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ELECTIONS
This Phoenix isn't rising
12 April 2022
Election season is hotting up, which means leaflets from candidates vying for political power hav...
WHITEHALL
LGA sits on fence on voter ID
By Dan Peters | 08 April 2022
Political deadlock is preventing the Local Government Association (LGA) from agreeing a policy po...
ELECTIONS
Extra steps taken to prevent poll fraud in Tower Hamlets
By Paul Marinko | 04 April 2022
The chief executive of the Electoral Commission has revealed that extra steps have been taken to ...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Every poll matters
By Peter Stanyon | 22 March 2022
The May polls across the UK may feel like a much more manageable and normal affair than the 2021 ...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Honouring the Ukrainian spirit
By Jonathan Carr-West | 15 March 2022
The events in Ukraine have provided a timely reminder of how important our democracy is and how m...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Keeping on top of electorial reform
By Quentin Baker | 08 March 2022
Returning officers and elections teams will need additional resources to implement and maintain t...
WHITEHALL
Councillors complain of lack of powers
By Mike Yuille | 07 March 2022
More than two out of three (68%) councillors in England feel they lack sufficient powers to repre...
WHITEHALL
Levelling up transparency call amid funding row
By Dan Peters | 25 January 2022
Whitehall officials were this week facing renewed pressure over how the Levelling Up Fund was dol...
ELECTIONS
Elections at 'risk of failure'
By Martin Ford | 24 January 2022
A deluge of reforms to elections is putting the system at risk of failure, officials have warned.
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Democracy needs to have value
By Paul Shevlin | 18 January 2022
Many of those who are elected to public office seem to be increasingly remote from the people the...
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