Elections

By Dr Carole Easton | 13 October 2023

Dr Carole Easton asks why we spend more money maintaining Parliament than on home improvement gra...

LEGAL

Call for elections indemnity

By Martin Ford | 11 October 2023

Elections officials should be granted indemnity against legal challenges resulting from the rollo...

LONDON COUNCILS

Political heat is rising

By Alison Griffin | 09 October 2023

Alison Griffin looks ahead to the looming General Election and what it bodes for local government.

Plea to delay online postal vote applications

By Martin Ford | 09 October 2023

Launching online applications for postal and proxy votes later this month should be ‘urgently rec...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Two answers to levelling up – but what's the question?

By Heather Jameson | 03 October 2023

Heather Jameson says set aside the anti-city, anti-local government rhetoric - Rishi Sunak's plan...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

A working ecosystem needs a local base

By Professor Graeme Atherton | 03 October 2023

Local authorities are the natural fulcrum for a dynamic, flexible and responsive skills ecosystem...

HEALTH

Addressing the mess

By Matthew Taylor | 03 October 2023

Key aspects of our systems of governance are broken, says Matthew Taylor, and radical reform is n...

HEALTH

Party conferences are a golden opportunity for districts

By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 03 October 2023

In party conference season the hope is that collectively councillors can influence their party’s ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Growth: the big issue

By Ben Lucas | 03 October 2023

As we enter election season a national growth plan is needed now, delivered with and by places, s...

FINANCE

Financial sustainability is never about clever financial mechanisms

By Tracie Langley | 03 October 2023

Instead of waiting until it’s too late, Cornwall Council has stood up the senior officer Financia...

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