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6 May 22
This week’s local elections packed a few surprises. PF examines the results in authorities whose finance departments have been in the news during recent months.
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29 Apr 21
The High Court has dismissed an attempt to allow council meetings in England to be held online past 7 May when existing Covid-19 legislation expires.
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5 Feb 21
Local authorities in England will receive around £15m in additional funding to help hold safe council elections, after the government confirmed polling will take place on 6 May.
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25 Jan 21
Two-thirds of councils in England say additional ring-fenced funding from central government is needed to run safe local elections in May.
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2 Oct 19
Reducing the number of councillors in local government could make savings, a conference panel has said.
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11 Jun 19
Last month’s local elections in England showed a rise in popularity of independents addressing local issues - but what we need is top-down change, writes communities and regeneration writer...
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7 May 19
Last week’s local elections were more eventful than expected but were still dominated by national politics rather than community issues, says LGiU’s Jonathan Carr-West.
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6 May 19
Suddenly having to prepare for unexpected European Parliament elections - soon after the local elections - has caused a headache for electoral administrators, says the Association of...
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3 May 19
Localis’ Jonathan Werran looks at the early results of the local elections and considers how they may impact local growth and prosperity.
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3 May 19
Early results from this year’s local elections showed public backlash against Britain’s two main parties with Liberal Democrats making strides.
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23 Apr 19
England is facing “democracy deserts” in next week’s local elections with 148 seats going totally uncontested, according to the Electoral Reform Society.
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14 Feb 19
The government has rejected plans to devolve powers and funding to Yorkshire.
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10 Sep 18
The proportion of women elected to local government in England went up just three percentage points between the elections in 2014 and 2018, analysis released today has revealed.
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4 May 18
We will be updating this story through the day.Please see here for our pre-election coverage.
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25 Apr 18
Anti-Semitism, Brexit, Windrush and austerity. Dominic Brady takes a look at how this mix of national and local issues are likely to play out in the elections next month.
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13 Feb 18
Communities secretary Sajid Javid has confirmed plans to condense four Suffolk councils into two new authorities.
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29 Jan 18
The Welsh Government has confirmed it is to grant voting rights to 16 and 17-year-olds in local authority elections.
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21 Aug 17
More than 3,000 women need to be elected as councillors if the gender imbalance across local government is to be rectified, the IPPR think-tank has said.
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23 May 17
Following May’s local elections, it looks almost certain that the Tories will win the general election. The question is how well or badly Labour will do
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19 May 17
Inter-party acrimony, fuelled by the general election campaign, has left the formation of new local authority administrations in chaos across much of Scotland.
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8 May 17
A three-year split in the national body representing Scottish local government looks set to end next month, as a consequence of the Labour vote collapse at last week’s local elections.
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5 May 17
Labour has lost municipal control of Glasgow, its innermost Scottish heartland for much of the 20th century.
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5 May 17
General election manifestos must commit to giving local councils the funds they need to provide vital services, the Local Government Association has said.
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5 May 17
The Conservatives have made gains in the local elections while Ukip, Labour and Liberal Democrats suffered a “bad night”.
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3 May 17
National parliamentary candidates have been out with prospective councillors campaigning in the final hours before tomorrow’s local elections.
6 May 22This week’s local elections packed a few surprises. PF examines the results in authorities whose finance departments have been in the news during recent months.
29 Apr 21The High Court has dismissed an attempt to allow council meetings in England to be held online past 7 May when existing Covid-19 legislation expires.
25 Jan 21Two-thirds of councils in England say additional ring-fenced funding from central government is needed to run safe local elections in May.
2 Oct 19Reducing the number of councillors in local government could make savings, a conference panel has said.
11 Jun 19Last month’s local elections in England showed a rise in popularity of independents addressing local issues - but what we need is top-down change, writes communities and regeneration writer...
6 May 19Suddenly having to prepare for unexpected European Parliament elections - soon after the local elections - has caused a headache for electoral administrators, says the Association of...
3 May 19Localis’ Jonathan Werran looks at the early results of the local elections and considers how they may impact local growth and prosperity.
14 Feb 19The government has rejected plans to devolve powers and funding to Yorkshire.
10 Sep 18The proportion of women elected to local government in England went up just three percentage points between the elections in 2014 and 2018, analysis released today has revealed.
4 May 18We will be updating this story through the day.Please see here for our pre-election coverage.
25 Apr 18Anti-Semitism, Brexit, Windrush and austerity. Dominic Brady takes a look at how this mix of national and local issues are likely to play out in the elections next month.
13 Feb 18Communities secretary Sajid Javid has confirmed plans to condense four Suffolk councils into two new authorities.
29 Jan 18The Welsh Government has confirmed it is to grant voting rights to 16 and 17-year-olds in local authority elections.
23 May 17Following May’s local elections, it looks almost certain that the Tories will win the general election. The question is how well or badly Labour will do
19 May 17Inter-party acrimony, fuelled by the general election campaign, has left the formation of new local authority administrations in chaos across much of Scotland.
8 May 17A three-year split in the national body representing Scottish local government looks set to end next month, as a consequence of the Labour vote collapse at last week’s local elections.
5 May 17General election manifestos must commit to giving local councils the funds they need to provide vital services, the Local Government Association has said.
3 May 17National parliamentary candidates have been out with prospective councillors campaigning in the final hours before tomorrow’s local elections.
