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WHITEHALL
Government defends voter ID legal challenge
By Martin Ford | 25 March 2019
A legal challenge to the Government’s voter ID trial has been rejected.
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Certainty in the middle of so much uncertainty
By Janet Waggott | 13 March 2019
Selby DC is going into its election period in the context of an unprecedented level and variety o...
WHITEHALL
£100m cost of EU elections if Brexit delayed beyond June
By Dan Peters | 05 March 2019
The UK could be landed with a £100m bill to host EU elections separately from May’s local polls i...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Councils bring back joint chief executive role
By Dan Peters | 22 February 2019
Two local authorities have reinstated the position of joint chief executive after sector peers sa...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Voter ID pilot using poll cards worked in Watford
By Gordon Amos | 21 February 2019
Watford BC's voter ID pilot using poll cards with technology as proof of identity enhanced the el...
ELECTIONS
Councils back out of voter ID trials
By Martin Ford | 18 February 2019
Three councils have withdrawn from the Government’s controversial voter ID trials.
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
NILGA: Give councils the power to change Northern Ireland
By Ann McGauran | 11 February 2019
The Northern Ireland Local Government Association (NILGA) has called for the role of councils to ...
WHITEHALL
Labour would create local government commission
By Dan Peters | 11 February 2019
Labour would create a new commission that would allow councillors to influence every decision tha...
REORGANISATION
Gwynne could reverse Northamptonshire reorganisation
By Dan Peters | 08 February 2019
Shadow local government secretary Andrew Gwynne has suggested a Labour Government could reverse r...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Rural councils should get the chance to influence voter ID rollout
16 January 2019
Voter ID pilots due to take place across 11 councils this year including Craven DC will help prov...
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