Government cancels plan to delay local council elections in England

2026-02-16 - 18:25

Polls in 30 areas had been due to be postponed as part of the government’s shake-up of English councils UK politics live – latest updates Ministers have dropped plans to delay 30 local elections this May after receiving legal advice that doing so might be unlawful. The government had planned to delay elections in England while local authorities are reorganised, which is likely to lead to some authorities merging or being subsumed into others. Ministers argued against holding elections for councils that could cease to exist in a year or two. Continue reading...