Council byelection results from yesterday
1. Wroxham Ward, Broadland District Council. Lib Dem gain from Ind. Lib Dem 960Con 346UKIP 134Green 50Lab 46(2007 result. Two seats… Read more »
How to ‘Do More For Less’ and Still Win Inward Investment
Inward investment consultant Adam Breeze of Breeze Strategy says local councils can cut out the waste in their place marketing… Read more »
Abandoning aspiration: The Labour Conference Local Government debate
If you missed the Housing and Local Government debate which took place at the Labour Conference in Brighton on Tuesday… Read more »
Party Conference guide for councillors
Cllr Merrick Cockell, Chairman of the Conservative Councillors Association and the leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council, offers some tips… Read more »
The lesson of Fiona Pilkington’s suicide: Don’t pass by on the other side
Cllr David Parsons, the Conservative leader of Leicestershire County Council, says Fiona Pilkington suicide shows we must "take ownership" of… Read more »
Greenwich Council keep The Queen hidden in cupboard
The campaign to resist creeping republicanism in our Town Halls by ensuring a portrait of the Queen is displayed in… Read more »
The view from the Cotswolds
A report on Cotswold District Council where the two priorities are dealing with waste - and dealing with waste. Cotswold District… Read more »
Fiona Pilkington’s suicide: What are councillors for?
Like the rest of the country I am angered by the bureuacratic failures that ended up with Fiona Pilkington being… Read more »
School governors should be waste busters
Nick Seaton of the Campaign for Real Education says the Handover report shows that councillors and school governors should check… Read more »
Gordon Brown’s fightback falls flat in Brent as Labour councillor defects to the Conservatives
As Gordon Brown attempted to spear-head his party's fightback last night, a Labour councillor in Brent has announced that he… Read more »
Surrey scrap school bus praised by David Cameron
One of story lines in the Yes Minister comedy series would be when Jim Hacker praised some particular scheme or… Read more »
“Liar” row in Thurrock Council
A Thurrock Labour Councillor may find himself barred from the Council Chamber after an extraordinary outburst where he accused a… Read more »
Camden cuts libraries scissors ban
Camden Council (a Lib Dem led Lib Dem/Con coalition) has apologised after Lorna Watts, a self employed dress maker, was… Read more »
Hunt the Quango in Manchester
Mark Wallace of The Taxpayers Alliance says a new Party Conference sport is needed – spotting the Quangocrats and Council bureaucrats… Read more »
How to redevelop estates
Regeneration expert John Moss looks at some examples of how not to do it. But he believes the objective is… Read more »