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Local Government ExplainedLGIU Fortnightly 24 January: Running an election during a pandemic
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In this episode focusing on the local elections planned for May, Ingrid Koehler interviews Professor of Politics, Toby James, on the global lessons of running an election in a pandemic. Jonathan Carr-West and Ingrid also discuss new LGIU research on going to the polls in May.
In this episode Jonathan Carr-West and Ingrid Koehler talk about local elections, highlighting our new survey of council leaders, chief executives and heads of democratic services about the timing and viability of the scheduled May local elections. Ingrid speaks to Professor Toby James who has been looking at how places around the world have been running local elections and whether England is ready to run elections in May.
Links in this episode:
- Free, fair and safe: Local elections 2021
- Post-Covid Councils: Towards a new municipalism
- LGIU annual review
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