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This issue has trundled on for so long, the concern being cost on local government, and then it turns out it can be sorted out overnight with just £63m.
If you ran on a pledge to clean up politics, and you're up against Reform saying "they're all the same and all as bad as each other", then it should be obvious that delaying elections because you're scared about the results is not a good look.
Absolutely, for the low, low price of two new hospitals and a new primary school some more people get to join the grift train for a few months before the council they are elected to ceases to exist. Worth it.
Hey now, that's only the cost of 30 cruise missiles.
Or about 3,500 small but very deadly drones (UK made of course)