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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 »

18 June 2008 at 5:25 pm

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 »

15 June 2008 at 12:21 pm | 11 comments

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 »

7 June 2008 at 8:55 am | 21 comments

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 »

1 June 2008 at 12:18 pm | 20 comments

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 »

31 May 2008 at 8:54 am | 11 comments

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 »

30 May 2008 at 7:43 am | 37 comments

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 »

28 May 2008 at 8:56 am | 40 comments

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 »

13 May 2008 at 8:28 am | 24 comments

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 »

7 May 2008 at 9:01 am | 4 comments

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 »

6 May 2008 at 8:02 am | 15 comments

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 »

30 April 2008 at 7:32 am | 3 comments

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 »

29 April 2008 at 10:44 am | 17 comments

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 »

28 April 2008 at 11:50 am | 12 comments

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 »

23 April 2008 at 9:42 am | 16 comments

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 »

22 April 2008 at 6:58 pm | 8 comments

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