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WHITEHALL
Calls to vaccinate election workers grow
By Dan Peters | 22 February 2021
Pressure is growing for key election workers to be prioritised in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout af...
ELECTIONS
The county life
17 February 2021
The path from local to national politics is a well-trodden one, and many an MP has cut their teet...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
The problem with polls
By Martin Ford | 17 February 2021
Local government has finally learned that two years’ worth of elections will take place on ‘Super...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
What's the future for digital democracy without virtual meetings?
By Kathy O’Leary | 17 February 2021
Handforth Parish Council aside, if we can't hold council meeting via Zoom beyond 6 May, what will...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Guidance issued on school polling stations
By Martin Ford | 11 February 2021
Returning officers have been told schools used as polling stations should be given back for teach...
ELECTIONS
Election funds 'not enough'
By Martin Ford | 09 February 2021
Government funding for running elections under pandemic restrictions does not go far enough, the ...
ELECTIONS
Councils call for 'assurance' on elections
By Martin Ford | 08 February 2021
Officers handed the task of holding elections during a pandemic have appealed for more help from ...
WHITEHALL
Government confirms May election date
By Martin Ford | 05 February 2021
The Government has officially confirmed local elections will go ahead on May 6.
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Don't make local elections yet another COVID victim
By Professor Colin Copus | 03 February 2021
As we have seen elsewhere, local elections can and have taken place in COVID times, says Professo...
WHITEHALL
Opinion split over election date
By Dan Peters | 02 February 2021
Concerned council chief executives have continued to express safety fears about holding elections...
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Chief Executive
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Assistant Director Finance & Governance and Deputy Section 151 Officer
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You will lead a broad and influential portfolio including finance, revenues and benefits, procurement, audit, risk, insurance and corporate fraud. Apply for this job
- Future Forum Midlands: Two councils using agentic AI for citizen contact
- Future Forum Midlands: Civil servants dismiss timetable speculation for LGR review
- Drowning in AI tide
- EXCLUSIVE: Burnham wish for new settlement with sector
- Future Forum Midlands: Ex-Starmer advisor sees future for reorganisation
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