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LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Democracy needs to have value
By Paul Shevlin | 18 January 2022
Many of those who are elected to public office seem to be increasingly remote from the people the...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Erosion of honesty is a destroyer of democracy
By Heather Jameson | 18 January 2022
Heather Jameson says Sheffield City Council was repeatedly asked about the chief executive’s atte...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
A mismatch between motive and facts on voter ID
By Stephen Weigel | 17 January 2022
‘Partygate’ and rule breaking may be a major distraction from electoral proposals that may disenf...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
It feels like we're going backwards on 'hybrid' council meetings
By Quentin Baker | 11 January 2022
There appears to be no momentum to urgently provide councillors with the choice to attend meeting...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Trust matters
By Claire Kober | 11 January 2022
Claire Kober says that we 'battle the latest phase of a global pandemic, it matters that we have ...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Rebooting council electoral services in Bracknell
By Ann Moore | 04 January 2022
Ann Moore outlines why Bracknell Forest Council took the decision to invest in a technological en...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Bristol to hold mayoral referendum next year
By Dan Peters | 08 December 2021
Bristol City Council will hold a referendum in May on whether to keep its 10-year-old mayoral mod...
WHITEHALL
Trust in democracy is under threat - and local government is not immune
By Graeme McDonald | 07 December 2021
Solace will continue to push the Government to respond to the Committee for Standards in Public L...
WHITEHALL
Powers warning ahead of new deals
By Chris Mahony | 07 December 2021
A new report today warns areas reluctant to accept directly-elected leaders in the next wave of d...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Officers implore Government to rethink remote meeting rules
01 December 2021
Legal and democratic services officers have implored ministers to change the rules on remote meet...
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