PARISH COUNCILS
The cap doesn't fit
By Justin Griggs | 05 June 2025
Capping some or all parish and town councils would seriously threaten their effectiveness and undermine the broader agenda of devolution and community empowerment, says Justin Griggs.
PARISH COUNCILS
Breaking bullying's grip
By Ann McGauran | 13 May 2024
The acceleration of inappropriate behaviour in town and parish councils is leaving staff in fear ...
PARISH COUNCILS
Why not open up better channels with your parish colleagues in 2024?
By Mark Smith | 20 November 2023
The parish and principal council sectors need to work much better together to ensure the best pos...
PLANNING
Ensuring a plan comes together
By Justin Griggs | 13 November 2023
A genuine working partnership between central and local government is vital to the success of loc...
CLIMATE CHANGE
Thinking big and delivering locally
By Mark Smith | 08 November 2023
Chippenham Town Council may be a parish council, but is structured as and acts like a district or...
PARISH COUNCILS
The city of dreams
05 September 2023
‘What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.’
PARISH COUNCILS
A mixed bag in Yorkshire
26 July 2023
Considering his face is always covered, it’s one of life’s ironies that Count Binface is perhaps ...
PARISH COUNCILS
It is time to recognise clerks
By Rob Smith | 07 July 2023
Local Council Clerk Week is taking place from 10 to 14 July. Rob Smith says clerks are truly at t...
WHITEHALL
Parish poll sparks fresh modernisation call
By Dan Peters | 28 April 2023
Ministers have been urged to ‘modernise the archaic 40-year-old system’ of parish polls after wha...
PARISH COUNCILS
Local Councils have stepped up
By Rob Smith | 02 February 2023
Rob Smith sets out the main conclusions of a landmark report based on the Society of Local Counci...
WHITEHALL
Whitehall urged to engage more with towns and parishes
By Mark Conrad | 31 January 2023
Parish councils and principal authorities should agree a ‘duty to consult’ across tiers of local ...
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