Claire Harding

Claire Harding is Research Director at Centre for London. Her research interests include education and opportunity, wellbeing, equalities and gender. Before that she was the Head of Research at Coram

How can local democracy itself ‘build back better’? An interview with Nick Pearce

The pandemic has shown the pitfalls of centralised power, and also the willingness of local people to participate through mutual aid. Greater participatory democracy and a standing citizens’ assembly chosen by sortition, are a way forward for local government, argues a new report.

By Nick Pearce and Claire Harding

/ 23 Jul 2020

How can local democracy itself ‘build back better’? An interview with Nick Pearce