Democracy
Take part in our survey on tenant engagement and welfare reform
The LGiU is undertaking a piece of research into tenant engagement in the context of welfare reform. We would love to hear from retained stock authorities, ALMOs, housing associations and other housing management organisations about how they have engaged with tenants to make sure they are up to speed with welfare reform. We’re also interested in hearing more broadly about innovative approaches to tenant engagement going forward.
Local pubs and community value
Viewpoint: The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)’s Claire Cain explains why they want more pubs to be listed as Assets of Community Value
Making scrutiny count
Cllr Andy Hull was the 2012 LGiU/CCLA Scrutineer of the Year award winner. In a post based on an LGiU members’ briefing he looks at the scrutiny process and how to devise a successful scrutiny programme.
Councillor Camp 2013
In a guest post FutureGov’s Jon Foster urges digitally minded councillors to get themselves along to Councillor Camp (which the LGiU is very pleased to be part of) – it will be fun, informative and it’s free!
LGiU guide to Police and Crime Commissioners
Following last week’s Police and Crime Commissioner elections, the LGiU has produced a handy guide for local authorities and others who are interested in the role of the PCCs and the implications for councils.
Take part in our annual winter comms survey
It’s November and the weather is miserable. Icy roads, closed schools and uncollected bins tend to dominate local government over the coming months. Residents will rush to council websites seeking to report problems and find information. Increasingly, there is an …
From Brussels, with Love
The Communities and Local Government Select Committee concluded in its report on regeneration last November that the Government has “no adequate strategy to address the complex problems faced by England’s most deprived communities” and concludes in its report on the …
Co-operating on combating crime
It’s one of the most radical policies of the coalition, it could make a huge difference to policing in England and Wales, writes Mark D’Arcy, but almost no-one outside the politeratti is talking about the impending arrival of elected Police and Crime Commissioners. Who will they be? What will they do? And how will they work with other local agencies.
Police and Crime Commissioners – the orphan election
With a month to go before the election of police and crime commissioners, c’llr magazine ran a special feature looking at the subject. Over the next few days we will run those articles on the blog, looking at the topic from the perspective of people standing and one high-profile initial entrant who decided not to go ahead. But first up Patrick Kelly reports on the differing views of the Home Office and the Electoral Commission about how the elections should be run.
Public notices. The case for radical reform: part 1
Download the full report Public notices – The case for radical reform- part 1 I want a vibrant, investigative local press. One that will, with strength, scrutinise local institutions. But how can newspapers do this when they are bound by a …
