Hampshire County Council has written to Government today to confirm our position that local elections should go ahead as planned this May. Last month, Government asked councils across the country, undergoing Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) for their views on whether the elections planned for 7 May should be postponed, to give them capacity to deliver LGR by 2028. Hampshire County Council is clear that the May 2026 elections should proceed as planned, and that if the Government has concerns