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.
General Election: ‘Room for improvement’, says commission
05/07/2024 Polling day ‘ran smoothly’ but there is ‘room to improve the experience for some’, according to the independent body which oversees elections. |
More than a million apply for vote
11/06/2024 Council elections teams are facing a workload surge as they race to register voters in time for the General Election. |
Government relents over broadening forms of voter ID
07/05/2024 Complaints were raised by ex-servicemen who were turned away at polling stations after attempting to produce veteran cards as proof of ID. |
Minister ‘sorry’ to veteran turned away from polling station over ID
03/05/2024 The veterans minister has apologised to a former soldier who said he was unable to vote using his veteran card as photo identification. |
What is voter ID?
29/04/2024 Voter ID is now required in many elections across the UK. But what is it and how does it work? |
Questions over plans to manage voter ID
13/11/2023 The chair of the levelling up, housing and communities (LUHC) committee has written to the LUHC department with concerns about managing voter ID in future elections. |
Millions missing from electoral register
18/09/2023 An overhaul of data sharing with council elections teams is required, a report by the Electoral Commission has concluded. |
Cyber-attack hit Electoral Commission
08/08/2023 Information held by the Electoral Commission was accessed by 'hostile actors,' the watchdog has revealed. |
Voting reforms could ‘erect barriers’ for elderly, charity says
25/05/2023 The introduction of further checks on postal and proxy voting could disenfranchise older people, an elderly persons charity has warned. |
Court case looms after election blunder
16/05/2023 A councillor who gained the most votes at a recent election faces a court case for her seat after a blunder led officials to announce the wrong winner. |
Local elections ‘well run’ but voter ID concerns remain
05/05/2023 The first local elections requiring residents to show ID were ‘well run’, but the new law prevented some eligible voters from casting their vote. |
Concern over elections timetable
07/11/2022 Campaigners and elections staff have raised concerns over the deliverability of voter ID at next year’s elections. |
Queen's Speech: Controversial voter ID plans roll forward
11/05/2021 Voter ID is expected to be introduced by May 2023 after the Government pledged to introduce legislation to ‘ensure the integrity of elections’. |
Unison call for election safety measures
01/03/2021 The Government needs to implement strict measures in May’s local elections to keep staff safe, trade union Unison urged today. |
Electoral Commission calls for autumn polls
12/03/2020 May’s local elections should be postponed until the autumn, the Electoral Commission has said. |
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Millions of people incorrectly registered to vote, study finds
26/09/2019 A new study has revealed that up to 9.4 million people are not registered properly to vote, leading to calls to reform the system. |
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EU citizens ‘denied’ vote in European elections
24/05/2019 European Union citizens living in the UK have complained of having their right to vote for an MEP ‘denied’. |
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Voter ID plans slammed as 'undemocratic'
30/04/2019 Mandatory voter ID requirements will seriously damage democracy, the Electoral Reform Society has warned again ahead of the local elections this week. |
