Your local election hq articles
-
Sheffield local elections: Fighting on locals’ behalf – what to expect from the Community Councillors Group?
In a series of interviews with party leaders ahead of the May 2 local elections in Sheffield, Cllr Dianne Hurst from the Sheffield Community Councillor Group has told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) why she (and some of her colleagues) left the Labour Party and what’s next in – now – opposition at town hall. For a start, we met at Richmond Park in Sheffield, where Cllr Hurst wanted to talk about a mix of real local issues – the lack of housing options when homes are lying empty, and...
-
New HQ for Local Police
The Roquetas de Mar City Council has approved the acquisition of a new building for the Local Police Headquarters, in a move towards centralising and improving its operations. The move, in response to police operations outgrowing their current offices, was sealed at a recent government meeting, and involves the purchase for €1.85 million, without taxes. […]
-
Is Labour about to win a local election landslide?
Councillors, mayors and police commissioners across England and Wales are facing voters this week. What’s at stake? Helen Pidd reportsThis week voters in more than 100 local authorities in England and Wales are heading to the polls. And Labour are predicted to win big. Helen Pidd travelled to Accrington in Hyndburn, where the local authority has an equal number of Labour and Conservative councillors, to see what people there thought about the local elections.What she found was a more complicated...