SUPPORTING ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF GRASSROOTS, MUNICIPAL AND COMMUNITY POWER
STATEMENT OF INTENT
Municipal Enquiry exists to support collaborative investigation and collective action that contributes to the development of alternative forms of local power, participation
and control.
Phase 1 of Municipal Enquiry took place in 2021 and was dedicated to speaking to people and groups in the UK who are working to build alternative forms of municipal power and community control. The 2022 report that emerged from this work is now available to read here.
Why grassroots by-and-for organisations must be central to any renewed left political project. By Frances Northrop and Nick Mahony 2025 signalled a new wave of progressive party political organising which is likely to gather pace in 2026. The election of Zack Polanski as leader of the Greens and the Party’s subsequent surge in the polls, taken alongside the launch of Your Party - however chaotic and bumpy - has opened up new and much needed possibilities for left movement bui
