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LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Creating the rainbow together
By Dr Andrew Larner is chief executive of the Improvement & Efficiency Social Enterprise (iESE), which supports public sector transformation | 21 April 2020
Councils' response to COVID-19 has been phenomenal, says Dr Andrew Larner - and he hopes that Gov...
PLANNING
Technology delivers democracy in Waltham Forest during the COVID-19 emergency
By Martin Esom | 14 April 2020
Martin Esom outlines how Waltham Forest became the first council to pilot its monthly planning co...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Experts seek clarification on virtual meetings regulations
By Ann McGauran | 06 April 2020
Councils should give five working days’ notice for virtual meetings or use normal urgency procedu...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Councils given power to hold meetings remotely
By Laura Sharman | 03 April 2020
Local authorities will be allowed to hold public meetings remotely by video or telephone under ne...
WHITEHALL
Video conferencing first at council meeting
By Dan Peters | 02 April 2020
A council used software to help decide key planning applications in what is believed to be the fi...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Changes to governance structures are needed in a time of pandemic
By Helen McGrath | 31 March 2020
Decision making is a pressing concern facing local government lawyers due to the evolving pandemi...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
A powerful light at the end of the tunnel
By Donna Hall | 25 March 2020
These are the most challenging times most of us have lived through, says Donna Hall – and ‘we can...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
How are councils responding the COVID-19 crisis?
By Neil McInroy | 24 March 2020
CLES is collecting details of local authorities’ innovative and exceptional measures to support p...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Councils respond to coronavirus outbreak
By Martin Ford | 16 March 2020
Councils have closed, events and meetings have been cancelled and some politicians are in self-is...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Plans drawn up for remote meetings
By Heather Jameson | 16 March 2020
Plans to let local authorities conduct their council meetings remotely are being considered by th...
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Development Management Team Manager
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Lead one of the largest planning services in the country! Apply for this job
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