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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...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Now is the time to retain remote meetings
By Cllr Brigid Jones | 15 April 2021
Parliamentary time was found for flags and statues, says Cllr Brigid Jones. For virtual meetings ...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
A philosophy of complaints
By Nick Graham | 13 April 2021
Nick Graham looks at whether ‘honour cultures’ might teach us more effective methods of resolvin...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
On-demand democracy delivered to your door
By Gill Kneller | 13 April 2021
Gill Kneller has 'always felt that democracy not only needs to be happening but needs to be seen ...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Making elections meaningful
By Jonathan Carr-West | 13 April 2021
We need two things from our electoral system says Dr Jonathan Carr-West – enough stability to mai...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
How do we empower and support councillors?
By Paul O’Brien | 08 April 2021
With Super Thursday looming on May 6, Paul O'Brien argues that a radical system reset may be need...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Jenrick backs virtual meeting legal action
By Heather Jameson | 08 April 2021
Communities secretary Robert Jenrick has backed a legal challenge to allow councils to carry on w...
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