Fund households not home builders
John Moss says that switching Government funding from house building to housing benefit to pay for higher rents would end… Read more »
Conservatives take control of London Fire Brigade
The London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority, one of the GLA functional bodies, met today at City Hall to establish… Read more »
Labour leader of Sandwell Council resigns after theft charge
Cllr Bill Thomas has resigned as leader of Labour controlled Sandwell Council after being charged by the police with theft of… Read more »
Local by-election results for Thursday 22nd October
Borehamwood North, HertfordshireCC (Hertsmere) Con hold. C 45% +6, Lab 42% +13, LD 8% -5, Ind 6% from nowhere, BNP… Read more »
easyCouncil takes shape
Barnet Council has moved a step closer to its easyCouncil model with plans for Council Tax discounts or extra charges depending… Read more »
Were PVC windows to blame for Lakanal House tragedy?
The Decent Homes programme was launched in 2000 with a target that by 2010 all social housing should consist of… Read more »
BNP councillor quits
As their Party leader Nick Griffin prepares for his Question Time debut one of their councillors. Darren Haywood has quit… Read more »
Stop the waste
Cllr Venk Shenoi, a Conservative councillor on Conservative-led Forest of Dean District Council, says perverse incentives for Councils on waste… Read more »
Bedford Conservative group leader and deputy mayor suspended from party for two years
News reaches me that the party board yesterday suspended Nicky Attenborough, the Conservative group leader in Bedford and Deputy Mayor… Read more »
Primary Schools: Suppressing the data won’t solve the problem
Nick Seaton, of the Campaign for Real Education, says the "progressive" educationalists are still seeking to stop parents knowing about… Read more »
Leases for all
Regeneration expert John Moss calls for all Council tenants as well as leaseholders to be given a standard lease clearly… Read more »
Mayor of London’s Question Time
I rather agree with the comments made on this site about the London Assembly being a waste of £8 million… Read more »
Good twin or bad twin?
Mark Wallace of the Taxpayers Alliance believes that town twinning may once have been a justified cause for municipal spending… Read more »
Essex raises savings target to £300 million
Lord Hanningfield, the Conservative leader of Essex County Council on his ambitous plans to find an extra £100 million of… Read more »
The new Mayor of Bedford is…
…either Conservative Parvez Akhtar who received 9,105 votes or Liberal Democrat Dave Hodgson with 9,428 votes. Second preference votes are… Read more »