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A "crisis in our democratic system" is on the cards unless the mounting pressure on the electoral process is addressed, a ...
Lancashire CC’s Reform UK leader has criticised the council for taking on multi-million pound investments, some of which will ...
The devolution bill offers a “real risk” of moving powers up from local councils rather than down from Whitehall, warn two former ministers. Former ...
The abolition of the committee system should not remove the space for slow, deliberative decision making, writes the chief ...
Just three years after their creation as a means to improve collaboration between health and local government, integrated care boards are being forced to ...
Former Broxbourne BC leader Lewis Cocking, who swapped the council chamber for the Commons last year, shares his concerns over the barriers to becoming a ...
All six areas involved in the devolution priority programme have met the tests to establish combined authorities next year, ...
Newham LBC appointed Paul Martin as interim chief executive at an extraordinary meeting last night. From today Paul Martin ...
Commissioners have been appointed to tackle Croydon LBC despite authority’s mayor called on the government to rethink its ...
The Cabinet Office has announced that “innovation squads” with a remit to test new solutions will work with councils in 10 ...
Thurrock Council will put forward its own local government reorganisation business case, after concluding that the two other ...
The spirit of devolution and localism, and delivering a generational shift in power to local people, is at the heart of the ...