Weekly message from Colin Copus, Non-Executive Director

Boundary Commission proposals
An interesting point for ADSO members to note is the possible increase of multi-council constituencies that could arise from the Boundary Commission for England’s recent proposals. The Commission’s proposals could see a possible increase by a third in constituencies that cross council boundaries.  Another challenge to local government.

LLG Webinar – virtual meeting provision
On 23rd June LLG is hosting a webinar at which our chair John Austin will be representing ADSO. The webinar features LGA Chairman Cllr James Jamieson. Cllr Jamieson will speak about the LGA’s vision for virtual meeting provision and the government’s call for evidence on virtual meetings. We hope that as many authorities as possible responded to the consultation as it is important that the government hears examples of how remote meetings have worked and the contribution they have made to local democracy. The webinar is open to ADSO members. Registration details can be found here:

https://www.lawyersinlocalgovernment.org.uk/news_articles/llg-brief-virtual-meetings-call-for-evidence-the-future-of-local-authority-meeting-provision-23rd-june-2021-at-12-00pm

ADSO Webinars –  School Appeals
We have now scheduled the School Appeals webinars, thank you for everyone who completed the short questionnaire a few weeks ago. Based on the feedback we will hold two sessions, School Appeals: the basics on 30 September and School Appeals: best practice on 10 November.

Further details will be advertised shortly, for more information visit the webinar page on our website.

Regional meetings
Here’s a reminder of our upcoming regional meetings which are a valuable way of making and maintaining contacts and keeping up with changes and developments:

Wednesday 30th June, 2pm  – South East
Tuesday 13th July, 1pm – North East, Yorkshire & Humberside
Friday 16th July, 10am – East of England
Friday 16th July, 10.30am – Themed and Combined Authority

Click on the link to our website calendar in the ‘Calendar of Events’ section below to view all upcoming events.

Colin Copus, Non-Executive Director

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