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LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Council elections must be set aside until the autumn at least
18 January 2021
In the midst of the pandemic, postponing the local elections until the autumn/winter ‘would be th...
WHITEHALL
Minister insists the May polls will go ahead
By Heather Jameson | 14 January 2021
Local elections should go ahead in May, constitution minister Chloe Smith has insisted amid risin...
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES
Government moots plans to postpone polls again
By Heather Jameson | 11 January 2021
Communities secretary Robert Jenrick pushing the Prime Minister for a quick decision on postponin...
COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK
Call for 'urgent clarity' on elections
By Martin Ford | 06 January 2021
Speculation over whether local elections will take place in May as scheduled has been labelled ‘u...
PUBLIC HEALTH
EXCLUSIVE: COVID positive voters could be allowed in polling stations
By Heather Jameson | 10 December 2020
Councils could be forced to allow people known to have COVID-19 come into polling stations to vot...
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES
Election delays considered for unitary bid councils
03 December 2020
The Government would ‘carefully consider’ any requests to postpone elections from the three counc...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Councils allowed to delay precept rise
By Dan Peters | 30 November 2020
Local authorities will be allowed to delay big council tax increases next year ahead of elections...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Revolution for Welsh local democracy
By Julie James | 25 November 2020
The Welsh Government’s Local Government and Elections Bill is not a technical and legalistic char...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Proportional votes to come to Wales
By Dan Peters | 19 November 2020
Proportional voting will be introduced to Welsh council elections for the first time as the franc...
ELECTIONS
Upfront, where it counts
11 November 2020
Diary was as hooked as everyone else by the unfolding drama of the US presidential election.
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