The Local Democracy Bill has become law, with Royal Assent today. Take a look at the Hansard for the Third Reading, summing up the Bill’s purpose, the Commons Library Research Note on the Bill. The final version of the Act will be available in the next few days at Parliament.uk.
[...] It’s now official. Local authorities are going to be obliged to promote democracy (and the bill is quite prescriptive about the role that the internet will have to play in this). It [...]