Oldham Council cuts 850 staff
Oldham Council, run by the Lib Dems since they took control from Labour in May, is proposing to reduce staffing… Read more »
Council by-elections
Here are the results from Council by-election held yesterday. Welcome aboard to Cllr Geoffrey Holdcroft who joins us in Suffolk… Read more »
Liverpool Watch
Lib Dem controlled Liverpool Council does not have a single Conservative councillor at present. But that does not mean there… Read more »
Something rotten in Tower Hamlets
Private Eye has a regular feature called Rotten Boroughs. The latest issue has an interesting item about Tower Hamlets: "Congratulations… Read more »
Opposing the opposition
Roger Evans is the London Assembly Member for Havering & Redbridge and the London Assembly Conservative Spokesman for Budget &… Read more »
Stoke-on-Trent referendum confusion
A referendum is taking place in Stoke-on-Trent on October 23. Voters are being asked the following: "Are you in favour… Read more »
Conservatives in power
Harry Phibbs, the new editor of Conservative Home’s Local Government Blog, needs your help. As we work to be returned… Read more »
Watch out… You might be hit by a falling gravestone!
Greg Hands MP has highlighted another manifestation of the health’n’safety culture that is crazily gripping too much of Britain. The… Read more »
Should Conservative councils cut council tax for all or give rebates to some?
Both the Daily Mail and the East Anglian Daily Times report on Tory-controlled Essex County Council’s plan to give £200… Read more »
Margaret Eaton is new Chair of the Local Government Association
Further to our report last week we can confirm that Margaret Eaton is the new Chair of the Local Government… Read more »
Council tax dodgers mean £746 million in lost revenue
A survey of uncollected tax by a local government workers’ trade union today revealed that in the last financial year,… Read more »
BNP continue to advance in local by-elections
No wins/ losses in the latest local four by-election results. The persistence/ growth of the BNP is the most notable… Read more »
Labour announces consultation on giving the public access to information on councils’ efficiency
The Local Government Minister John Healey today announced a consultation aimed at ensuring council taxpayers are part of the aim… Read more »
Margaret Eaton is favourite to succeed Simon Milton as leader of Local Government Association
That’s the view of the Local Government Chronicle. The Chronicle has given all five candidates a platform to make their… Read more »
Bob Neill MP questions Labour’s moves to merge 2009’s local and European elections
Following reports that the Government is planning the ‘desperate move’ of combining the local and European elections next spring, Shadow… Read more »