Councillors more likely to get media training than financial management skills
A survey of 413 local councillors by ComRes for the Local Government Chronicle reveals that the answer is, unfortunately ‘C’:… Read more »
Councils are using surveillance powers to stop misuse of disabled parking badges and against littering
The Conservative leader of the Local Government Association, Sir Simon Milton, has warned councils against over zealous use of surveillance… Read more »
William Hague welcomes latest defection from LibDems
The secretary of Wirral South Liberal Democrats was welcomed into the Conservative Party by William Hague last night: "People are… Read more »
Excellent local by-election results
We haven’t found the time to cover every Thursday’s local by-election results* but we thought you might like to see… Read more »
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 »