Recently, Scotland’s Improvement Districts (SIDs) hosted an event at Holyrood to celebrate the country’s improvement districts. This article provides an overview of the celebrations and shares key learning and updates from the organisation.
The My Vote My Voice campaign is aimed at empowering people with learning disabilities and autistic people to use their vote. While the gathering had an overwhelmingly positive and energetic feel, it highlighted the profound challenges faced by autistic people and people with learning disabilities when it comes to voting.
Ahead of the annual setting of council tax rates and in light of the 30th anniversary of the introduction of council tax in the UK, Michael Orton from the University of Warwick discusses the various options for updating the UK’s council tax system while evaluating the pros and cons of each.
When the Kirklees Democracy Commission embarked on their exploration of what it would take to grow a stronger local democracy in Kirklees, the experiences of young citizens led to a long term commitment to change things, for the next generation – and beyond.
Peter Smith focuses on transport and environmental issues, energy production in the hills of Surrey and much more local government news of the week in All Things England.
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As questions are asked over who the next First Minister will be and what policy they will want to deliver? This week’s edition of All Things Scotland focuses on the financial implications of the recent Budget Bill and other key news, reports and updates for local government.
Proving to be yet another busy week for housing and transport projects, this edition of All Things Ireland brings you all the latest local government news, reports and updates to keep you in the loop with everything happening in the world of Irish local government.
I worked on a social care tech project I really believed in. It failed. Here are some of the things I learned from that experience.
This article explores a case study from London’s Bi-Borough and the tech organisation OLM around the implementation of a case management solution to improve the Bi-Borough’s SEND service delivery.
