MHCLG mulls over key consultation suspensions

摘要

Ministry of Housing,Communities and LocalGovernment (MHCLG) officialshave said they will look at furthereasing the burdens on the sectoramid the coronavirus crisis.Civil servants have acceptedthat councils are all under pressureand indicated they would beopen to considering suspendingall government consultations forat least three months to allowlocal authorities to focus oncoronavirus.Wyre Forest DC chiefexecutive, Ian Miller (pictured), isamong local government figuresto have called for the MHCLGto suspend or extend all currentconsultations that affect thesector, as well as relax or suspendperformance measures.