Correspondence

​COVID-19: Remote meetings High Court judgment - letter to council leaders

Letter from the Minister for Local Government to councils in England on the High Court’s judgment regarding remote meetings.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021) and Luke Hall
• Published: 29 April 2021

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

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​COVID-19: Remote meetings High Court judgment - letter to council leaders

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Letter from the Minister for Local Government to the leaders of all principal councils in England explaining the High Court’s judgment that the Local Government Act 1972 does not permit councils to hold meetings remotely.

The letter is copied to the chairs of the Local Government Association and the National Association of Local Councils.

Published 29 April 2021