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WHITEHALL

Government remains open to non-mayoral devo deals

By Dan Peters | 17 September 2019

The Government remains open to striking devolution deals without the requirement for a directly-e...

WHITEHALL

'Cracks' starting to show in electoral system

By Paul Marinko | 16 September 2019

Election administrators have warned of ‘cracks’ beginning to show in the electoral system with th...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

We're bringing our people closer to us

By Cllr Patrick Harley | 11 September 2019

Dudley MBC has embraced the use of its website and social media presence, allowing residents to g...

WHITEHALL

Hopes of devolution framework revival

By Dan Peters | 10 September 2019

Sector sources remain hopeful that the long-promised devolution framework could still be revived ...

FINANCE

Conservatives in Scottish mayoral call

By Dan Peters | 06 September 2019

Scotland’s seven cities should have directly-elected mayors or provosts, the Scottish Conservativ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Wheatley at 50 – plus ça change?

By Bill Howat | 04 September 2019

In 1969, the Wheatley review of Scottish local government said something was seriously wrong with...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Co-designing the West Midlands' future democracy with young people

By Brigid Jones | 14 August 2019

Cllr Brigid Jones says this week - which includes International Youth Day - is a fitting time to ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Setting standards for democracy

By Colin Copus | 30 July 2019

Proposals to suspend councillors for their misdemeanours may cause more problems than they solve,...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Leave those kids alone

By Claire Fox | 30 July 2019

Claire Fox says councils continue to thwart kids’ play activities in the interests of bureaucracy

WHITEHALL

'Nearly everyone' showed correct ID in voter trials

By Naomi Larsson | 22 July 2019

An independent evaluation of voter ID trials in May has found they were a success and ‘nearly eve...

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