Council by-election result from yesterday

South Lakeland District – Windermere Bowness North: Lib Dem 431, C 248, Lab 29. (May 2011 – Lib Dem 608,… Read more »

Cutting the spare room subsidy is working in Hartlepool

This week there was an article in The Guardian by Cath Purdy, the chief executive of the Vela Group housing… Read more »

Hands off London Oratory School

One of the many fantastic schools in my borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is the London Oratory, a Roman Catholic… Read more »

Stoke councillors give themselves nine per cent pay rise

Councillors on Labour-run Stoke on Trent City Council have agreed a nine per cent increase in their allowances. The basic… Read more »

Bristol Council covers up its history of backing colour bar on buses

50 years ago today, after a boycott by passengers, the Bristol Omnibus Company ended their ban on employing ethnic minorities… Read more »

Five Respect councillors quit

All five of the Respect councillors in Bradford Council have resigned from the Party. Two of them had already been… Read more »

Nationalisation of the planning system has failed

Cllr John Moss says developers and communities should negotiate directly – planning officers get in the way A return to… Read more »

Welfare reform is fair

Cllr Philippa Roe, the Leader of Westminster City Council, says the housing benefit bill is being reduced by £40 million… Read more »

Pickles cuts Council Tax for granny flats

The Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has been having a busy August – including announcements to help motorists,… Read more »

Finding out who put up your council tax? Good luck with that

Paul Osborn is Executive Director of Conservative Way Forward. Follow Paul on Twitter. Having just put the finishing touches on… Read more »

Council by-election results from Thursday

Doncaster Borough – Askern Spa Lab 1165, Lib Dem 261, Ukip 231, C 225, Ind 106, English Democrats 98, Trade… Read more »

John Bald: This year, as ever, Labour has failed on exams

After a mixed result with last week's A levels, which showed a rise in entries for maths, physics and chemistry… Read more »

Local government must look to the past

It's rather a relief for a think tank to produce a paper urging us to look to the past. The… Read more »

How Rochdale’s council housing has been taken over by a mutual

"Zipping up my boots," sang Odyssey. "Going back to my roots, yeah." That is very much what is happening in… Read more »

Public sector reform: How Cameron is succeeding where Blair failed and Brown didn’t try

It used to be said that reform of the public sector would involve increased spending, at least in the short… Read more »