More than half of the county councils in England with elections scheduled for this year could seek to have the votes postponed, the BBC can reveal. At least 12 out of 21 county councils due to hold elections in May are poised to ask ministers to delay the ballots to explore options set out in a major redesign of local government announced in December. The government has set Friday as the deadline for areas to show interest in the first tranche of devolution plans. But a delay in elections would see millions of voters “deprived of their local democracy,” according to the District Councils Network, which represents smaller local authorities.
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