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LOCAL DEMOCRACY
We've made strategic errors on UK elections
By Mike Bennett | 09 November 2020
Election counts need more speed and spectacle for democracy to survive the Trump effect, argues M...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Cabinet Office rules out elections delay
By Heather Jameson | 03 November 2020
The Cabinet Office has ruled out any further delays to local elections despite the complexity of ...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Rough sleeping advisory panel sidelined
By Dan Peters | 05 October 2020
A government-backed advisory panel formed to help eradicate rough sleeping has met just once in t...
WHITEHALL
Voter ID 'not the issue,' claim election officers
By Martin Ford | 05 October 2020
Appeals have been made to the Government to shift its focus from voter ID trials and address the ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Towns Fund selection 'warps economy'
By Martin Ford | 28 September 2020
Controversy over the selection process for the Towns Fund has led a campaign group to call for an...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
'Rising star' to get new chief executive position
By Dan Peters | 16 September 2020
Cotswold DC is expected to appoint ‘a rising star in local government’ as it brings back its chie...
WHITEHALL
No by-elections before May, ministers confirm
By Dan Peters | 14 September 2020
Ministers have confirmed that no by-elections or neighbourhood planning referendums will take pla...
WHITEHALL
Warning 2021 polls will be 'most challenging' in a generation
By Dan Peters | 07 September 2020
Returning officers have been warned they face the ‘most challenging elections to administer in ou...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Is it time for elective surgery?
By Cllr Iain Malcolm | 28 July 2020
A move to an increasingly or even completely postal-based vote is one possible solution to the pr...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Havering stands by investigation lead choice
By Dan Peters | 28 July 2020
Havering LBC has insisted the officer chosen to lead an investigation into gerrymandering and mis...
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