More I need to catch up on. Here my, as yet very unfinished notes on local govt. monitoring. … Continue reading “Local govt. monitoring”
Local govt. monitoring
Tag: local government
Labour, local government candidates and women
This is a note on Labour selections, specifically around positive action programmes for women. I live in a London borough which elects all its council every four years from multi-member wards using FPTP. Certain by-elections must be selected using all-women short (AWS) lists. Here are my notes … Continue reading “Labour, local government candidates and women”
Scrutiny in Local Government
I am involved in conversations about local government governance models and I am concerned as I learn about the tricks that public authorities are using to frustrate scrutiny exercised by FOI and SAR correspondence. Here are my notes. Continue reading “Scrutiny in Local Government”
Looking at the local election results
I might do some analysis of the local election results; this would be much easier waiting for the EC to publish the results in spreadsheet form. Here are my notes on sources and methodology. Continue reading “Looking at the local election results”
Local Government Web Sites
As part of my research into Lewisham’s Democracy Review I needed to look at web site design, UX/UI and usability because theirs is very poor. Here’s what I found about being good. Continue reading “Local Government Web Sites”
Lewisham Council’s Democracy Review
Lewisham Council, are looking at their constitution to see if they make it more democratic. They are running a consultation which started in 2018 and is planned to finish and I propose to submit some evidence. I thought I understood how it worked, but I don’t; here are my notes. Continue reading “Lewisham Council’s Democracy Review”