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Dan Peters 24 June 2025

McMahon: Government will abolish council committee system

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Local government minister Jim McMahon © parliament.uk

The Government has announced plans to legislate to abolish the committee system.

In a written Parliamentary statement today, local government minister Jim McMahon said councils that currently operated a committee system would have to switch to a leader and cabinet model, which the vast majority of English local authorities currently operate.

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