Lancashire freezes Council Tax
Congratulations to Lancashire County Council, gained by the Conservatives from Labour least year. The new administration have announced a Council… Read more »
Yesterday’s local government by-election results
Further to the one by-election held on Tuesday, here are results from the three contests held yesterday: Newchapel ward, Newcastle-under-Lyme… Read more »
Which London boroughs could the Tories gain in May?
The Conservatives had excellent results in the 2006 Council elections in the London boroughs. Yet looking back at the opinion… Read more »
Trafford Council has not banned any child from any school trip
Cllr Matthew Colledge is Leader of Trafford Council and responds here to Nick Seaton's article yesterday suggesting that Trafford Council… Read more »
Hammond cautious about letting Councils vary benefit entitlements.
A note of caution over the extent of localism has been sounded by Philip Hammond, the Shadow Chief Secretary to… Read more »
Council byelection result
For reasons that are unclear to me the following byelection took place on Tuesday. The result was as follows: Whyteleafe… Read more »
Why do local councils need to know our sexual orientation?
Glyn Gaskarth notes that the EHRC wants councils to survey their staff and residents over their sexual orientation. He believes… Read more »
Manifesto for London launched
Further to their report on London Quangos costing £5.6 billion, London Councils have produced a Manifesto for London. It is… Read more »
Trafford Council bans middle class children from school trips
Nick Seaton, of the Campaign for Real Education, says Trafford Council's decision to have school trips just for free school… Read more »
How Boris could cut the Council Tax precept by 10%
One of the most important and obvious achievements of Boris Johnson as Mayor of London has been to freeze the… Read more »
Denham told: Don’t claim credit for keeping Council Tax down
A short but clear message from 35 Tory council leaders in the Daily Telegraph today: SIR – As leaders of… Read more »
Tories stick to Council Tax freeze pledge
An indication from The Observer yesterday that Labour will challenge the affordability of the Conservatives Council Tax freeze policy. It… Read more »
Audit Commission spend £60,000 “to combat the activities of Eric Pickles”
Extraordinary story in the Sunday Times about the Audit Commission, the taxpayer funded local government regulator, spending £60,000 to lobby against the Conservatives…. Read more »
More councillors freezing their allowances
Mark Wallace of the Taxpayers Alliance welcomes councillors showing restraint on their pay and perks. There have been some more… Read more »
Havering to cut the Council Tax by 0.5%
I have got used to my own borough being the only council in London to cut the Council Tax. This… Read more »