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Professor Colin Copus

Professor Colin Copus

Articles by Professor Colin Copus

Don't make local elections yet another COVID victim

By Professor Colin Copus | 03 February 2021

As we have seen elsewhere, local elections can and have taken place in COVID times, says Professo...

In defence of councillors

By Professor Colin Copus | 17 August 2020

Councillors are an endangered species, says Professor Colin Copus - and with the charge toward un...

Return of the unitary bandwagon

By Professor Steve Leach | 13 March 2018

Evidence concludes that the case for moving from a two-tier system to a unitary model could not b...

Fresh results from the Councillor Commission

By Professor Colin Copus | 09 November 2016

Professor Colin Copus reveals some of the early findings from the Councillor Commission and expla...

A re-organisation too far

By Professor Colin Copus | 15 September 2016

MP Alec Shelbrook’s proposals for local government reform risk destroying the ‘local’ in local go...

Turbulent times for councillors

By Professor Colin Copus | 12 April 2016

Professor Colin Copus gives an update on the lessons learned so far by the De Montfort University...

Business as usual?

By Professor Colin Copus | 17 March 2015

Committed localists will keep an eye on the Rotherham result on 8 May for what it will tell us ab...

Scrutiny: The lion yet to roar

By Professor Colin Copus | 10 March 2015

Local councillors not in executive positions need more effective powers to examine local authorit...

How Denmark delivers

By Graham Allen | 27 March 2013

Graham Allen and Proffesor Colin Copus set out the Danish example in protecting local government ...

A declaration of independence and a New Magna Carta.

By Professor Colin Copus | 16 February 2012

Colin Copus reports on the launch of a new draft code designed to enshrine local government’s rel...