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REORGANISATION

Rayner admits LGR was 'always going to be litigated'

Local government reorganisation (LGR) was ‘always going to be litigated’, Angela Rayner has said as she defended bringing the process to a halt.

By Martin Ford | 11 November 2026

Angela Rayner © Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

Local government reorganisation (LGR) was ‘always going to be litigated', Angela Rayner has said as she defended bringing the process to a halt.

Rayner told the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee this morning she wanted to check the decisions made under her predecessor as secretary of state, Steve Reed, were legally sound.

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