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DEVOLUTION
Six proposals chosen for devolution fast track
By Martin Ford | 05 February 2025
Six devolution proposals have been chosen to join the Government’s priority programme.
ELECTORAL COMMISSION
Commission pushes ahead with surveys despite elections uncertainty
By Martin Ford | 30 January 2025
The Electoral Commission is pushing ahead with two surveys for returning officers about May's pol...
REORGANISATION
Tewkesbury councillors advised to scrap name change
By Ellie Ames | 21 January 2025
Officers have recommended that Tewkesbury BC abandons the process of changing its name after loca...
DEVOLUTION
Mayors and the devo dilemma
By Mark Sandford | 20 November 2024
Mark Sandford sets out the arguments made for and against mayors, and looks at ways to shift the ...
POLITICS
A lesson from America
By Barry Quirk | 08 November 2024
Barry Quirk offers his perspective on the build-up to the election of America’s President, and as...
IMPROVEMENT
Counties delay peer challenges
By Dan Peters | 06 November 2024
English county councils appear to be putting off inviting peer challenges from the Local Governme...
LEADERSHIP
That's what gets results
By By Kathy O’Leary | 04 October 2024
Kathy O'Leary reflects on the groundwork put in over the (cruel) summer with Stroud DC's new admi...
ETHICS
We have put up with poor standards for too long
22 July 2024
The new Government approach strikes a different tone, says Graeme McDonald.
GENERAL ELECTION
Elections' Unsung Heroes
By Baroness Sharon Taylor OBE | 17 July 2024
Baroness Sharon Taylor celebrates the unheralded stalwarts who ensure polling day goes without a ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
To govern is to choose
By Andrew Carter | 08 July 2024
The new Government has a choice to use its mandate to make the tough decisions to pursue growth, ...
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