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ELECTIONS

Millions of voters missing from electoral registers, report warns

By Laura Sharman | 08 July 2020

Millions of eligible voters may be missing from electoral registers, a Lords report has warned to...

ELECTIONS

EXCLUSIVE: 'Make local elections a "mini-referendum" on fair funding'

By Ann McGauran | 16 June 2020

The main parties at the Local Government Association could turn next year’s local elections into ...

FINANCE

Local government can look for powerful allies

By Paul Wheeler | 15 June 2020

Winston Churchill famously remarked ‘Never let a good crisis go to waste’. Paul Wheeler says we s...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

New review to look at regulation of political finance

By Lord Jonathan Evans | 08 June 2020

The Committee on Standards in Public Life is reviewing electoral regulation and wishes to hear fr...

ELECTIONS

Campaigners call for voting age to be lowered to 16 across all of the UK

By Laura Sharman | 01 June 2020

The right to vote should be extended to include 16 and 17 year olds in England, campaigners have ...

WHITEHALL

Concerns over Cabinet Office door knock canvass

By Dan Peters | 29 May 2020

Concerns are mounting that electoral canvassers will be forced to knock on hundreds of thousands ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Jenrick urges councils not to delay on coronavirus spending

By Dan Peters | 17 March 2020

Local government secretary Robert Jenrick this week urged council leaders not to put off decision...

ELECTIONS

Lords postal votes criticism rejected

By Martin Ford | 17 March 2020

Civil servants have defended the postal votes system in the face of criticism from Lords.

ELECTIONS

Government postpones elections

By Martin Ford | 13 March 2020

Local government elections due to take place on 7 May have been postponed for a year due to the c...

ELECTIONS

Electoral Commission calls for autumn polls

By Martin Ford | 12 March 2020

May’s local elections should be postponed until the autumn, the Electoral Commission has said.

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£111,136 –£116,521

Stoke-on-Trent is ambitious for its children and young people. Apply for this job

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

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£148,775 - £159,480

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