Time for change in Wakefield
Tony Homewood and Cllr Mark Crowther, leader of the Conservative Group on Wakefield Council, believe a breakthrough is possible in… Read more »
Lib Dem St Albans Council bans running in pancake race
Lib Dem controlled St Albans Council banned running in the traditional Shrove Tuesday Pancake Race. It was on health and safety… Read more »
Rotherham Labour councillors insist on first class train travel
Rotherham Labour councillors, who pay themselves exceptionally high allowances, have voted down a proposal that resolved to "discontinue first class… Read more »
Lib Dem leader of Cambridge Council sues his own Council
Extraordinary story in the Cambridge Evening News about Cllr Ian Nimmo-Smith, the leader of Cambridge City Council, taking his own… Read more »
Reporting back from the Committee of the Regions
Cllr David Simmonds, the Deputy Leader of Hillingdon Council, reports back after attending an EU Committee of the Regions meeting,… Read more »
Overwhelming support for Grammar Schools
An overwhelming majority of the public support the autonomy and continued existence of England's 164 grammar schools and the 68… Read more »
Councils say immigration higher than official figures show
Council leaders in three councils have raised the issue of immigration. They warn it has resulted in their populations being… Read more »
Ealing, Harrow and Staffordshire Moorlands all planning Council Tax freeze
The list of Conservative Councils freezing or cutting Council Tax this year is already much longer than ever before –… Read more »
Northamptonshire embraces “see through Government”
Mark Wallace of the Taxpayers Alliance, congratulates Northamptonshire County Council on following Windsor and Maidenhead's example and opening the books…. Read more »
The Conservative challenge in Barking and Dagenham
As the BNP are exposed and Labour implode, Cllr Terry Justice, Leader of the Conservatives on Barking and Dagenham Council,… Read more »
Government plan to nationalise Council’s IT
Glyn Gaskarth is unconvinced that central Government taking control of IT projects from Town Halls will provide better value for… Read more »
Havant plans Council Tax freeze
Conservative-controlled Havant Borough Council is proposing a Council Tax freeze – not just for the coming year but for three… Read more »
Merton propose 1.4% Council Tax cut
Congratulations to Merton Council, a minority Conservative administration, which is proposing to cut the Council Tax by 1.4%. Of course… Read more »
John Biggs should resign from the MPA
Among the many achievements of Boris Johnson as Mayor of London is increasing the number of Special Constables. The numbers… Read more »
Council byelection results
Ashfield District – Hucknall Central: Lab 675, C 437, Lib Dem 357, Ukip 158, BNP 131. (May 2007 – Two… Read more »