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ELECTIONS
White van man on... elections
25 April 2023
I’ve never worked out the point of local elections. Firstly, three-quarters of the punters never ...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Unpredictable polls
By Zoë Billingham | 25 April 2023
There are reasons to expect this next set of local election results will be more unpredictable th...
SOLACE
Tackling local government's leadership paradoxes
By Graeme McDonald | 25 April 2023
With many councils set for 'another set of politically volatile elections', Graeme McDonald turns...
FINANCE
Labour told its apprenticeships overhaul will need funding
By Dan Peters | 24 April 2023
Labour is coming under pressure to back its commitment to overhaul the ‘failing’ apprenticeships ...
LEGAL
One in 10 voters confused over ID rules, poll finds
By Mark Whitehead | 21 April 2023
Voters are confused over new ID rules just days before local government elections, researchers ha...
ELECTIONS
T-Dawg's election rap
18 April 2023
Diary regrets to inform readers of the death of rap music.
ELECTIONS
Ruff way to remember ID
18 April 2023
Blackburn with Darwen Council turned to man’s best friend to get its message out about voter ID.
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Learning from this election round
By Kathy O’Leary | 18 April 2023
Kathy O'Leary asks if there should be greater focus on reducing the potential for postal vote fra...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Building back local trust
By Tom Forth | 18 April 2023
In the current climate of low turnouts in local elections, Tom Forth considers how councils could...
ELECTIONS
New doubts over voter ID data
By Martin Ford | 17 April 2023
Fresh doubts have been raised about the recording of people turned away from polling stations due...
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