Campaigners warn of ‘democracy deserts’ in council elections

18/04/2019

More than 800,000 voters are being denied a real choice in the May local elections, according to new analysis by the Electoral Reform Society.

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Politics and Policy

Campaigners warn of ‘democracy deserts’ in council elections

City council drops £100 begging fines

Over 55,000 pupils disappear from school records

Council confirms piranha carcasses found in local lake

Human Resources

Council employees balloted for strike action

Council proposes random drug testing of staff

Treasury moves to ban six-figure ‘golden goodbyes’ in local government

Cheshire East’s most senior financial executive resigns

Finance

A £3m fund launched to improve infrastructure procurement

Special needs provision in schools cut by over £1bn

Report calls for ‘fundamental review’ of council funding

Councils call for extra funding to stop UK being flooded with unsafe products

Transformation

Council of the Year shortlist revealed

Sheffield City Council promotes trade with Beijing

London council signs a £44.6m partnership to build new homes

Oxfordshire councils to extend joint working arrangements

Health and Social Care

Primary schools to be provided with free sanitary products

Digital portal showing care home vacancies launched

Council proposes introducing more smoke-free spaces

London councils agree to 4,000 extra places on HIV trial

Public Property

Modular homes to be developed for homeless families in London

Worthing’s Art Deco pier named best in the UK

Village halls urged to bid for share of £3m refurbishment fund

Housing experts call for more regulation on Airbnb-style lets

Council elections: A testing time for party alignments

Like it or not, the council elections will be dominated by an issue that has nothing to do with local government, says Mark Whitehead.

Don’t play the hokey-cokey with health

Local government has turned public health around despite funding cuts. Now it not the time to think about returning the service to the NHS, argues Nathan Elvery.

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