Hampshire Council ban lollipop man’s tinsel
Children in Southampton are in tears. Conservative-run Hampshire Council have banned a lollipop man from sticking tinsel to the top… Read more »
Waltham Forest takeaway ban
Labour-run Waltham Forest Council are proposing a ban on new takeaways opening with "400 metres" (just under 440 yards) from… Read more »
Richmond school abandons subjects for “topics”
Nick Seaton of the Campaign for Real Education warns that subjects are being abandoned as the mush of the "Personalised… Read more »
Tory council using anti terrior law to spy on paper boys with the wrong permits
Conservative controlled Cambridgeshire County Council has, reports the Daily Mail "sent undercover council officers to lurk outside a Spar in… Read more »
Labour-run Nottingham Council bans Shetland ponies from Cinderella pantomime
Labour-run Nottingham Council has banned the use of Shetland ponies in a new production of Cinderella. As Nottingham Council own… Read more »
Labour’s tax on tree houses
The Daily Telegraph this morning reports that the new Council Tax bandings will penalised those who add value to their… Read more »
Shannon Matthews: Kirklees Council accepts “review.”
The failures by Kirklees Council social workers sound horribly reminiscent of those in Haringey. Following the horrendous abuse of Shannon… Read more »
Pickles backs weekly bin collection
Shadow Commuinites and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has pledged that a Conservative Government would stop bullying and penalising Councils… Read more »
Reinstate Cllr Gatland
Cllr Maria Gatland gives an interview to The Times saying she is "disappointed" at being ousted as a Cabinet Member… Read more »
Stop funding Law Centres
Enfield Council is being denounced for not bailing out the Enfield Law Centre which has closed after building up debts…. Read more »
Boris signals the beginning of the end for bendy buses
Today has seen Boris Johnson begin fulfilling yet another of the pledges he made during the mayoral campaign – to… Read more »
Local by-election results for 4th December
A small clutch of local by-election results from yesterday: Hale End and Highams Park ward, London Borough of Waltham ForestLD… Read more »
Has your council got the right motto?
Wandsworth is "the brighter borough." Haringey doesn’t seem to have a motto but it’s logo (pictured) looks like a cross… Read more »
Defection watch: Bradford Labour councillor joins the Conservatives
Bradford City ward councillor Munir Ahmed (pictured) has resigned from the Labour Party to join the Conservatives. He will now… Read more »
Brighton stops roadworks over Christmas to help shops
Brighton & Hove City Council leader Cllr Mary Mears on what measures her Council is doing to help business survive… Read more »