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Cabinet Office publishes May 2021 polls delivery plan

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Published on: 05 February 2021

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LNB News 05/02/2021

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Issue Date: 05 February 2021

Published Date: 05 February 2021

Jurisdiction(s): England and Wales

Article summary

The Cabinet Office has published a policy paper regarding the May 2021 polls delivery plan. The government postponed the scheduled local polls in May 2020 due to the coronavirus (COVID–19) pandemic. Returning Officers, the government and their partners have made ‘extensive preparations to be able to hold these polls on 6 May 2021’, so the polls will run as usual but with additional measures set in place to ensure there is a minimal risk of spreading coronavirus. The Cabinet Office states that an estimated £92m of government grant funding will be supplied to local authorities for the elections, and £31m of that funding will directly address costs associated with ‘making the elections COVID-19 secure'.

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