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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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Shape the Future of Essex. Drive climate action. Deliver for our communities. Apply for this job
Director of Social Work and Social Care
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