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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...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Problematic predictions
By Paul Wheeler | 20 April 2021
Paul Wheeler looks at how the Super Thursday electoral feast is shaping up. He highlights the key...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Admit when you're wrong
By Dan Corry | 20 April 2021
If we know less and less about successes and failures because we allow denial of the truth and a ...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
The case for remote meetings to continue
By Quentin Baker | 15 April 2021
The Local Government Act 1972 permits council meetings to take place virtually, argue John Austin...
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