Andrew Walker

Local democracy, governance and British politics. Head of research @LGiU

[Andrew Walker @Drdemwalkeracy]

@AriannaGi @PolStudiesAssoc Congratulations Arianna! Well deserved

[Andrew Walker @Drdemwalkeracy]

@JackTShaw @TPIProductivity Very interesting Jack, keep us posted!

[Andrew Walker @Drdemwalkeracy]

https://t.co/LPjecwdg4m really pleased to be involved in this research from @ippr some very useful findings for local democracy and stronger public participation

[Andrew Walker @Drdemwalkeracy]

Very interesting indeed, the evidence-based barriers in local policymaking are hard nuts to crack

[Prof David Bailey @dgbailey]

@CityREDI’s @CJHoole @profsicollinson & @TPIproductivity @jacknewmanHE next up in @cssjournal1 on ‘England’s catch-22: institutional limitations to achieving balanced growth through devolution’: https://t.co/Sklvcuy5EM

[Andrew Walker @Drdemwalkeracy]

Gasp

[Sam Freedman @Samfr]

Right so Sunak now has two strategic options.

1. He strengthens the bill and gets the GB News current and future presenters roster to vote with him but makes losing in Lords/courts more likely (and Commons if "moderates" can locate their spines).

[YouGov @YouGov]

After his time in the jungle, Nigel Farage's popularity is essentially unchanged

Very favourable: 10% (+2 since 20 November)
Somewhat favourable: 20% (+1)
Somewhat unfavourable: 19% (+1)
Very unfavourable: 35% (-4)
Don't know: 16% (-1)

https://t.co/wYIQgmTwpe

[Jack Shaw @JackTShaw]

I've written in @BennettInst with @PatrickDiamond1 about the Labour Party and the politics of devolution: https://t.co/f9Gw5njetw

[Anushka Asthana @AnushkaAsthana]

This report out today from @LGiU includes in depth conversations with 60 council leaders and CEO’s - and one in five of them admit they fear they won’t be able to deliver statutory duties (that they’ll go effectively bankrupt) & almost all say situation now is like never before

[Andrew Walker @Drdemwalkeracy]

Re Nottingham S114 notice its a systemic issue for #localgov! @lgiu's response here: https://t.co/g9v39FWeeu

[Bill Orcutt @billorcutt]

Some pix & clips from the Late Junction session w Still House Plants at maida vale a couple weeks ago. The show airs this Friday 12/1 on @BBCRadio3

[Farah Hussain @FarahKHussain]

If you’re interested in learning more about the relationship between the Labour Party and the Muslim community and how intersectionality helps us understand Muslim women’s experiences, you can read an introduction to my PhD research here: https://t.co/rQKiZtnXb0

[Kevin Muldoon-Smith @muldoon_smith]

Italy built a functioning system of local government finance based on fixed reference points, meaningful interstate/scale relations, and equalisation between location. England has financial uncertainty and what feels like permanent interstate/scale/geographic tension.

[Kevin Muldoon-Smith @muldoon_smith]

What if local government was funded properly in England? A system wide analysis of local government finance in Italy provides some insight - Italy in the early 000s has some similarity to England. Italy changed. https://t.co/Kq7JowvCJY

[Andrew Walker @Drdemwalkeracy]

Amidst all the uncertainty, cutbacks and difficult decisions, we're thinking about how to fix #localgov finance @LGiU's Local Democracy Research Centre: https://t.co/r2MBCWJPmQ

[Jack Shaw @JackTShaw]

This slide presented to Birmingham City Council's Audit Committee on Wednesday provides a snapshot of the its priorities to address its in-year deficit and Equal Pay liability:

[Andrew Walker @Drdemwalkeracy]

@DVLAgovuk who should I make out the cheque to for replacing a lost licence? My application was sent back to me because of insufficient information but no details of what was missing?

[Jack Shaw @JackTShaw]

A devolution settlement for Hull and East Riding is reportedly going to be announced at the Government's Autumn Statement in November, followed by a public consultation.

This map by the Local Government Chronicle - which is still accurate - may need to be updated shortly:

[LGIU @LGiU]

Report author Dr Greg Stride at today's #voterid report launch - "Elections are not often treated as a critical service in the UK." https://t.co/UeJctA27dz #localgov

[Andrew Walker @Drdemwalkeracy]

#BirminghamCityCouncil and #localgov finance are in the spotlight but @lgiu we've been looking at how things work in other countries, check it out here: https://t.co/gHNmumZ1bE