Making sure that citizens have a voice through strong and vibrant local institutions.
LGIU England Commissioner, Peter Smith rounds up the local government news of the past two weeks, focusing on finance, the upcoming local elections, free pictures of the new king and spotty roads.
Once again we are teaming up with Vuelio to bring you our weekly elections bulletin. We’ll be looking at all the news and key developments – putting the spotlight firmly on the local nature of these all important elections.
In this issue of Global Local, we’ll be covering how local elections can operate at their best in an age of declining trust in electoral systems and results.
This policy round-up for England looks at policy announcements and publications from February and March 2023, a period which began with a reshuffle and saw some important announcements, including the budget, a white paper on health and disability (aimed at supporting people into work) and ‘powering up Britain’.
In this article, Archie Ratcliffe from the Federation of Small Businesses outlines the role local authorities can take in supporting local businesses and LGIU’s Greg Stride highlights the findings of our recent local government finance survey in relation to local businesses.
Whether through new voter requirements or through misinformation, the role of elections workers is getting harder. How can we address challenges and make sure we have enough people for the polls?
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.
Once again we are teaming up with Vuelio to bring you our weekly elections bulletin. We’ll be looking at all the news and key developments – putting the spotlight firmly on the local nature of these all important elections.
The LGIU’s Ones to Watch guide to the 2023 local elections highlights the key local contests to have on your radar in the run up to polling day.
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.
