brilliant polling station sign

This has been doing the rounds on Twitter today and I couldn’t resist sharing on the blog. Hope everyone is having a good day 🙂

Hat-tip to Andrew Bloch for getting the pic

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A manifesto for councillors

This paper has been prepared for the Local Democracy Research Centre to stimulate debate about the future role of councillors – it will help to form the basis of future discussion forums. We welcome any responses.

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Grand designs for more Grand Designs? Government review looks to scale up self-build housing

In April 2021 the Prime Minister commissioned Sir Richard Bacon MP to “develop a plan for a major scaling up of self-commissioned homes”. The resulting Bacon Review argues that making more land available for people to build their own homes could deliver 40,000 extra homes every year.

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Councillors can support and help to build climate resilient communities

Evidence is clear that the frequency and severity of extreme weather events have increased as a direct consequence of human-induced climate change. It is imperative that local authorities identify risks from the current and future impacts of climate change and put in place plans to increase resilience.

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