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LOCAL DEMOCRACY
We need to modernise and strengthen the electoral machinery
By Professor Toby James | 18 September 2019
Professor Toby James says there is a roadmap available that would put elections on the surer grou...
WHITEHALL
'Cracks' starting to show in electoral system
By Paul Marinko | 16 September 2019
Election administrators have warned of ‘cracks’ beginning to show in the electoral system with th...
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...
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