Boris delivers on pledge of free travel for war veterans
A modest enough gesture but welcome nonetheless. Mayor of London Boris Johnson has introduced a new scheme which means war… Read more »
Guildford Council’s war on greasy spoons
Conservative-run Guildford Council is promoting healthy eating by warning snack vans found in busy lay-bys to include salads and low… Read more »
Oratory in the Council Chamber
Watching Barack Obama magnificent acceptance speech I wondered if we could take some inspiration from him in the speeches we… Read more »
Why are Councils funding a nannying promoter of the Metric system?
Cllr Daniel Moylan, the Deputy Leader of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea on how Councils are giving £3… Read more »
Health & Safety, even RoSPA speak out
We have constant experience from our daily lives, as well as the media, of excessive restrictiveness due to supposed "health… Read more »
Council housing. A lifetime in dependency?
Reports that Housing Minister Margaret Beckett is dithering over whether of not to proceed with the plans of her predecessor… Read more »
Does Hazel Blears want us to blog or not?
As Communities Secretary Hazel Blears presides over a Department which supposedly encourages councillors to start their own blogs. I understand… Read more »
Salisbury worries about singing from the same hymn sheet
From the BBC’s newspaper review: "The Sunday Telegraph says a council has told staff not to use the phrase "singing… Read more »
There are lots of votes in giving local people value for money
Writes Mark Wallace of the TaxPayers’ Alliance in his Sunday column. By the nature of their jobs, commentators and players… Read more »
Smokers under fire – and not just in Redbridge
Neil Rafferty, a spokesman for the smokers lobby group Forest, says its not just Redbridge Council to have shown anti… Read more »
BBC bashes Boris
Ealing Tory councillor Phil Taylor has an excellent blog not just with matters of keen interest to his own residents… Read more »
Yesterday’s local government by-election results
Aside from the parliamentary by-election in Glenrothes, yesterday also saw a smattering of council by-elections, which brought the following results:… Read more »
Right to Buy suspended in Aberdeenshire
By heavily reducing right to buy discounts for council discounts for Council tenants few have done more in recent years… Read more »
Boris unveils his transport spending plans
Huge announcement from the Mayor of London Boris Johnson on his transport expansion plans for the next ten years. There… Read more »
Scottish Council Tax freeze
The SNP-run devolved Scottish Government says it will provide enough funding for a Council Tax freeze in Scotland next year…. Read more »