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FINANCE
What can councils do to stand up for fair tax conduct?
By Rachel Bentley | 07 June 2021
This is Fair Tax Week. Rachel Bentley says councils across the UK need to lead the way on tax con...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
We need to hear everyone's voice
By Dan Corry | 16 March 2021
Apparent attempts to stifle the voice of civil society are bad for all of us, says Dan Corry - an...
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'. ...
CRIME
In defence of algorithms and their value to public services
By Andrew Laird | 04 September 2020
Rather than turning our back on algorithms, the task is to make them better and the data they use...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Leader of 'North Korea' council deposed
By Dan Peters | 03 September 2020
The leader of a scandal-hit council compared to North Korea has been deposed after a vote of no c...
PAY
Chief executive payment decisions 'not lawful'
By Dan Peters | 17 April 2020
‘Proper procedures’ were not followed and decisions to make payments to a council chief executive...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Fears over 'watered down' committee replacement
By Dan Peters | 19 November 2019
Fears have been raised that the UK will be landed with a ‘watered-down replacement’ for the EU Co...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
We need to modernise and strengthen the electoral machinery
By Professor Toby James | 18 September 2019
Professor Toby James says there is a roadmap available that would put elections on the surer grou...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
The MJ Data and Digital: Digitising democracy
By Heather Jameson | 18 September 2019
Digital minister for Taiwan, Audrey Tang has brought the openness and transparency she found on t...
FINANCE
Call for views on financial reporting
By William Eichler | 18 September 2019
The Government has called on the sector to feed into a review on the quality of the financial rep...
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