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ELECTIONS
New batch of voter ID pilot areas announced
By Martin Ford | 05 November 2018
Eleven pilots for voter ID checks will be carried out at next year’s elections.
ELECTIONS
Speaking our language
17 October 2018
The whole point of new voter ID requirements is to ensure people can be clearly identified.
FINANCE
Missed savings could lead to overspend
By Mark Conrad | 08 October 2018
Kingston upon Thames LBC is expected to overspend by £4m this year after finding a third of plann...
ELECTIONS
Calls to abandon 'costly, undemocratic' voter ID trials
By Martin Ford | 11 September 2018
Introducing voter ID requirements in elections is the wrong solution for the wrong issue, a repor...
ELECTIONS
Lords clash over voter ID trials
By Martin Ford | 07 September 2018
The House of Lords joined the debate over voter ID trials this week, amid claims local government...
WHITEHALL
Voter ID rollout could cost £20m
By Martin Ford | 14 August 2018
Calls to halt trials of voter ID have been renewed after Cabinet Office documents showed it could...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Councils resist peer challenge offer
By Dan Peters | 13 August 2018
The Local Government Association (LGA) is facing resistance as it struggles to persuade reluctant...
FINANCE
Suspended Sellgren leaves council
By Dan Peters | 10 August 2018
A council chief executive suspended for nine months after an independent review into problems fac...
WELFARE
Benefit cap inquiry reopened
By Mark Conrad | 06 August 2018
MPs have reopened a Parliamentary inquiry into the impact of the benefit cap after an initial stu...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
In defence of voter ID
By Bob Neill | 01 August 2018
The subject of voter ID has divided many people, but Bob Neill calls for those sceptical about re...
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