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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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