More than £800 million in council tax and business rates was uncollected last year
Shadow Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles commented: "Incompetence has become a byword for New Labour. It is a sign of… Read more »
Eric Pickles hopes to depoliticise funding of town halls
We recently noted Philip Dunne MP’s findings that rural councils – largely Tory – were losing out to urban councils… Read more »
Eric Pickles urges Tory councils to “say no” to this dying Labour government’s demands of them
Later this morning Eric Pickles MP will be addressing the Conservative Councillors Association’s Leadership Conference in Nottingham. He intends to… Read more »
Tory questions unveil infestation danger of fortnightly bin collections
Questions tabled by the Conservatives have forced the Government to reveal the findings of a £27,000 study that warned of… Read more »
Could Westminster Council afford even lower Council Tax?
Yesterday Cllr Stephen Greenhalgh called for a blueprint for a Conservative approach to local government – high quality services, low… Read more »
Stephen Greenhalgh: Help me write a bold Conservative blueprint for local government
Stephen Greenhalgh is Conservative leader of Hammersmith and Fulham and a key member of the team that Boris Johnson has… Read more »
Plymouth Conservatives under fire for bin collection questionnaire
Reports in The Daily Mail and Times target Tory-controlled Plymouth council this morning for an "intrusive" questionnaire that it is… Read more »
Labour self-destruct in Slough
Slough was one of the very few good stories for Labour on the night of 1st May. Labour councillors were… Read more »
Advice for the party’s three hundred new councillors
Yesterday we published some excellent advice from Wakefield’s Cllr Mike Walker. He offered great advice on how you can keep… Read more »
Wakefield’s Cllr Mike Walker explains how he turned wards run by Labour for 26 years into Tory wards with four figure majorities
This is the text of the talk that Cllr Mike Walker of Wakefield West ward gave at the 2008 Spring… Read more »
Labour haven’t binned rubbish tax plans… they’ll return after polling day
The Daily Mail reports documents uncovered by the Conservatives that show that ministers HAVE NOT shelved plans to introduce taxes… Read more »
ConservativeHome will be in CCHQ on elections night
Last year’s ConservativeHome elections coverage won lots of acclaim. This is what The Spectator’s Fraser Nelson wrote at the time:… Read more »
Our placards are bigger than yours
Tory students, campaigning for local elections in Swansea, outdo a Labour student in the placard stakes. Click on the graphic… Read more »
Another day, another LibDem defection or two
The (first gay) Mayor of Richmond upon Thames, LibDem Cllr Marc Cranfield Adams, announced to the full Council last night… Read more »
Sedgemoor LibDem leader joins the Conservatives
Danny Titcombe, the Leader of the Liberal Democrats on Sedgemoor District Council has joind the Conservative Party. Cllr Titcombe has… Read more »