LGIU and Vuelio 2023 Election Bulletins
LGIU has partnered with Vuelio to provide you with weekly updates for six weeks throughout the election period. Each bulletin will be added to this page on publication.
England & Wales
Articles
Featured:
Where are the fat people in obesity policy?
Why doesn’t obesity policy seem to work? A fat person weighs in. This highly personal piece examines the complexity of weight interventions at the population…
England & Wales, Global, Scotland
Councils on notice: does a section 114 mean bankruptcy for local government?
Last week Birmingham City Council issued a section 114 notice, joining a number of other authorities that have failed to balance their books over the…
England & Wales
How chief executives work with councillors
We spoke to council chief executives in Ireland, Scotland and Australia to find out what it takes forge a leadership team with councillors.
Australia, Global, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland
In Conversation with Cleland Sneddon, Chief Executive of South Lanarkshire Council
Taking part in LGIU’s local government leadership spotlight series, Cleland Sneddon, Chief Executive of South Lanarkshire Council discusses the opportunities and challenges facing their Council as well as the broader sector overall.
Scotland
Building Democratic Consent for Net Zero
This article introduces an upcoming research paper which explores some of the challenges that councils face in maintaining public support for and understanding of net-zero in midst of the rising cost of living, fuel prices and other challenges to public services.
England & Wales, Scotland
All Things England – the economy, local elections and criminalising whipped cream
LGIU England Commissioner, Peter Smith rounds up the local government news of the past two weeks, focusing on the economy, the upcoming local elections, legalising cockney and criminalising whipped cream.
England & Wales
All Things Ireland – Case studies lessons from Clare and Mayo County Councils
At LGIU, our focus in Ireland this week has been on delivering tangible case study lessons – such as building up rural communities in Clare and tackling vacancy and dereliction in Mayo. In addition, this week’s All Things Ireland looks at new changes to the policy of project management, as well as new funding calls…
Ireland
All Things Scotland – New COSLA Chief Executive and Green Day comes to Aberdeen
Check out your weekly summary of all key developments across Scottish local government. This week, Green Day came to Aberdeen (well… sort of), the UK Government launched its new net-zero strategy called ‘Green Day‘ on March 30th. Keep reading to find out what else has been happening this week…
Scotland
Who runs the councils in No Overall Control?
English local elections were held on the 4 May 2023. There are now 91 councils across England in “No Overall Control”. We take a look at what this means in practice.
England & Wales, Northern Ireland
Blog Post
LGIU – Vuelio local elections bulletin is back for 2023
LGIU is really pleased to be renewing our election-time partnership with Vuelio so that we can once again make sure that LGIU members have the very best news, insight and commentary for the whole of the local elections period in England.
England & Wales
Local democracy is important for national democracy
As we look ahead to this year’s local elections, it is a good time to reflect on the importance of strong democracy at the local level for the health of democracy in general, writes Dr Andrew Walker LGIU’s Head of Research.
England & Wales
Northern Ireland 2023 local elections – Part 1: the basics
While this election time in Northern Ireland brings the usual existential messaging from local parties, woeful analysis from those in North London, and speculations of what each election means for the long-standing divisions, this article outlines the key outlook for the upcoming elections and what changes we might see across local government.
Northern Ireland
