No Postponement Bill to be Introduced

In the opinion of the Government there need be no postponement of this year’s municipal elections on account of the international crisis. Replying in the House of Commons to Mr Sherwell (Huddersfield), Mr Herbert Samuel (President of the Local Government Board) said the Government had considered the question of introducing a bill for such a postponement, and they had decided that there was not sufficient reason for such legislation. Local arrangements could be made by agreement for the avoidance of party contests, and the House would no doubt agree that in the present circumstances such arrangements should, if possible, be made.

Banbury Guardian, September 1914