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ELECTIONS

Pottering to the polls

12 May 2021

Electoral administrators had to be more creative than ever ahead of Super Thursday to find places...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Local elections 2021: Addressing low pay and inequality

By Rachel Kay | 12 May 2021

Those elected on 6 May must not miss the opportunity to secure better working lives for local peo...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Local elections 2021: The system creaked in the face of the number of polls

By Peter Stanyon | 11 May 2021

There were a variety of problems both ahead of and during polling day, says Peter Stanyon.

PLANNING

Queen's Speech: No social care solution in sight

By Heather Jameson | 11 May 2021

The Queen’s Speech has said proposals on social care reform will be brought forward – but it fell...

WHITEHALL

Queen's Speech: Controversial voter ID plans roll forward

By Dan Peters | 11 May 2021

Voter ID is expected to be introduced by May 2023 after the Government pledged to introduce legis...

ELECTIONS

Local elections 2021: Mistakes caught amid record number of polls

By Dan Peters | 10 May 2021

A smattering of errors was reported amid a bumper crop of elections.

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Local elections 2021: The process demands too much of teams

By Ian Miller | 10 May 2021

Ian Miller ponders the impact of Super Thursday on the mental health of electoral teams, and says...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Local elections 2021: Ideas for new administrations

By Tom Lloyd Goodwin | 10 May 2021

Tom Lloyd Goodwin of CLES lays out eight approaches to tackling the range of problems that threat...

COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK

Local elections 2021: Counties buck the Tory trend

By Heather Jameson | 09 May 2021

County councils have bucked the trend of Conservative success in the local elections on Thursday,...

MAYORS

Local elections 2021: Voters back mayors in referendums

By Heather Jameson | 09 May 2021

Tower Hamlets and Newham LBCs have both voted to keep the post of directly-elected mayor in refer...

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