Local Government: Elections
24 Nov 2020
They Work For You – The Government is working with the electoral administrators and Public Health England to identify and resolve challenges involved in delivering the May 2021 elections,
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Elections: Travellers
11 Nov 2020
They Work For You – To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2020 to Question 100441 on Elections, whether the Government has consulted the Traveller and Roma communities on the potential effect of the introduction of Voter ID on those communities’ ability to vote in the next General Election.
Read moreElections: Greater London
11 Nov 2020
They Work For You – To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making the London Mayoral and Greater London Authority elections a postal ballot only in response to the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
Read moreCan we have healthy elections in a pandemic?
15 Oct 2020
LGiU – It’s European Local Democracy Week and even as we celebrate the amazing contributions elected members have had on their communities as we publish our Cllr Awards shortlist,
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29 Sep 2020
They Work For You – To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the £4.3 billion provided to local authorities to help deal with costs due to the covid-19 outbreak has been allocated to the cost of running the May 2021 elections.
Read moreResisting threats to muzzle the elections watchdog
4 Sep 2020
Unlock Democracy – The Conservative Party is proposing that the UK’s elections watchdog should be abolished unless makes it makes changes which could undermine its independence.
Read moreOur elections watchdog needs strengthening, not scrapping
4 Sep 2020
Electoral Reform Society – You’d think given the rising tide of disinformation, dodgy donations and dark ads online, the government might be getting serious about empowering our elections watchdog.
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30 Jun 2020
They Work For You – Based on the independent Electoral Commission’s evaluations of the 2018 and 2019 voter ID pilots, there is no indication that any consistent demographic was adversely affected by the use of voter ID.
Read moreSpecial edition of the A-Web Webzine: Covid-19 and Elections
11 May 2020
A-Web: Elections in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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