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A fantastic set of results

This May saw a fantastic set of results for the Liberal Democrats.

A warm welcome to all our new and returning councillors. We look forward to an exciting time ahead, changing lives for the better.

England is governed by an over-centralised and incoherent tangle of institutional structures.

At Neighbourly Lab, we have become increasingly focused on the topic of volunteering.

In the very near future, all local authorities are going to need to be drone aware – and a lot sooner than is probably realised!

Early May looks like being a particularly busy period for local government (as if there is ever a quiet moment!).

Ninety per cent of cab drivers opposed, 80 per cent of outer London businesses opposed and 80 per cent of outer London employees opposed.

We are now just days away from the local elections, where voters face a choice at the ballot box over who runs vital local public services.

Can I send a big thank you to those standing down as councillors this May. You have made a real difference to thousands of people across the country.

The recent Corporate Peer Challenge (CPC) on the LGA (see first 682) highlighted the value of its sector support offer.