Elections

By Paul Swinney | 08 April 2024

Polling shows the public wants more local control over policy decisions, and directly-elected may...

WHITEHALL

Government shelves rollout of council powers

By Chris Ames | 05 April 2024

The Department for Transport (DfT) has shelved the further rollout of powers for English councils...

Battle lines drawn for local elections

By Martin Ford | 03 April 2024

Rows over levelling up have dominated the opening clashes as campaigning kicked off for next mont...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Council chiefs receive cyber espionage warnings

By Mark Conrad | 03 April 2024

Council chiefs have been warned their email accounts, phones and computers will ‘almost certainly...

COUNCILLORS

'Business as usual' for Lancashire councillors despite resignations

By Mark Conrad | 02 April 2024

Councillors in Lancashire have insisted it will be ‘business as usual’ despite 20 resignations in...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Left and behind: women at work

By Sarah Longlands | 02 April 2024

Building gender equality and diversity into plans for economic growth has benefits for everyone, ...

ELECTIONS

Pre-elections: steering a path through comms

By Andy Allsopp | 28 March 2024

Andy Allsopp looks at the need for careful judgement from council communicators during the pre-el...

DEVOLUTION

Parties draw battlelines for local elections

By Martin Ford | 28 March 2024

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has given a speech in Dudley today following campaign launches by ...

ELECTIONS

Elections on cyber alert

By Mark Conrad | 26 March 2024

Ministers have warned this year’s local and national elections are 'not business as usual’ – as c...

SOLACE

Elections show the organisation at its 'one council' best

By Kathy O’Leary | 26 March 2024

Kathy O' Leary says: 'As both pollsters and returning officers would agree, success in elections ...

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