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Strengthening the Role of Rural Councillors - Evidence Base

Call for Evidence

We issued a national call for evidence, open to anyone to respond to and targeted to a wide number of local councillors. Here's the report of what you told us.

Panel visits and events

Our Inquiry panel undertook a programme of eight  visits, holding over thirty individual hearings and several informal meetings to examine the experiences of international, national, regional and local partners.

The programme targeted local councillors at all tiers, local community groups, local strategic partnerships, local business groups, campaign groups, academics and regional bodies.

You can read about what they have told us by clicking on the links below. We’ve prepared summary reports of all the visits:

• Dorset and Somerset

• Northumberland

• London

• and a return to Somerset

• Meeting with the CCRU, University of Gloucestershire

• Herefordshire

• The Chilterns

• Rural France

Public Opinion Research

We undertook public opinion research with a range of local people to understand their perspectives and listen to their experiences of trying to influence decision making locally using their local councillor.

Overview of policy, information and debate

We've reviewed policy, information and debate looking at the role of local councillors, providers of support and training, best practice and the wider government debate around their future role.

Our Jargon Buster explains some of the key terms used