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ELECTIONS
Jenrick tells leaders to prepare for May elections
By Martin Ford | 21 January 2021
Council leaders have urged the Government to reconsider pressing ahead with local elections in May.
LEGAL
May elections to go ahead as chiefs call for indemnity
By Dan Peters | 21 January 2021
Local elections will go ahead on 6 May despite the ongoing pandemic, Prime Minister Boris Johnson...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Hall puts pressure on Croydon for May mayoral referendum
By Dan Peters | 20 January 2021
Local government minister Luke Hall has suggested any referendum on introducing a directly-electe...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Election officers bid for legal protection
By Dan Peters | 19 January 2021
Returning officers have called for protection against lawsuits for running this year’s elections ...
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...
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