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ELECTIONS

New batch of voter ID pilot areas announced

By Martin Ford | 05 November 2018

Eleven pilots for voter ID checks will be carried out at next year’s elections.

ELECTIONS

Speaking our language

17 October 2018

The whole point of new voter ID requirements is to ensure people can be clearly identified.

FINANCE

Missed savings could lead to overspend

By Mark Conrad | 08 October 2018

Kingston upon Thames LBC is expected to overspend by £4m this year after finding a third of plann...

ELECTIONS

Calls to abandon 'costly, undemocratic' voter ID trials

By Martin Ford | 11 September 2018

Introducing voter ID requirements in elections is the wrong solution for the wrong issue, a repor...

ELECTIONS

Lords clash over voter ID trials

By Martin Ford | 07 September 2018

The House of Lords joined the debate over voter ID trials this week, amid claims local government...

WHITEHALL

Voter ID rollout could cost £20m

By Martin Ford | 14 August 2018

Calls to halt trials of voter ID have been renewed after Cabinet Office documents showed it could...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Councils resist peer challenge offer

By Dan Peters | 13 August 2018

The Local Government Association (LGA) is facing resistance as it struggles to persuade reluctant...

FINANCE

Suspended Sellgren leaves council

By Dan Peters | 10 August 2018

A council chief executive suspended for nine months after an independent review into problems fac...

WELFARE

Benefit cap inquiry reopened

By Mark Conrad | 06 August 2018

MPs have reopened a Parliamentary inquiry into the impact of the benefit cap after an initial stu...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

In defence of voter ID

By Bob Neill | 01 August 2018

The subject of voter ID has divided many people, but Bob Neill calls for those sceptical about re...

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