Pickles scraps LAAs – and slams Islington for paying invoices twice
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles, "Public Chum Number One", came Hammersmith Town Hall this morning and announced the abolition of Local… Read more »
At least 75 councils are now publishing their spending online
An A-Z guide on the DCLG website lists councils that have so far published paymentst to suppliers over £500. I counted… Read more »
The bureaucrats’ guide to procurement
Jon Harvey offers some top tips for bureaucrats anxious to make the process as obstructive as possible. These are real… Read more »
Every councillor should have a good website
Cllr Benjamin Dennehy was elected to Ealing Council, London in 2010 to represent Hanger Hill Ward. A councillor having a website… Read more »
The BBC profiles the cost-cutting Hammersmith and Fulham council
£41 million of unnecessary council jobs identified
Climate Change Officers, Political Advisors, Diversity Officers and European Officers cost taxpayers £41 million a year. The TaxPayers' Alliance today… Read more »
Katherine Birbalsingh’s conference speech
This was the speech, at the Conservative Conference in Birmingham last week, that led to Katherine Birbalsingh being suspended as… Read more »
Red Ed is a “charlatan” says Labour Group leader
Cllr Paul Cotterill, the Labour Group leader on West Lancashire Borough Council, offers the following analysis of the new Labour… Read more »
Pickles update from the Party Conference adjournment
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has tabled an update to Parliament on what his department has been doing during the adjournment… Read more »
Voters need the right to leave their councils
Mark Wallace, Senior Account Manager at Portland Communications and author of the Crash Bang Wallace blog, says those in neighbouring wards should be… Read more »
Councils should do more on rural broadband
Cllr John Andrews, a Conservative councillor on Colchester District Council, says getting broadband to villages would be a genuine investment…. Read more »
Derrick Murphy poised to become leader of Norfolk County Council
By Jonathan Isaby Following the decision of Nofolk County Council Leader Daniel Cox to step down, the controlling Conservative group… Read more »
Cllr Daniel Astaire: Fixing broken families
Cllr Daniel Astaire, Westminster’s cabinet member for Societies, Families and Adult Services, welcomes payments by results. The role of local… Read more »
Congratulations to Caroline Flint on becoming Shadow Communities Secretary
I am pleased to see Caroline Flint has been appointed Shadow Communities Secretary. She has got some sensible, progressive, views on… Read more »
Labour gain two seats from the Conservatives in yesterday’s local council by-elections
By Jonathan Isaby Here are the results of yesterday's local government by-elections, as recorded by the Press Association: Saxondale ward,… Read more »