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LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Watering the seed of a stronger local democracy

By Carl Whistlecraft | 28 June 2017

The recommendations in the Kirklees Democracy Commission could help shape how both local and nati...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

'There is more that unites us than divides us'

By Bob Neill | 28 June 2017

Echoing the words of the late Jo Cox MP, Bob Neill argues a cross-party, cross-government approac...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Government rejects call for intervention in tower blaze council

By Dan Peters | 22 June 2017

The Government has rejected calls for commissioners to run Kensington & Chelsea RLBC after it was...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Lower-tier councils pull out of Sheffield devolution deal

By Dan Peters | 14 June 2017

Bassetlaw DC has become the second lower-tier council to back away from participation in the Shef...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

A manifesto for local government

By Colin Copus | 06 June 2017

Professor Colin Copus thrashes out his own ‘manifesto for local government’ after seeing the low ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Building trust in a post-truth age

By Jonathan Carr-West | 30 May 2017

Local government must lead the way in a new world where truth is no longer the gold standard, wri...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

The beating heart of politics now rests in the suburbs and shires

By Paul Wheeler | 30 May 2017

In spite of the urban centres growing in population, we will see a transfer of political represen...

FINANCE

We have to marry our numbers and our words correctly

By Adele Taylor | 30 May 2017

Getting the narrative right on our annual finances, as well as the potential future impact, is mo...

WHITEHALL

Chiefs back electoral registration changes

By Dan Peters | 30 May 2017

Council chief executives have backed calls for improvements to electoral registration amid report...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Strengthening local democracy

By John Stewart | 24 May 2017

In a final article written before he died last month, George Jones and fellow author John Stewart...

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