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Brighton & Hove council is the latest to launch an ePetition facility at its Get Involved day on Saturday 21 November at Hove Town Hall. The day aims to get more people involved in local decision making and helping them understand how local democracy works.

Councillor Brian Oxley, chairman of the council's governance committee, said: "We're taking local democracy further into the digital age because we want to make it easier for people to get involved in local issues that affect them.

"Peo… Continue

After a marathon third reading debate in the Commons yesterday the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill was passed. It now goes briefly back to the House of Lords, which should be a formality, and is due to receive Royal Assent before the end of the month.

The Conservatives have been critical of the Bill and Caroline Spelman has indicated that should her party win the next election, they may reverse or repeal some elements, however any such changes would require a further… Continue

On September 11th, Gordon Brown issued an official statement of apology to Alan Turing, a mathematician who led the WWII code-breaking effort that broke Germany's Enigma codes and did pioneering work in the development of computers. Turing, who was gay, was convicted of "gross indecency" in 1952 and sentenced to chemical castration. He committed suicide two years later.

Notably, Brown's statement came in response to a petition posted on the Prime Minister's 10 Downing Street website, which had… Continue

Firstly,here is the report from "Petitions in Practice - a Specialist Round-table" which was held in London on 3rd June in conjunction with The Consultation Institute.


The second round-table will also… Continue