Labour council bans St George’s Day parade
Labour-run Sandwell Council has withdrawn funding for a St George’s Day parade over concerns it might attract far right elements…. Read more »
Surrey County Councillor defects to the Tories
Cllr Nigel Petrie, who is both a borough councillor on Epsom and Ewell and a Surrey County councillor, has joined… Read more »
Tower Hamlets Council adopts its own foreign policy
Labour-run Tower Hamlets Council has adopted its own foreign policy passing a motion attacking Israel. A motion from far left… Read more »
Wirral Popular Front
The Labour/Lib Dem coalition that runs Wirral Council are closing 14 libraries while still sharply increasing the Council Tax. It… Read more »
Mark Wallace: We need a better system for funding the police
Mark Wallace of The TaxPayers’ Alliance cites the recent experience of Lincolnshire – where the police are at the bottom… Read more »
Most Scottish Councils freeze Council Tax
Most Scottish Councils are freezing the Council Tax for a second year running. This is being achieved not them being… Read more »
Her Majesty The Queen rescued from Town Hall basement
A portrait of the nation’s head of state was rescued from the indignity of a town hall basement and restored… Read more »
Council by-election results for February 12th 2009
A mixed bag of results from yesterday’s local authority by-elections. Congratulations in particular to Clare Hilley (pictured), the chairman of… Read more »
100 ways to cut the Council Tax without cutting key services
Let me count the ways. Please do add your own ideas. 1. Freeze recruitment. 2. Scrap political advisers. 3. Cut… Read more »
Boris uses the F-word in furious phone call to Keith Vaz
The Evening Standard has a story about the Mayor of London Boris Johnson using the F-word in a telephone conversation… Read more »
Conservatives nationally look for local inspiration on policy
On February 3rd a seminar was held with Francis Maude, the Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and Nick Hurd,… Read more »
Manchester Council mothballs £1.4 million sculpture
Manchester Council has mothballed a 180ft metal sculpture called "B of the Bang" just four years after it was unveiled…. Read more »
Should councillors caught drink driving have to resign?
A Conservative councillor in Walsall, Cllr Zahid Ali, has pleaded guilty to drink driving. As a result he may have… Read more »
Should councillors allowances be frozen in the recession?
Conservative controlled Worcestershire County Council is saving £22,000 by freezing the allowances it pays to councillors. It is also modestly… Read more »
Cameron says councillor was impolite to display topless women calendar
David Cameron has told Nottingham’s Evening Post that a Tory councillor was wrong to display a Page 3 calendar in… Read more »