve as a councillor of a shadow unitary authority for that area.
answerText: The position is set out in the relevant standard disqualification provisions that are contained in existing legislation, including the Local Government Act 1972. The Electoral Commission provides guidance on disqualifications and working for a council, av...
heading: Councillors