“There are formal scrutiny committees, but I would see scrutiny as being much broader than that. For me, the point of scrutiny is being able to make issues public... and…
This report describes the findings from an action research project in Glasgow and Sheffield, which examined the relationships between local governance and local activism. Together with project partners from…
Local government in the UK is in a state of deep crisis. Shrinking of the state, centralisation of power and the hollowing out of the local state have decimated the…
Download a colour version of the poster hereDownload a black and white version here Download the poster back (info) hereThis poster represents one of the themes that emerged from a…
Get a colour version of the poster hereGet a black and white version here Get the poster back (with info) here This poster represents one of the themes that emerged…
Get a colour version of this poster hereGet a black and white version here Get the poster back (with info) here This poster represents one of the themes that emerged…
Download a colour version of this poster here Download a black and white version here Download the back of poster (info) here This poster represents one of the themes that emerged…
Legislative changes in the last decade have increased the power of central government over local authorities. Democratic controls (transparency, participation, accountability and so on) have been continuously eroded. Under a…
Across the UK, concerned individuals and local groups are holding local government to account. Research for Action has been supporting this loose network to form closer ties, meet regularly to…
There is a deep democratic deficit in local government. The UK is one of the most centralised countries in the world. Turnout in local elections is low. In many councils…