#Development Corporations, #Local Government Reorganisation, #Planning and Land Use, #Infrastructure Capacity

Draft Local Government (Structural and Boundary Changes) (Control of Disposals etc.) (Amendment) Order 2026 appears here as a parliamentary thread from the General Committees on 24 Jun 2026, with 6 speakers contributing 21 speeches.

#Local Government Reorganisation, #Council Asset Disposals, #Statutory Instruments, #MHCLG, #Devolution

Peers considered a change to the rules that stop outgoing councils making major land sales or contracts before reorganisation. Ministers said the old check date of 2006 was too far back and would force councils to review nearly 20 years of decisions, while critics pressed for clarity on record-keeping, unchanged spending thresholds and the wider timetable for devolution and mayoral elections.

#Local Government Reorganisation, #Statutory Instruments, #MHCLG, #Council Finances, #Land Disposals, #Council Records, #Devolution, #Unitary Councils

Local Elections: Basildon and Thurrock appears here as a parliamentary thread from the Commons Chamber on 12 Jan 2026, with 2 speakers contributing 4 speeches.

#Local Elections, #Local Government Reorganisation

Bromsgrove: Local Government appears here as a parliamentary thread from the Westminster Hall on 7 Jan 2026, with 4 speakers contributing 8 speeches.

#Local Government Reorganisation, #Local Government Finance, #Rural Public Services