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LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Don't make local elections yet another COVID victim
By Professor Colin Copus | 03 February 2021
As we have seen elsewhere, local elections can and have taken place in COVID times, says Professo...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
It is time to digitise democracy
By Heather Jameson | 03 February 2021
In May we will be back to the council chamber, all due to a lack of legislation to let councils ...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Will May be a missed chance?
By Jonathan Carr-West | 02 February 2021
The Prime Minister wants the elections to go ahead. But Dr Jonathan Carr-West says that whether a...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Legal advice sought in fight to keep remote meetings
By Heather Jameson | 28 January 2021
Local government officers are seeking legal advice to work out if councils can continue to hold m...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Local authorities and coronavirus
By Clare Hardy | 25 January 2021
Tiffany Cloynes and Clare Hardy of Geldards look at the implications of the pandemic for the way ...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Hall puts pressure on Croydon for May mayoral referendum
By Dan Peters | 20 January 2021
Local government minister Luke Hall has suggested any referendum on introducing a directly-electe...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Jenrick: I would love remote meetings to continue
By Dan Peters | 19 January 2021
Robert Jenrick has said he would ‘love’ councils to be able to continue holding remote meetings b...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Council elections must be set aside until the autumn at least
18 January 2021
In the midst of the pandemic, postponing the local elections until the autumn/winter ‘would be th...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
A letter to Santa from local government in England
By Colin Copus | 23 December 2020
It feels as if local government is on everyone’s ‘naughty list’ at present, says Colin Copus. Her...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
The 2020s offer us the opportunity to truly realise the potential of places
By Marvin Rees | 15 December 2020
When local government puts civil society at the heart of what they do, it brings democracy closer...
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