The Electoral Commission said voting should only be deferred in exceptional circumstances and that the move risked "damaging public confidence".
Peter Murphy receives funding from research councils. He is advisor to Centre for Public Scrutiny. If shrinking and reshaping the state is one of George Osborne’s big ideas then local authorities are ...
This work was funded through the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG), which is a partnership between Local Government Managers National, the Institute of Public Works ...
Seven local councils will be replaced by a smaller number of unitary authorities across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough People are being asked for their views on "the biggest shake-up of local ...