Reform won councils in areas with quality of life and cohesion concerns
ELECTIONS

Reform won councils in areas with quality of life and cohesion concerns

By Martin Ford | 14 May 2025

Reform UK’s local election victories came in areas dissatisfied with policing, jobs, quality of life and cohesion, according to polls.

GOVERNANCE

The importance of ensuring good governance

By Abdool Kara | 11 May 2025

Abdool Kara says: 'It’s worth considering how to achieve good governance in the challenging conte...

GOVERNANCE

Filling in the holes in local democracy

By Mel Stevens | 08 May 2025

Mel Stevens considers where the new democratic deficits will lie in the new local government land...

ELECTIONS

Councils will bear the consequences of Reform's victory

By Heather Jameson | 08 May 2025

When it comes to local government reorganisation, 'the Labour Government could well be less gung-...

POLITICS

LGA shake-up after Reform polls success

By Paul Marinko | 08 May 2025

Reform UK is expected to form a political group within the Local Government Association (LGA) aft...

ELECTIONS

Mayors elected with lowest ever vote share

By Emily Twinch | 06 May 2025

A change in the voting system to first-past-the-post for mayors meant they were voted in with the...

POLITICS

Reform UK urged to take responsibilities seriously

By Emily Twinch | 06 May 2025

Prominent sector leaders this week called on incoming Reform UK councillors to take their respons...

ELECTIONS

Local elections 2025: Surveying the wreckage

By Paul Wheeler | 06 May 2025

Reform's tidal wave of gains in last week's local elections could just be the start of seismic ch...

ELECTIONS

Reform takes six councils from Tories

By Emily Twinch | 02 May 2025

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party has taken six councils from the Conservatives and control of Durha...

ELECTIONS

Reform gains in English local elections

By Emily Twinch | 02 May 2025

Labour has held onto key mayoralties even though it looks like Nigel Farage’s Reform UK will make...

ELECTIONS

Raw politics is back on the menu

By Jonathan Werran | 02 May 2025

Jonathan Werran, chief executive of Localis, considers the fallout from the local election results.

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