WHITEHALL

Calls to vaccinate election workers grow

By Dan Peters | 22 February 2021

Pressure is growing for key election workers to be prioritised in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout af...

ELECTIONS

The county life

17 February 2021

The path from local to national politics is a well-trodden one, and many an MP has cut their teet...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

What's the future for digital democracy without virtual meetings?

By Kathy O’Leary | 17 February 2021

Handforth Parish Council aside, if we can't hold council meeting via Zoom beyond 6 May, what will...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

The problem with polls

By Martin Ford | 17 February 2021

Local government has finally learned that two years’ worth of elections will take place on ‘Super...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Guidance issued on school polling stations

By Martin Ford | 11 February 2021

Returning officers have been told schools used as polling stations should be given back for teach...

ELECTIONS

Election funds 'not enough'

By Martin Ford | 09 February 2021

Government funding for running elections under pandemic restrictions does not go far enough, the ...

ELECTIONS

Councils call for 'assurance' on elections

By Martin Ford | 08 February 2021

Officers handed the task of holding elections during a pandemic have appealed for more help from ...

WHITEHALL

Government confirms May election date

By Martin Ford | 05 February 2021

The Government has officially confirmed local elections will go ahead on May 6.

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Don't make local elections yet another COVID victim

By Professor Colin Copus | 03 February 2021

As we have seen elsewhere, local elections can and have taken place in COVID times, says Professo...

WHITEHALL

Opinion split over election date

By Dan Peters | 02 February 2021

Concerned council chief executives have continued to express safety fears about holding elections...

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Assistant Director for Safeguarding

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Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Director of Children’s Social Care and Early Help

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