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THINK INDEPENDENT

From the Little Book of Independent Thinking: And finally … Do you get the impression Labour have been handed the keys on […]

Council appointments 2025-26

It is customary at the beginning of the council year for committee and working group appointments to be confirmed. The […]

Is Bigger Better?

Local Government Reform in Essex is now firmly on the Westminster agenda and all councils (county, unitary and district) are […]

October 2024 newsletter

Here is how we led this edition of our occasional newsletter. As you scroll down you will see links to […]

Let’s get local

“There is an urgent and pressing need for significant reform of the governance arrangements of England, so that they not […]