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...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Will May be a missed chance?

By Jonathan Carr-West | 02 February 2021

The Prime Minister wants the elections to go ahead. But Dr Jonathan Carr-West says that whether a...

ELECTIONS

White van man on... elections

27 January 2021

As if putting up with lockdown and the virus ain’t bad enough, now we’ve got to put up with a loa...

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