Council byelections
Town, Hammersmith & Fulham (Hammersmith & Fulham moving to Chelsea & Fulham) a Con hold. Con vote was 63% -1,… Read more »
Barnet councillor to keep “piffling allowance” after moving to Australia
Cllr Christopher Harris has had the Conservative whip withdrawn from him on Barnet Council after he moved to Australia. Council… Read more »
Boris seeks to justify inflation-busting tube and bus fare rises – and a 25% increase in the C-Charge
Today is not a glorious day for Boris Johnson. As the Evening Standard reports, he has just announced a series… Read more »
Windsor and Maidenhead Council opens up the books
Conservative run Windsor and Maidenhead is the most open about its money of any Council in Britain. It also has… Read more »
Lib Dem Council spends £30,777.20 to celebrate money saving plans
Lib Dem run Kingston upon Thames Council has the highest Council Tax in London. Now they have spent over £30,000… Read more »
Hands off Veronica
Arts Council Chairman Dame Liz Forgan expressed reservations about Boris Johnson's nomination of Veronica Wadley, the former editor of the Evening Standard to an… Read more »
Council asset sales to cut Central Government borrowing? It’s just spin.
Yesterday morning the media were reporting the spin from Government officials that the budget deficit would be trimmed by £16… Read more »
Protecting the Council Taxpayers in Leicestershire
Cllr David Parsons, the Conservative leader of Leicestershire County Council, says it is not his Council who are being unreasonable…. Read more »
Councils should be open about school failure
Nick Seaton, of the Campaign for Real Education, suspects truancy is linked to children's embarrassment at being unable to read. Councils should check… Read more »
What is scrutiny for?
"All right, shall we agree to note the contents in the report?" Setting up Scrutiny Committees is a statutory requirement… Read more »
Mark Wallace: Naming and shaming the councils which wasted taxpayers’ money on a stand at the Conservative Party conference
Mark Wallace of The TaxPayers' Alliance takes heart from the increasing number of quangocrats who are attacking each other in… Read more »
Housing at the Party Conference
Regeneration expert John Moss reports on his week in Manchester David Cameron set out on Thursday how he wanted the family… Read more »
Lambeth Labour councillor defects to the Conservatives.
Another Labour councillor has defected to the Conservatives. This time its Cllr Betty Evans-Jacas, who represents the Brixton Hill Ward… Read more »
An ecletic set of local by-election results from yesterday
Here are the results from yesterday's local government by-elections, which show no discernible national pattern whatsoever… West End ward, Westminster… Read more »
Devon switches out the lights
Conservative-run Devon County Council is planning to switch off 8,700 street lights between 12.30am and 5.30am. Given that the Council has… Read more »