Next week, voters across the UK will finally make their decision on the country remaining in or leaving the European Union. This is only the third UK-wide referendum ever to be held. The first was in 1975, on Britain’s membership […]
By Steven McGinty The Hackable City is an ongoing research project which investigates how digital media technologies can be used to provide opportunities for more democratic city development. Based in the Netherlands, this project was founded by One Architecture and […]
In its 2015 election manifesto, the Conservative Party made a clear promise: “We will halt the spread of onshore windfarms” Soon after winning the election, the Conservative government followed through on this commitment, introducing three key changes concerning onshore […]
Since the 2012-13 financial year, council tax increases beyond the government’s limit can trigger local referendums. But are they having an impact on policy? The Council Tax: before and after localism Local government spending in Great Britain is paid for […]
By Heather Cameron In a time of austerity, there is increasing pressure to get the best out of staff in order to improve organisational performance, particularly in the public sector. Staff performance appraisals are a well-established practice in most organisations […]
by Stacey Dingwall Next month, Brighton and Hove will become the latest council area to publish the report of its Fairness Commission. Established in 2015, Brighton and Hove’s is one of 24 Fairness Commissions set up in the last five […]
By Steven McGinty In March, a report by Nesta and the Public Service Transformation Network suggested that local councils could save £14.7 billion by going ‘digital by default’ by 2020, i.e. moving all transactional services online and digitising back office […]
By Steven McGinty On the 1st March, Companies House, the agency responsible for the UK’s register of companies, announced their intention to become a 100% digital organisation by the end of 2018/19. Over 80% of companies already submit their documents […]
by Stacey Dingwall After turning 40 last year, the Idox Information Service today reaches another milestone: the 1,000th edition of our Weekly Bulletin. The Bulletin is circulated to our members every week, as part of their subscription to our service. […]
By Heather Cameron “The most important factor in improving participation is persuading voters that the election (and the political process more generally) is relevant to them and that their vote matters. That is the responsibility of politicians – of all […]
