Elections

By David Buckle | 14 April 2015

This year's set of elections are the most complex ever, with parish, district and parliamentary s...

Ukip to field 'record' number of council candidates

By Dan Peters | 13 April 2015

Ukip will mobilise a record 5,000 candidates in 278 local council elections next month, leader Ni...

WHITEHALL

Warning over electoral roll system problems

By Dan Peters | 31 March 2015

Problems with the individual electoral registration verification service could affect the conduct...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Election test

By Paul Lankester | 30 March 2015

This premise that local government has improved electoral management will be tested on 7 May and ...

LEGISLATION

Postal vote reminder branded 'needless'

By Dan Peters | 24 March 2015

Returning officers are being forced to write more than 100,000 letters containing postal voting i...

WHITEHALL

IT problems mean IER switchover is delayed

By Jonathan Werran | 03 March 2015

A new software glitch afflicting the switchover to Individual Electoral Registration means voting...

ELECTIONS

Voting chaos won't be repeated in May, Electoral Commission chair vows

By Jonathan Werran | 03 March 2015

Chaotic scenes involving queuing voters locked out of polling booths which marred the 2010 genera...

ENVIRONMENT

Welsh Assembly given incentive to devolve income tax

By Jonathan Werran | 27 February 2015

Prime minister David Cameron has hailed today’s St David’s Day agreement as ‘one of the biggest t...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Registration headache as IER isolates thousands of voters

By Jonathan Werran | 24 February 2015

Voting watchdogs have come under pressure this week after it emerged there were 920,000 fewer ent...

ELECTIONS

Call to give ejected politicians more support

By Michael Burton | 04 February 2015

Political parties and the Local Government Association (LGA) are being urged to give greater coun...

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