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How to Hold Local Power to Account

Local councils do far more than collect our bins and look after streetlights. They spend billions of pounds of public money each year but often with very little oversight. Journalist Tom Bristow will take you through how to find out where this money is going and how to spot potential corruption and scandals.

29 June 2022 – How to Hold Local Power to Account

15:30–16:30

Tom Bristow

Tom Bristow has been a journalist for 12 years and spent the last six years establishing an award-winning investigations team at one of the largest regional publishers in the UK. The Archant Investigations Unit focuses on holding local power to account, including councils, health authorities, the police and businesses.
  • 29 June 2022 15.30–16.30
Location: Room LG01 - PSH Building - Goldsmiths, University of London
Class
Talk
All levels
Local Journalism