Oh, really sorry to hear this. Giles was a brilliant, witty, caring person and very helpful to me in my research on the legalities of property guardianship many moons ago.

Just reading excellent round-up from @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social about the possibility of a 'mad coalition' there after May #LocalElections. We're heading there soon to talk #CouncilsInCrisis with locals - get in touch if you want to be part of research on council bankruptcies and interventions!

Revealed: 22 councils miss audit backstop deadline The government has published the names of 22 councils and one combined authority that missed the local audit backstop deadline. In a statement released

Silver lining on the #localaudit crisis: 22 councils missed the backstop deadline, down from 53 last year. However 41% of accounts disclaimed, meaning auditor doesn't have enough evidence to issue an opinion: we're still in the dark about #localgov finance big picture
www.lgcplus.com/finance/reve...

The current world order is cracking under the weight of corporate power, debt, and militarization. Across the Global South, movements and thinkers are asking what comes next and how international cooperation can serve peoples rather than empires. www.tni.org/en/article/t...

💧 A city that remunicipalised its water after Carignon sold it off in a corruption scandal
✊ A city honoured as a Companion of the Liberation — and that has never stopped resisting

Please share!

This Sunday, Grenoble goes to the polls.

With @LaurenceRuffin, the city has a rendezvous with History:

🏛️ The first ever woman mayor of Grenoble
🤝 A coalition of 14 left-wing and green parties united
🌿 A decade of ecological governance to build on — and deepen
...

Fearless Cities was co-organised by us &
@weareopus.bsky.social
@citizennetwork.bsky.social
European Municipalist Network
@steve-rushton.bsky.social
@carefull.bsky.social
@democracynetworkuk.bsky.social
Ctrl Shift Network
& Fondation Danielle Mitterrand

The final blog asserts that to tackle the ecological crisis we must challenge the corporate-driven growth model and rethink power beyond the state.
#Degrowth

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CC:
@degrowth.bsky.social @degrowthuk.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy

Blog two explore how we can build our power as a multitude. Incl many movements that meet in Sheffield such as
#NaplesUrbanCommons
#CommuneintheNorth
#HastingCommons
#CooperationHull
#FeminisePolitics Now!
#EuropeanMunicipalistNetwork
#AdessoTrieste
...
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Blog one explores Cities against racism and fascism. Asking Q's such as how can we #StopICE from spreading to our streets? How do we stop racist policing and immigration raids? And how do we rebuild cities of solidarity, where everyone is welcome & thrives.
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Our podcast explores how cooperation seems to be an idea whose time has come. With an interview recorded about @cooperationtown.bsky.social alongside a written interview with Co-operation Manchester.
#MutualAid
#Assemblies
#Food
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Fearless Cities, the international summit initiated by Barcelona En Comu, shows how we can build another world. And there is much to take from the Fearless Cities we co-organised in Sheffield in 2024, which we have explored in three blogs and a podcast.
@barcelonaencomu.cat
#FearlessCities

More tickets have been released for this training TOMORROW! 19th March

Making contact: connecting people with their representatives in Wales Making contact: connecting people with their representatives in Wales Helping people in Wales get the right message to the right representatives People across Wales contact their elected representat...

We want to hear from campaign & advice organisations who work in #Wales!

We'd like to hear your experiences, so we can learn more about helping people get the right message to the right representative on #WriteToThem.

Please pass this on to any suitable orgs: www.mysociety.org/democracy/ma...

Scotland Spokesperson Training | NEON - New Economy Organisers Network

Scotland grassroots and campaign orgs! Opportunity to do spokesperson training with the great @neonuk.bsky.social 14-16 April neweconomyorganisers.org/trainings/sc...

Culture and Leisure at Risk, Glasgow 2026

I am concerned about the recent closures to many arts organisations in Glasgow and have tried to detail them in this post. If you have any more relevant information please let me know!

We are looking forward to this event from @publiclawproject.bsky.social - it's sold out but we're hoping more tickets will be released

“Freedom of information only works if you can find it”

So why don’t gov depts proactively publish it? Then they won’t need to respond to requests.

#FOIFest

just looking at your website now - it's heartening to see a local organisation following council developments so closely!

That's a very common tale. Has there been much public pushback? Any other big sales?

We just published some research showing that councils getting EFS are still selling off £££ of assets - with £1bn more in the pipeline this year. May be of interest researchforaction.uk/report-flogg...

We just published some research showing that councils getting EFS are still selling off £££ of assets - with £1bn more in the pipeline this year. May be of interest researchforaction.uk/report-flogg...

We just published some research showing that councils getting EFS are still selling off £££ of assets - with £1bn more in the pipeline this year. May be of interest researchforaction.uk/report-flogg...

We just published some research showing that councils getting EFS are still selling off £££ of assets - with £1bn more in the pipeline this year. May be of interest researchforaction.uk/report-flogg...

We just published some research showing that councils getting EFS are still selling off £££ of assets - with £1bn more in the pipeline this year. Take a look! researchforaction.uk/report-flogg...

35 councils now have 'exceptional' financial support for 2026/27. We've shown how these councils are still selling off millions of £ of assets despite these huge bailouts - researchforaction.uk/report-flogg...

We've added a little bit more information on #Nottingham #Council and #EFS to our report - check it out here researchforaction.uk/report-flogg...

To tackle the ecological crisis we must challenge the corporate-driven growth model and rethink power beyond the state. @steve-rushton.bsky.social explores how #Degrowth connects to #Municipalism drawing on Fearless Cites summit in Sheffield

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🕵️NEW: Councils getting 'exceptional financial support' from govt sold over £1bn of public assets in last 5 years 😱 we've mapped some of the biggest sell-offs including #Birmingham #Nottingham #Bradford and #Southampton , with £1bn more planned in 2025/26 ➡️ researchforaction.uk/report-flogg...

Out of the red, but at what cost? Birmingham council asset sales have left city reeling, say residents As council declares it’s ‘no longer bankrupt’, people say closure of services have added to social isolation and crime

Meanwhile a timely article today @theguardian.com re #Birmingham - pretty galling to hear the claim the city is 'no longer bankrupt' when plenty of evidence to suggest it never was.... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...