LOCAL DEMOCRACY

The problem with polls

By Peter Stanyon | 09 March 2021

Peter Stanyon outlines the risks and pressures Super Thursday poses to a ‘creaking electoral syst...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Jenrick warned of legal action over end to virtual meetings

By Dan Peters | 25 February 2021

Local government secretary Robert Jenrick has been served a pre-action letter warning of legal ac...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

We need to better capture the impact of community power

By Luca Tiratelli | 23 February 2021

New Local's latest report forensically and persuasively shows community power works, and now we n...

WHITEHALL

Calls to vaccinate election workers grow

By Dan Peters | 22 February 2021

Pressure is growing for key election workers to be prioritised in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout af...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

What's the future for digital democracy without virtual meetings?

By Kathy O’Leary | 17 February 2021

Handforth Parish Council aside, if we can't hold council meeting via Zoom beyond 6 May, what will...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

The problem with polls

By Martin Ford | 17 February 2021

Local government has finally learned that two years’ worth of elections will take place on ‘Super...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Why is central government not listening?

By Blair Mcpherson | 16 February 2021

The pandemic has given local authorities the opportunity to shine  and demonstrate to government ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Let's digitise local democracy in civil, safe and productive ways

By Lora Botev | 12 February 2021

If the Handforth Parish Council video proved anything, it’s the need to digitise democracy, say W...

WHITEHALL

Government 'understands' virtual meetings call

By Dan Peters | 08 February 2021

Sector representatives have been told their arguments for allowing virtual meetings to continue h...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Cross-party backing for European charter

By Dan Peters | 05 February 2021

The European charter of local self-government took a step closer to being incorporated into Scots...

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