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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...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Let's grasp this opportunity to create One Somerset for outstanding public services
By Cllr David Fothergill | 09 December 2020
A single council for Somerset is the best option for the county, argues Cllr David Fothergill. 'O...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Looking ahead with hope
By Jonathan Carr-West | 07 December 2020
‘You would be mad not to feel some trepidation’ as we look ahead to 2021, says Dr Jonathan Carr-W...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Revolution for Welsh local democracy
By Julie James | 25 November 2020
The Welsh Government’s Local Government and Elections Bill is not a technical and legalistic char...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Proportional votes to come to Wales
By Dan Peters | 19 November 2020
Proportional voting will be introduced to Welsh council elections for the first time as the franc...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Councils are the counterbalance
By Claire Fox | 16 November 2020
Priorities seem to have ‘become skewed by COVID-related policy-making on all sides of politics’, ...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Local government does a brilliant job in elections
By Ben Page | 11 November 2020
Ben Page 'cannot ever recall a UK election 'like the one Americans are currently fighting over'. ...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
We've made strategic errors on UK elections
By Mike Bennett | 09 November 2020
Election counts need more speed and spectacle for democracy to survive the Trump effect, argues M...
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