| Heading: |
Local Government: Accountability |
| Question ID: |
1792657 |
| UIN: |
903637 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-01 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4813 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mr Richard Holden
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| Asking Member handle: |
RicHolden
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@RicHolden
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that local government is accountable for its decisions. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-07 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4569 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Jim McMahon
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| Answering Member handle: |
JimfromOldham
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@JimfromOldham
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| Answer text: |
Councils are democratic institutions accountable to the communities they serve. We are strengthening that accountability through clearer expectations, stronger local scrutiny, and a renewed focus on outcomes. Together, these measures are building a more t... |
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| Answering body ID: |
7 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
| Tweeted: |
true |