At last, incompetent teachers are being removed from our schools

From 2001-10 only 18 teachers were sacked for incompetence. What happens now?

Vote UKIP – get rag-tag-and-bobtail

Labour/Liberal-Democrat/UKIP rule in Norfolk means muddled decision making

Council by-election results from yesterday

Conservatives gain seat in Nuneaton and Bedworth

Privatising golf courses – good news for Council Taxpayers and for golfers

Bowring Park Golf Course in Huyton was used by Harold Wilson. It is a privatisation success story.

A nudge for councils to sell high value social housing

George Osborne adopts Policy Exchange’s proposal – his Special Adviser used to be their Director.

We know there is no money, so Whitehall must keep its nerve for radical form

We need to move away from the centrally driven, one size fits all approach

Lambeth gags councillors on sect captives

What did Lambeth Council know? When did it know it?

Kent is leading the way on bringing empty homes back into use

The number of long term empty properties in Kent has fallen by nearly a thousand in the past year.

Hammersmith and Fulham to see Council Tax cut by 3 per cent – again

The seventh reduction in eight years, saving residents £850 a year when compared to the average council tax increase during that period.

Social mobility requires a boost to shared ownership housing

Shared ownership is a vital pipeline of supply that is overlooked

The IQ test is just a game – here is a fairer way to spot ability

Boris’s point was that the less able intellectually needed to be helped rather than abandoned.

Liverpool scraps bus lanes

Mayor Anderson is to be commended for resisting the tyranny of sameness

The story of another spare room subsidy cut martyr unravels

Socialist politicians expoiting individual cases are shroud waving rather than looking for practical solutions.

Council by-election results from yesterday

UKIP surge in Wakefield and St Helens

Spare Room Subsidy: Why hasn’t Stephen Pound’s brother asked for Discretionary Housing Payment?

Stephen Pound MP did not contact Kensington and Chelsea Council to check the facts.