Research for Action

is a worker co-operative undertaking research to support social, economic and environmental justice. Our work aims to bring about change by identifying points of intervention, countering dominant narratives, making struggles and inequalities visible and disseminating alternatives.

National attention on local audit catastrophe : we saw it coming – now action is needed

November 27, 2024

REPORT: Councillor Experiences of Scrutiny in Local Government

October 31, 2024

Fearless Cities Sheffield – programme released

October 22, 2024

Open Call: Contributions wanted for the UK’s first Fearless Cities summit!

July 30, 2024

REPORT: Democratising Local Governance

April 11, 2024

2023 in review: and looking forward….

December 20, 2023

Open Letter on Audit Reform

November 22, 2023

REPORT: Local Audit: Why Public Interest needs to count

August 8, 2023

EVENT- Local Audit: Why Public Interest needs to count

August 1, 2023

Summer newsletter: posters, films, podcasts and more

July 25, 2023

Democratising Local Governance Posters

March 30, 2023

Cities in Action: Democratising Local Governance launch 27 April

Newsletter: Winter 2022/Annual Roundup

January 10, 2023

Newsletter: Autumn 2022

REPORT – Citizen Auditors: Investigating local government’s accountability gap

September 30, 2022

Citizen auditor network starting in 2022

December 10, 2021

REPORT: Rethinking local audit and accountability

September 29, 2021

GUIDE: How To Read Your Council’s Accounts

August 20, 2021