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New Year News: Councils in flux, and more…
Hello!Happy New Year from us. There is so much going on, and we wanted to share a quick roundup of where we are with local government right now. We also…
Research for Action and rethinking local democracy
This is an edited version of FJ’s speech at the opening panel at the municipalist summit Fearless Cities, which took place 2-3 November 2024 in Sheffield. The summit, which we…
National attention on local audit catastrophe : we saw it coming – now action is needed
On 26th November, the Government’s spending watchdog, the National Audit Office (NAO), refused to sign off the Whole of Government Accounts - for the first time ever. Their press release…
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Fearless Cities Sheffield – programme released
The programme for Fearless Cities is out! We are thrilled that the municipalist summit we have been working on all year (with partners from Opus Independents, Citizen Network and European…
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Open Call: Contributions wanted for the UK’s first Fearless Cities summit!
Dear friends from community and campaign groups, neighbourhoods, social movements, We are delighted to announce that the Fearless Cities summit will be coming to the UK for the first time.…
EVENT- Local Audit: Why Public Interest needs to count
Online Event - Local Audit: Why Public Interest Needs to Count Weds 16th August, 7-8.30 pmPlease sign up for the event here How can we get better local government accountability…
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Cities in Action: Democratising Local Governance launch 27 April
Thursday 27 April 7-8.30pm Join us on Thursday for the launch of the findings from our project Democratising Local Governance! Register now on Eventbrite. Legislative changes in the last decade…
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EVENT: Re-imagining accountability in local government – 19 May
19 May 2021, 2-4pm
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EVENT: Building local solidarity and horizontal power – 26 May
26 May 2-4pm, register here. How can we as communities and social movements reimagine and reclaim our cities, towns and villages? For many of us, the local elections in May…
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EVENT: Democracy denied – how do we hold local government accountable? – 7 May
7 May 2021, 2-4pm