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LEGAL

High Court overturns election result

By William Eichler | 09 September 2019

Swindon Council has welcomed a High Court decision to overturn an election in which the wrong can...

ELECTIONS

Elections staff 'fearful' of national poll

By Martin Ford | 03 September 2019

Council officers are ‘fearful of a General Election’ due to a lack of resources, peers have been ...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Under pressure

By Jonathan Carr-West | 14 August 2019

The tragedy of local government is that over a decade of pressure, the urgent has crowded out the...

ELECTIONS

Eight million people missing from electoral register, report warns

By Laura Sharman | 14 August 2019

Millions of people are not registered to vote correctly due to ‘persistent and serious’ problems ...

WHITEHALL

Government stands firm after Pickles plea

By Paul Marinko | 12 August 2019

The Government has said it ‘would not be appropriate’ to pay legal costs to whistleblowers in ele...

ELECTIONS

Pickles: Fraud can change council control

By Naomi Larsson | 24 July 2019

There are still weaknesses in the running of local elections, a House of Lords select committee h...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Open letter to Boris Johnson

By Heather Jameson | 24 July 2019

In an open letter to new Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Heather Jameson says: 'I would argue you o...

WHITEHALL

'Nearly everyone' showed correct ID in voter trials

By Naomi Larsson | 22 July 2019

An independent evaluation of voter ID trials in May has found they were a success and ‘nearly eve...

WHITEHALL

Civil servants argue voter registration overhaul is too expensive

By Martin Ford | 17 July 2019

Senior Whitehall officials have told peers simplifying the voter registration system would be too...

WHITEHALL

Savings scepticism over election reforms

By Dan Peters | 12 June 2019

Election professionals have expressed scepticism that expected savings from reforming the annual ...

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