A leading think tank has recommended a number of organisational changes to local governments in order to reinvigorate democracy across the country. A report from Re:State recommends a major change to the number of London boroughs, as well as electing an official opposition mayor. The report, informed by interviews with a host of senior political figures, proposes that the existing 32 boroughs be drastically cut to between 10 to 12 local authorities.
Stop me if you've heard this before: a Democratic woman wins a major post in a place that had been trending towards the GOP by campaigning on affordability It happened in New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial contests in November. It came closer than expected to happening in a deep-red Tennessee congressional district's special election on last week. And on Tuesday it happened again in Republican-controlled Florida, with a Democrat easily becoming mayor of Miami after 28 years of Republicans in that position.