Local Government Chronicle
Anthony Zacharzewski
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It’s time to round up the usual suspects
29-Apr-2013
Democractic Society’s Anthony Zacharzewski discusses how councils can use the usual suspects at council meetings to encourage more people into local government -
From the sandpit to social change…
7 March 2013
Democractic Society’s Anthony Zacharzewski discusses how to support new ideas and have conversations that encourage local democracy -
Demand management to drive change
24 January 2013
Democractic Society’s Anthony Zacharzewski discusses demand management -
Bare essentials: the naked council
6 December 2012
Democratic Society’s Anthony Zacharzewski discusses what is at the core of councils after you strip away all services -
Local action key to national results
25 October 2012
Democractic Society’s Anthony Zacharzewski discusses how to be more inclusive in decision making -
‘Light networks’: engines of change
23 August 2012
Local Democracy’s founder debates the merits of giving councils powers to create their own boundaries and governance arrangements -
Take the lead on open policy making
12 July 2012
Local government is used to finger-wagging lectures that tell it to do what it’s already doing. -
Localism has hit a sticky patch
24 May 2012
Reforms have been announced but only half-implemented. Localism has given us an Act but not much action -
Five tasks for the sector's attention
29 March 2012
This is a good time to be thinking about democracy and neighbourhoods. The first neighbourhood planning forerunners are underway, people are thinking about community budgets, the issue is in play. -
Redefine representation
16 February 2012
It feels like activists and government are slowly moving towards a common position - a new, more flexible model of democratic governance and public services -
We risk doing things differently, rather than doing different things
16-Feb-2012
Leadership at councillor and officer level needs to trust enough to open out the conversation -
How do we put democracy back into localism?
15 September 2011
What if they gave us localism, and nobody came? -
Consultation is key to cutting costs
30 September 2010
Give people good information on public spending, help them to understand it, and they can make surprisingly radical decisions on cuts -
Big Society requires Big Democracy
10 June 2010
Let’s celebrate the fact that localism and decentralisation are in the heart of the political debate - and then make sure we’re ready for them -
More rhetoric than radicalism
6 May 2010
A Liberal Democrat would be an obvious choice to run DCLG in a coalition government
