Councillors

By Mark Conrad | 29 January 2024

Local government minister Simon Hoare this week confirmed key security costs for local elections ...

Meeting endless

23 January 2024

Plymouth City Council wants to speed up public meetings after complaints that recent gatherings w...

WHITEHALL

LGA calls for powers to withhold councillors' address

By Mark Conrad | 10 January 2024

Monitoring officers should be allowed to withhold councillors’ home addresses from public registe...

PLANNING

Wrexham members avoid development plan 'jail threat'

By Mark Conrad | 21 December 2023

Councillors in Wrexham have avoided the threat of jail by approving a development plan – but some...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Councillor-officer relations coming under pressure

By Martin Ford | 20 December 2023

Relations between councillors and officers are being tested by the increasing financial pressures...

RECRUITMENT

Balancing pressure and passion

By Steve Guest | 13 December 2023

There's a great need to get more people choosing a career in local government. But for those in t...

LEGAL

Future Forum North: Monitoring officers need 'seat at top table'

By Martin Ford | 08 December 2023

More work is needed to bolster the role of the monitoring officer in councils, the MJ Future Foru...

DEVOLUTION

Norfolk devolution scheduled delayed

By Martin Ford | 04 December 2023

Norfolk’s level 3 devolution deal is set to be pushed back to 2025.

COUNCILLORS

Meetings are a riot in LA

29 November 2023

If Jackie Weaver thought Handforth meetings could get a bit tetchy, spare a thought for the good ...

COUNCILLORS

Mayor failed to intervene following bullying

By Martin Ford | 27 November 2023

Details have emerged of a bullying probe at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority th...

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