Councillors

By Dan Peters | 26 May 2023

Chief executives who volunteer as peers do not have to have a corporate peer challenge (CPC) in t...

Opportunity knocks

16 May 2023

A few – OK make that more than 1,000 – Conservative councillors suffered the pain of rejection a...

COUNCILLORS

Birmingham bombshell: Labour NEC to oust leader

By Mark Conrad | 16 May 2023

Britain’s biggest authority, Birmingham City Council, has been thrown into turmoil after an inter...

FINANCE

Court case looms after election blunder

By Mark Conrad | 16 May 2023

A councillor who gained the most votes at a recent election faces a court case for her seat after...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

A checklist for new councillors

By John Tizard | 12 May 2023

In the aftermath of the local elections, John Tizard offers advice to new councillors and adminis...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

The ABC election

By Duncan Flynn | 12 May 2023

In his elections round-up, Duncan Flynn says the Conservatives not only lost badly, their pre-ele...

COUNCILLORS

A soporific saga

10 May 2023

Diary occasionally hears accusations of councillors snoozing during planning meetings.

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Moving on from misinformation

By Christopher Hammond | 10 May 2023

In the age of polycrisis, Christopher Hammond argues that deliberate misinformation is one of the...

FINANCE

Devon decision-making 'driven by officers'

By Martin Ford | 28 April 2023

Decision-making at Conservative-led Devon CC is ‘driven by officers,’ a senior councillor has cla...

WELFARE

Councils better placed to deliver welfare than DWP, leaders claim

By Martin Ford | 26 April 2023

Sector representatives were brought before the Work and Pensions Committee to hear their experien...

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