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Ian Miller

Articles by Ian Miller

The perils and complexities of voting system changes

By Ian Miller | 07 March 2023

The Elections Act 2022 heralds a major change to the voting process and will leave polling statio...

Election headaches lie ahead

By Ian Miller | 08 February 2023

The requirement to produce voter ID in May 2023 and new rules about handing in postal votes in 20...

No settlement surprises for districts this year

By Ian Miller | 21 December 2022

Tracy Bingham and Ian Miller unpick the detail of the provisional local government finance settle...

Challenging times lie ahead for districts

By Ian Miller | 13 December 2022

The certainty given by the centre’s spending principles for councils seems to revolve mainly arou...

When will we shift away from centralism and 'Whitehall knows best'?

By Ian Miller | 30 November 2022

Only four weeks to go and we’ve seen no evidence the Government's promised plan in the Levelling ...

Autumn Statement: A curate's egg for districts

By Ian Miller | 21 November 2022

Tracy Bingham and Ian Miller say that without bold changes in legislation and policy the ability ...

The Coronation crowns electoral headaches

By Ian Miller | 18 October 2022

Returning officer Ian Miller explains why it’s crucial that any changes to bank holidays around t...

Districts need certainty on funding

By Ian Miller | 10 October 2022

A two-year settlement – even if it is worse than previously envisaged – would at least allow some...

A local government eye view of the Accession

By Ian Miller | 15 September 2022

Councils have responded magnificently to the sad circumstances of the death of Queen Elizabeth II...

Clause 16 could 'emasculate' districts

By Ian Miller | 18 May 2022

The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill 'makes unacceptable provision to transfer district functio...