00:00The Times has reported that local elections across the country will be
00:07delayed for a second year in a row. The leader of my local authority, Surrey
00:12County Council, has had to go on record to say that he hasn't called for
00:16elections to be cancelled, but other Conservatives clearly have. Mr Speaker,
00:22can the Prime Minister give me a cast-iron guarantee that my constituents in
00:27Woking and others across the country will not lose their democratic right to vote?
00:31I thank you for his question. He knows we inherited a situation where local
00:36councils were underfunded and millions were wasted on duplication. By reforming
00:41the system which this war is doing, we will save money and reinvest it in
00:44improved public services. In Surrey, just in response to his question, we expect the
00:50elections to be in the new unitary councils and we will be setting out the planned
00:54timetable very shortly.
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