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LOCAL DEMOCRACY
The end of council virtual meetings. What's next?
By David Kitson | 10 May 2021
David Kitson of Bevan Brittan says councils should now focus on how they can safely facilitate me...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Forcing councils to physically meet risks 'democratic deficit'
By John Austin | 05 May 2021
Councils in England should be ‘trusted to continue to deliver virtual meetings successfully as th...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Getting the basics right on standards
By Joanne Roney | 05 May 2021
Joanne Roney says it is ‘high time’ the Government responded to the recommendations in the 2019 C...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Elections like no other
By Sheila Oxtoby | 05 May 2021
Sheila Oxtoby outlines the scale of the preparations for the operation of polling stations and co...
WHITEHALL
Will Zoom speed up reform?
By Michael Burton | 05 May 2021
As the Government plans a new round of public sector reform Michael Burton considers the impact o...
WHITEHALL
ADSO vows to fight on in virtual meeting battle
By Heather Jameson | 04 May 2021
Election experts have vowed to carry on fighting to give councils the choice to hold meetings vir...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Virtual meeting challenge dismissed by High Court
By Heather Jameson | 28 April 2021
Councils will not be able to continue to meet virtually after 6 May after High Court judges dismi...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
The case for virtual meetings
By Jackie Weaver | 27 April 2021
Jackie Weaver – star of Handforth Parish Council’s viral meeting – argues the case for stepping o...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Local government must retain its 'sovereignty'
By Arianna Giovannini | 27 April 2021
Local government has been repeatedly reformed, reshaped and hollowed out, says Arianna Giovannin...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
District's loophole to allow virtual meetings
22 April 2021
A district council has come up with a loophole to allow it to carry on with virtual meetings when...
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