Postponed May elections to go ahead
The government has announced that local elections will go ahead in May.
The decision to postpone 30 local elections has been reversed.
Minister of Housing Steve Reed has written to local authorities to inform them of this decision, which was made after legal advice.
The government has also announced that up to £63 million of new capacity funding to help councils across the 21 reorganisation areas to better deliver local government re-organisation.
The letter was sent to chief executives, the other Leaders and chief executives of
councils in the local government reorganisation programme, and to local MPs,
Combined/Combined County Authority mayors, police and crime commissioners and best
value commissioners.
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