VE Day: Council duties under the Armed Forces Covenant
As we mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Geoff Wild, Legal & Governance Consultant, looks at the duties of councils under the Armed Forces Covenant.
Surrey councils stand firm in reorganisation plans
30/04/2025 District and borough councils across Surrey have published proposals for local government reorganisation, defying the Government’s requests for unity on final proposals. |
Election reforms needed 'more than ever'
17/02/2025 Reform of how elections are run is needed now ‘more than ever', according to a new report. |
One in five councillors threatened with violence
21/10/2024 More than a fifth of councillors in a new Local Government Association (LGA) survey said they had received a threat of violence in their role. |
Residents vote to dissolve town council
14/08/2024 Voters in two north Yorkshire villages have come out overwhelmingly in favour of dissolving the local town council following allegations of bullying. |
North Yorkshire bans public questions at budget meetings
21/05/2024 Public participation will not be allowed at North Yorkshire’s budget meetings as part of a series of changes to the council’s constitution. |
LGA welcomes new police support for councillors
29/02/2024 The Local Government Association (LGA) has welcomed news that councillors will for the first time have a named police contact to help with security issues. |
Scottish councils reach participatory budgets target
12/07/2023 Scottish councils have achieved a target of spending 1% of their budgets through the participatory budgeting process. |
Big losses for Conservative councils
09/05/2023 The Conservatives have lost seats in the North, South and Midlands, with Labour and the Lib Dems scooping up victories. |
Notts council urged to end twinning with Chinese city
14/02/2023 Campaigners have published an open letter calling on Nottingham City Council to end its relationship with a city in China. |
Residents will have to approve street names changes under new proposals
12/04/2022 Councils will be required to get approval from local residents to change street names under new proposals announced today. |
City council votes for major governance overhaul
25/03/2022 Sheffield City Council has agreed to a major overhaul of how it will take democratic decisions after a referendum on the city’s governance last year. |
Calls for radical expansion of parish and town councils
12/11/2021 Parish and town councils should be established in every neighbourhood to help places level up and revive local democracy, a think tank has said today. |
It’s now or never for modern democracy
14/10/2021 The electoral landscape is now ‘more crowded than ever’, while council resources have been ground down, says Laura Lock – and she warns that professionals do not have limitless capacity. |
How can open data compliment community development?
24/08/2021 Nathan Coyle outlines the mechanisms and tools to help councils to take citizen engagement on the issue seriously |
Elections Bill introduced in Parliament
06/07/2021 Councils must be properly funded and given ample time to prepare for the 'significant' changes proposed for election rules in the UK, the Electoral Commission has warned. |
Care home residents 'barred' from voting booth says care group
14/04/2021 A care group has branded it a 'national scandal' that care home residents will be unable to vote in person in the local elections without self-isolating for 14 days afterwards. |
UCL study calls for ‘21st century approach to prosperity’
16/03/2021 A new study has criticised the Government’s top down levelling-up agenda and calls for what it calls a ‘21st century approach to prosperity’. |
Campaigners warns voter ID plans will 'disenfranchise millions'
10/03/2021 Plans for mandatory voter ID will disproportionately impact the BAME community and prevent millions of people from voting, campaigners have warned. |
Councils given power to hold meetings remotely
03/04/2020 Local authorities will be allowed to hold public meetings remotely by video or telephone, under new powers introduced today. |
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Three councils named ‘democracy pioneers’
12/03/2020 Nineteen ‘democracy pioneers’, including three local authorities, have been awarded £10,000 each for their work to improve people’s understanding and experience of democracy in the UK. |
