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…
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…
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…
Democratising Local Governance: No Cuts
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Democratising Local Governance: Power
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Democratising Local Governance: Transparency
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Democratising Local Governance : Care
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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…
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…
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…