Why is Conservative-run Poole Council engaged in class war?
Nick Seaton of the Campaign for Real Education says Conservative councils are undermining grammar schools. Situated as they are, near… Read more »
Fortnightly bin collections are good news for rats
The National Pest Technician Association’s annual National Rodent Survey is out. It records that Councils reported 378,000 call outs for… Read more »
Council reorganisation is a botched job
Cllr John Fuller, the leader of South Norfolk District Council says heads should roll over the botched reorganisation of local… Read more »
Should councils give children free swimming?
The Times reports today that 40% of Councils are rejecting a Government scheme to provide under-16-year-olds free entry to swimming… Read more »
Ask not what your Council can do for you…
….ask rather what you can do for your Council. Or to switch from JFK to David Cameron and acknowledge that… Read more »
Paying “bribes” for Council tenants to move out can make sense
The Times had an article on their front page yesterday entitled: "Council house tenants offered £30,000 bribes to move out."… Read more »
Mark Wallace: The rainy day for which councils have been saving is here
Mark Wallace of the TaxPayers’ Alliance suggests that if councils have been saving money for a rainy day, then now… Read more »
Gloucestershire buys table salt
Conservative-run Gloucestershire County Council has bought 500 tons of table salt. "We have had to be creative," says Environment Cabinet… Read more »
Council byelection results
Tynemouth, North Tyneside MBC (Tynemouth) Con hold. Con vote was 62% -5, Lab 28% -4, LD 9% from nowhere. Hyde… Read more »
Running out of grit
Lots of coverage in the media about Councils running out of grit. Hertfordshire County Council is seeking additional supplies from… Read more »
Smash and grab raid on Hounslow’s grit
The Daily Express reports that the Highways Agency has been seizing grit from local councils because central government did not… Read more »
Councils still slow to pay their bills
There have been some well publicised examples of Councils paying bills quickly to ease the cashflow on small firms or… Read more »
Slump hits planning departments
The Birmingham Post reports that Birmingham Council has cut back on staff numbers in its Planning Department. The slump in… Read more »
How has Boris coped with the snow?
It hasn’t been an easy week for Mayor of London Boris Johnson. Why did he agree, as a politician so… Read more »
Lib Dem councillor blocked ambulance
The Standards Board have upheld a formal complaint over the behaviour of a Lib Dem councillor in Cambridge Cllr Colin… Read more »