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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.
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28 Apr 17
The mayoral elections should be receiving far more attention, given how devolution could boost local economies to benefit residents
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27 Apr 17
Next week’s local and mayoral elections have been overshadowed by the announcement of a snap general election. Is this likely to depress turnout and how might national debates, such as Brexit,...
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6 May 16
Labour has retained control of a host of authorities across England but lost councillors after early counting from local elections across the country, with UKIP making the largest gains in seats.
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9 Apr 16
David Cameron has said the government’s “devolution revolution” is introducing localist reforms to give councils more control over their finances and greater freedoms over development.
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7 Apr 16
In an age of devolution, local elections are increasingly important. What is at stake when voters head to the polls next month?
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19 Aug 15
A forthcoming report by the Electoral Reform Society is to raise concerns that local authorities dominated by a single political party appear more prone to corruption than councils where there is a...
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12 May 15
The Conservatives have retaken control of the Local Government Association following Thursday’s council elections, the umbrella group of local authorities has confirmed today
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11 May 15
Local council elections have mirrored the general election outcome, with strong gains for the Conservatives at the expense of both Labour and the Liberal Democrats
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11 May 15
In the busiest year in the local election cycle, the Conservatives managed to out-perform predictions across England
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29 Apr 14
The impact of the European elections on May’s council votes is the great unknown as people head to the polls to determine control of local authorities across the country.
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29 Apr 13
An unpredictable turnout at the May 2 elections is likely to register varied reactions to the coalition’s cuts and benefit changes – but the big story could be how Ukip fares, suggests...
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.
21 Aug 17More 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.
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.
5 May 17The Conservatives have made gains in the local elections while Ukip, Labour and Liberal Democrats suffered a “bad night”.
3 May 17National parliamentary candidates have been out with prospective councillors campaigning in the final hours before tomorrow’s local elections.
27 Apr 17Next week’s local and mayoral elections have been overshadowed by the announcement of a snap general election. Is this likely to depress turnout and how might national debates, such as Brexit,...
6 May 16Labour has retained control of a host of authorities across England but lost councillors after early counting from local elections across the country, with UKIP making the largest gains in seats.
9 Apr 16David Cameron has said the government’s “devolution revolution” is introducing localist reforms to give councils more control over their finances and greater freedoms over development.
7 Apr 16In an age of devolution, local elections are increasingly important. What is at stake when voters head to the polls next month?
19 Aug 15A forthcoming report by the Electoral Reform Society is to raise concerns that local authorities dominated by a single political party appear more prone to corruption than councils where there is a...
12 May 15The Conservatives have retaken control of the Local Government Association following Thursday’s council elections, the umbrella group of local authorities has confirmed today
11 May 15Local council elections have mirrored the general election outcome, with strong gains for the Conservatives at the expense of both Labour and the Liberal Democrats
11 May 15In the busiest year in the local election cycle, the Conservatives managed to out-perform predictions across England
29 Apr 14The impact of the European elections on May’s council votes is the great unknown as people head to the polls to determine control of local authorities across the country.
29 Apr 13An unpredictable turnout at the May 2 elections is likely to register varied reactions to the coalition’s cuts and benefit changes – but the big story could be how Ukip fares, suggests...
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