Elections

By Paul Lankester | 30 March 2015

This premise that local government has improved electoral management will be tested on 7 May and ...

LEGISLATION

Postal vote reminder branded 'needless'

By Dan Peters | 24 March 2015

Returning officers are being forced to write more than 100,000 letters containing postal voting i...

WHITEHALL

IT problems mean IER switchover is delayed

By Jonathan Werran | 03 March 2015

A new software glitch afflicting the switchover to Individual Electoral Registration means voting...

Voting chaos won't be repeated in May, Electoral Commission chair vows

By Jonathan Werran | 03 March 2015

Chaotic scenes involving queuing voters locked out of polling booths which marred the 2010 genera...

ENVIRONMENT

Welsh Assembly given incentive to devolve income tax

By Jonathan Werran | 27 February 2015

Prime minister David Cameron has hailed today’s St David’s Day agreement as ‘one of the biggest t...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Registration headache as IER isolates thousands of voters

By Jonathan Werran | 24 February 2015

Voting watchdogs have come under pressure this week after it emerged there were 920,000 fewer ent...

ELECTIONS

Call to give ejected politicians more support

By Michael Burton | 04 February 2015

Political parties and the Local Government Association (LGA) are being urged to give greater coun...

LEGAL

Allegations against returning officer withdrawn

By Dan Peters | 02 February 2015

Allegations against Tower Hamlets LBC’s returning officer John Williams have been withdrawn at th...

FINANCE

Parishes could pioneer e-voting

By Jonathan Werran | 02 February 2015

Parish council referendums should be used to pioneer the use of electronic voting in UK elections...

WHITEHALL

Voter time bomb warning

By Jonathan Werran | 29 January 2015

The leader of the Local Government Association’s (LGA) Labour Group has urged Parliament to inter...

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