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REPORT: Councillor Experiences of Scrutiny in Local Government
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REPORT: Councillor Experiences of Scrutiny in Local Government

“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…
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October 31, 2024
REPORT: Democratising Local Governance
Posted inDemocratising Governance Projects Publications Uncategorized

REPORT: Democratising Local Governance

  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…
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April 11, 2024
REPORT: Local Audit: Why Public Interest needs to count
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REPORT: Local Audit: Why Public Interest needs to count

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…
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August 8, 2023
Posted inCurrent Democratising Governance Projects Publications

Democratising Local Governance: No Cuts

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…
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April 25, 2023
Posted inCurrent Democratising Governance Projects Publications

Democratising Local Governance: Power

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…
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April 25, 2023
Posted inCurrent Democratising Governance Projects Publications

Democratising Local Governance: Transparency

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…
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April 25, 2023
Posted inCurrent Democratising Governance Projects Publications

Democratising Local Governance : Care

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…
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April 25, 2023
Democratising Local Governance Posters
Posted inCurrent Democratising Governance Projects Publications

Democratising Local Governance Posters

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…
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March 30, 2023
REPORT – Citizen Auditors: Investigating local government’s accountability gap
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REPORT – Citizen Auditors: Investigating local government’s accountability gap

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…
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September 30, 2022
Reflection of tall London buildings in window
Posted inAudit and Accountability Publications Uncategorized

REPORT: Rethinking local audit and accountability

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…
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September 29, 2021

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