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FINANCE
Court case looms after election blunder
By Mark Conrad | 16 May 2023
A councillor who gained the most votes at a recent election faces a court case for her seat after...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
A checklist for new councillors
By John Tizard | 12 May 2023
In the aftermath of the local elections, John Tizard offers advice to new councillors and adminis...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Moving on from misinformation
By Christopher Hammond | 10 May 2023
In the age of polycrisis, Christopher Hammond argues that deliberate misinformation is one of the...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Don't deprive communities of their democratic rights
By Heather Jameson | 02 May 2023
Exclusion figures are set to be masked, and now it transpires the data will only be available at ...
WHITEHALL
Parish poll sparks fresh modernisation call
By Dan Peters | 28 April 2023
Ministers have been urged to ‘modernise the archaic 40-year-old system’ of parish polls after wha...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Unpredictable polls
By Zoë Billingham | 25 April 2023
There are reasons to expect this next set of local election results will be more unpredictable th...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Learning from this election round
By Kathy O’Leary | 18 April 2023
Kathy O'Leary asks if there should be greater focus on reducing the potential for postal vote fra...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Building back local trust
By Tom Forth | 18 April 2023
In the current climate of low turnouts in local elections, Tom Forth considers how councils could...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
New North Yorkshire Council urged to live stream meetings
By Mark Whitehead | 17 April 2023
Councillors in Scarborough have urged the new North Yorkshire Council to live stream all its meet...
ENVIRONMENT
Making community power happen
By Adam Lent | 12 April 2023
Adam Lent explores the rapidly advancing community power movement in local government and how thi...
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As the Section 151 Officer, you will play a key role in supporting the Council through its wider journey.. Apply for this job
Director of Customer, Digital and Corporate Strategy
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