Article: Shock over illiterate councillors.(News)

Article: NSW: Shortcomings lead to call for local government reform
AAP General News (Australia);  March 21, 2002 ;     398 words ......to call for local government reform By...March 21 AAP - Local government councillors in NSW could...establish a local government ethics review...behaviour of local government councillors. The panel...Department of Local Government, the ...

Article: Councillors' skills 'must be improved'; Literacy report reveals that one in three in local government cannot read or write.(News)
Cape Argus (South Africa);  August 27, 2008 ;     510 words ......incompetence among councillors. Professor...expert on local government at the University...requirement for all councillors in the 2006 local government elections...potential councillors before the next local government elections...

Article: Councillors' 'golden goodbye' could draw new blood; LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Assembly to consider proposal that ageing councillors be paid off to make room for younger politicians with newer ideas.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  September 29, 2001 ;     460 words ...AGEING councillors could be paid...long-serving councillors are offered...for younger councillors in a bid to reinvigorate local government and increase...Assembly's local government modernisation...In Ireland councillors can be paid...Sunderland said old ...

Article: local government
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics;      700+ words ......the idea of having only one tier of local government. In England some cities, and concise...authorities. Conversely, 2000 two-tier local government for London was restored with the creation...level there is one common tier of local government—the county—but the ...

Article: Let's cancel the councils; Everyone says local government needs a shake-up. Chief Feature Writer Jason Beattie looks at ways and means.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England);  April 13, 1999 ;     700+ words ...When it comes to local government everyone agrees...wrong sort of councillors operating in...should be admitted local government reform is hardly...of fuddy-duddy councillors, some of whom...sitting through a local government committee meeting...up most of the ...

Article: TAXPAYERS TO FACE BIG BILL FOR pounds 50,000 COUNCILLORS; SHAKE-UP: LOCAL GOVERNMENT REPORT RECOMMENDS HUGE SALARIES.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  June 23, 1999 ;     700+ words ......000-a-year councillors as part of...shake-up of local government. Yesterday...140 super-councillors who would...link between councillors and their...calls for councillors to be given...inquiry into local government finance...recommendations on councillors' pay. ...

Article: Nigeria's Local Government Polls ends
Xinhua English Newswire;  March 25, 1996 ;     204 words ......into Nigeria's 593 local government councils on non-party...last round of the local government elections, was peaceful. local government delegates and councillors elected last Saturday...headquarters of Eti-osa local government, where 10 local ...

Article: News: Councillors rally MPs to join local government fund.(Brief Article)
Pensions Week;  August 5, 2002 ;     225 words ......been rallied by councillors who want to join the local government pension scheme...membership would allow councillors to make up for...campaign. They argue local democracy could...they apply to all councillors and are not, as...

Article: CHANGING CHARACTERISTICS OF WOMEN ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS IN AUSTRALIA: 1982 - 1993.(ST)
Australian Journal of Social Issues;  February 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......of women in local government in Australia...knowledge of women councillors remains limited. Local government is an area which...inception of local government in its earliest...to which male councillors were elected...right to sit on local government ...

Article: Letter: Local government demands the highest standards of probity
The Independent - London;  June 26, 1995 ;     287 words ......corruption or nepotism in local government on the part of members...unrepresentative of local government as a whole and provide...smearing of councils, councillors and council employees...standards of probity in local government are lower than in central...communities more ...

Article: UK GOVERNMENT: Hilary Armstrong outlines priorities for local government finance.
M2 Presswire;  July 8, 1999 ;     555 words ......outlines priorities for local government finance (C)1994-99...priority areas for local government finance, the government...Committee's report on local government finance, Local Government Minister Hilary Armstrong...a major survey of councillors and senior ...

Article: News: LGPS expands membership to councillors.(Local Government Pensions Scheme)
Pensions Week;  January 20, 2003 ;     384 words ......non-executive councillors through the Local Government Pensions Scheme...shortfalls in councillors' pensions savings...support from the local government pensions committee...only executive councillors would be eligible...amendments to the Local Government Pension ...

Article: Call for a referendum on local government
The Northern Echo;  April 25, 2001 ;     228 words ...COUNCILLORS in Sedgefield borough are urging their political...for a national referendum on the new forms of local government. Garry Huntington and Ben Ord, who are Liberal...representatives on the borough council, believe councillors across the country should be asked their opinion...Borough Council ...

Article: Put 'local' back into local government
The Scotsman;  February 16, 2004 ;     700+ words ......So why are our councillors continuing to...local residents? Local government finance is the...ago. Scottish local government has been cushioned...have too many councillors representing...representation for local government, using the single...the number of ...