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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 ...

WHITEHALL

Voter ID confidence drops

By Hiba Mahamadi | 12 June 2019

The proportion of people who think voter ID helps to prevent electoral fraud has dropped from 52%...

ELECTIONS

Party of one

05 June 2019

Between organising two elections in quick succession, one council boss was left scratching their ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

The basic laws of political physics

By Jonathan Carr-West | 05 June 2019

Dr Jonathan Carr-West says pressure provides a burning platform and the political vacuum an oppor...

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