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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.
FINANCE
Budget 2020: Sunak gambles on capital spending splurge
By Michael Burton | 11 March 2020
Despite volatility caused by coronavirus and a sluggish increase in the economy, the chancellor h...
WHITEHALL
Government asked to look at postponing elections over coronavirus
By Martin Ford | 11 March 2020
Fears that coronavirus could derail May’s polls have been detailed in a letter to the Government ...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Political control of our councils matters
By Paul Wheeler | 10 March 2020
Paul Wheeler looks ahead to the elections expected in May and the parties' political prospects – ...
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