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Super Thursday and elected mayors
Patrick Wintour reports on the Greg Clark’s plans to hold mayoral and police commissioner elections on the same day – Thursday 15 November, now being called ‘Super Thursday’. The government’s tactics in bringing forward elections to November seem designed to generate some momentum and interest around the country, as well as forcing the hand of those Councillors [...]
The coalition’s climbdown on shadow mayors
The lack of serious media attention the Localism Bill has garnered is regrettable because, as the legislative embodiment of the government’s Big Society agenda, it is actually central to one of the key political debates of the moment and contains some fairly striking provisions which could make a huge difference both to how local authorities operate and to the extent to which citizens can take control of services in their local areas.
Tags: Eric Pickles, localism, localism bill, mayors, right to challenge |
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