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LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Learning from this election round
By Kathy O’Leary | 18 April 2023
Kathy O'Leary asks if there should be greater focus on reducing the potential for postal vote fra...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Building back local trust
By Tom Forth | 18 April 2023
In the current climate of low turnouts in local elections, Tom Forth considers how councils could...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
New North Yorkshire Council urged to live stream meetings
By Mark Whitehead | 17 April 2023
Councillors in Scarborough have urged the new North Yorkshire Council to live stream all its meet...
ENVIRONMENT
Making community power happen
By Adam Lent | 12 April 2023
Adam Lent explores the rapidly advancing community power movement in local government and how thi...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Local elections should be about local issues
By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 12 April 2023
This year’s polls are of unprecedented importance for the district sector, says Cllr Sam Chapman-...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Budget 2023: Hunt to boost mayors' financial autonomy
By Dan Peters | 15 March 2023
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced the Government will ‘boost mayors’ financial autonomy’ in hi...
WHITEHALL
Gove: Devolution will fuel post-Brexit renewal
By Mark Conrad | 28 February 2023
Levelling up secretary Michael Gove has reiterated his long-term commitment to devolving powers t...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
LGA peers' warning over Spelthorne
By Mark Conrad | 27 February 2023
Poor behaviour by some councillors at Spelthorne BC is damaging the authority’s reputation and ca...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Taking on toxic times
By Sir Bob Neill | 08 February 2023
Threats of violence, misogyny, racism and homophobia are all part and parcel of modern-day politi...
WHITEHALL
Yorkshire Mayors call for cultural devolution
By Dan Peters | 18 January 2023
The mayors of South and West Yorkshire have called for cultural spending to be devolved from Whit...
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