Vote 2012: Did Cameron’s arrogance lead to “no” votes in elected mayor referendums?
Amanda Ramsay reports on the “no” votes in elected mayor referendums in Bradford, Coventry, Manchester and Nottingham.
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Vote 2012: The Expectation Game
Polls have just closed in the various elections and referendums across Britain; Britain Votes’s Tom Harris marks your card for the night and day ahead.
Vote 2012: Voting is a duty, not a right
Voting is a duty, not a right, writes Richard Darlington, head of news at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).
Will the denizens of Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield say ‘yay’ to an elected Mayor?
Amanda Ramsay heads to West Yorkshire to see if the residents of Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield will vote for an elected Mayor in referendums today.
Will an elected Mayor help Nottingham hit the heights again?
Amanda Ramsay reports on the campaign for an elected Mayor for Nottingham, ahead of today’s referendum.
Will an elected Mayor give Sheffield the steel to deal with government and investors?
With an elected Mayor, will Sheffield bring more influence to bear when dealing with government and investors?
Vote 2012: How to vote in the London Assembly and Mayoral elections
Malcolm Clark presents a simple guide to voting in today’s London Assembly and Mayoral elections.
We need to make Mayoral politics more worthy of the name
Politicos who value local democracy should take some time to think about how mayoral politics can be made more worthy of the name, writes Ellie Cumbo.
Salmond to be dragged before Leveson as ‘Wee Eck’ refuses to say if he’s been hacked
It was reveled today that Alex Salmond will appear before the Leveson Inquiry as the first minister refused to tell MSPs if he’d been hacked, reports Shamik Das.
Author of new climate sceptic report was set to receive $1000 a month from oil lobby group
Joss Garman reports on climate sceptic report author Indur Goklany, who is linked to a number of oil industry funded US lobby groups.