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DEVOLUTION
Localism is important to the electorate
By Dr Janice Morphet | 26 May 2021
Janice Morphet looks at the electoral response to the management of the pandemic in England, and ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Government has no time to waste wondering what councils are for
By Heather Jameson | 26 May 2021
Whether cock-up or conspiracy, the apparent failure of the Government to let a number of councils...
WHITEHALL
COVID-19 travel advice a 'recipe for confusion'
By Martin Ford | 25 May 2021
Councils say they were left in the dark over Government advice warning against travelling to area...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Bassetlaw Council holds a COVID safe AGM
By Cllr Simon Greaves | 24 May 2021
Bassetlaw DC not only met safely in public for its AGM, it also elected the UK’s youngest chair o...
WHITEHALL
Computer glitch held back local contact tracing
By Martin Ford | 21 May 2021
Software error in the national system has delayed councils in tracing hundreds of potential COVID...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Community resilience: preventing the breakdown
By Ann McGauran | 19 May 2021
Governments must change the post-pandemic narrative to avoid community breakdown, says a public h...
PUBLIC HEALTH
Council leader warns of local lockdown 'unrest'
By Martin Ford | 19 May 2021
The leader of Bolton MBC has warned of the possible consequences should local lockdowns return.
HEALTH
Can the centre learn the lessons of lockdown in time?
By Heather Jameson | 19 May 2021
Despite the Prime Minister’s latest protestations that we are right on track for the roadmap, the...
WHITEHALL
Call for 'surge vaccine supplies' as Indian variant spreads
By Dan Peters | 14 May 2021
Local public health experts have asked the Government for ‘surge vaccine supplies’ amid anxiety o...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Local elections 2021: The system creaked in the face of the number of polls
By Peter Stanyon | 11 May 2021
There were a variety of problems both ahead of and during polling day, says Peter Stanyon.
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