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LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Borough opts for a return to committees
By Paul Marinko | 18 October 2022
West Lancashire BC is the latest council to plump for a return of the committee system.
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
COSLA and unions oppose centralising care plans
By Dan Peters | 12 October 2022
Unions have joined with the body representing Scottish councils to call for a reversal of care ce...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Unitaries are not an everywhere panacea
By Richard Stokoe | 04 October 2022
Based on his experience of living in Cornwall, Richard Stokoe concludes the current rural unitary...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Devolution's big democratic deficit
04 October 2022
George Thorley says that, while there have been significant positive constitutional changes in Sc...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Councils need power and a plan
By Neil McInroy | 04 October 2022
Any effective stewardship of the local economy badly requires a step change if it is to stay true...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
The MJ and Cratus launch local government podcast
03 October 2022
The MJ and public affairs firm Cratus have launched a new local government podcast, Our World is ...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
We must have a return to hybrid council meetings
By Paul Shevlin | 20 September 2022
Paul Shevlin says the public interest in virtual meetings is one positive benefit to come out of ...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
City mayors send condolences after death of Queen
By Michael Burton | 13 September 2022
City mayors from across the world including the UK have sent their condolences on the death of th...
WHITEHALL
MPs call for return of hybrid council meetings
By Dan Peters | 08 August 2022
A cross-party coalition of MPs has called for the power for local authorities to hold hybrid coun...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Lawyers to probe ejection of councillors
By Dan Peters | 08 August 2022
Harborough DC’s interim chief executive has asked lawyers to review whether the council followed ...
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