Local Government by-election results for 19th February 2009
Yesterday’s council by-election results show electoral advances for the BNP around the country – with the party gaining its first… Read more »
Council urged to run its own police force
The Sustainable Communities Act might prove rather more exciting than it sounds. First introduced as a Private Members Bill by… Read more »
Why Councils should install sprinklers in care homes
Last month I went along to a briefing put on by the London Fire Brigade for representatives of borough councils… Read more »
Heathrow’s Labour councillor defects to Conservatives
Cllr Santokh Dhillon who represents the Heathrow Villages Ward on Hillingdon Council has resigned from the Labour Party and joined… Read more »
Should councillors Twitter?
A website has been created which lists councillors who Twitter. I have registered to Twitter, in order to read the… Read more »
1.9% Council Tax increase in Windsor & Maidenhead
Cllr David Burbage, leader of Windsor & Maidenhead Council, says by increasing the Council Tax by less than inflation again… Read more »
Lincoln plans closing Tourist Information Centres
Conservative-run Lincoln Council is considering closing two Tourist Information Centres in the City. The suggestion is that these days fewer… Read more »
More reaction for Council Tax cuts list.
My list last Friday of "100 ways to cut the Council Tax without cutting key services" continues to make waves…. Read more »
Peggy Mitchell stands for local council
Peggy Mitchell, a character in the BBC TV soap opera played by Barbara Windsor, is standing for election to the… Read more »
Exodus from LGA gets under way
After Bromley Council’s decision to quit the Local Government Association some years ago the LGA now faces the prospect of… Read more »
Should councillors be allowed to text during meetings?
A Labour councillor in Thanet, Cllr Mark Nottingham, has been allowed to send text messages during a Council meeting after… Read more »
Proposition 13 to come to Britain
The publication today of Control Shift, the Conservatives Green paper for local government, has already been given an excellent summary… Read more »
Defend the apostrophe from municipal attack
Nick Seaton of the Campaign for Real Education says Councils removing apostrophes from road signs is an attack on the… Read more »
Trams could return to Swansea
Swansea Council, which is run by independents, is considering introducing a tram network to the city. Or rather reintroducing as… Read more »
Denounced by Sir Jeremy Beecham
Sir Jeremy Beecham, leader of the Labour Group on the Local Government Association, and Cllr Richard Kemp, leader of the… Read more »