Review could end council dependence on Whitehall grant
A vision of 'self-funded' councils that keep their local business taxes with central grant dependence scaled back except where it… Read more »
More councils join “Spotlight on Spend”
Apart from Nottingham every local council now publishes their procurement spending. That is a huge achievement for the Communities Secretary… Read more »
2,295 council staff earning over £100,000 a year
The TaxPayers' Alliance have released the fifth Town Hall Rich List, the 'Who's Who' of local government fat cats, detailing… Read more »
Free schools planned for Thurrock, Hemel Hempstead, Oxford, Hull…
The Gateway Academy, a secondary school in Thurrock, is planning to open a freeschool alongside for primary school children. The… Read more »
Livingstone: I’ll tell you my plans after the election
If you thought Ken Livingstone's Politics Show interview with Tim Donovan was a car crash it was as nothing to… Read more »
Councillor in charge of libraries had his fine waived
Cllr Nigel Ayre, is a Lib Dem councillor on York and as Executive Member for Leisure has responsibility for libraries…. Read more »
Isles of Scilly groaning with Town Hall bureaucrats
The Isles of Scilly is a small, quiet island community 30 miles off the South West tip of Cornwall. Known… Read more »
Mayor of Tower Hamlets gave character reference for minicab molester
Ted Jeory reports on his blog over a serious misjudgment by Lutfur Rahman, the independent elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets. Rahman… Read more »
Free school proposed for Richmond
Good luck to an old friend of mine, James Wallace-Dunlop, who is trying to start a free school in Richmond… Read more »
Wandsworth’s Big Society Library project
Cllr Sarah McDermott, Wandsworth’s Executive Member for the Environment and Culture says Big Society thinking has saved York Gardens Library… Read more »
The damage of ’60s thinking
John Bald, an independent educational consultant, a blogger on breaking the legacy of Antony Crossland Antony Crossland’s infamous circular 10/65… Read more »
Parents starting free schools should be able to send their own children to them
The news that Education Secretary Michael Gove plans to allow free schools an exemption from the Admissions Code so that… Read more »
Say no to Legoland homes
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has called on architects and housebuilders to "think outside the identikit Legoland box" and make sure… Read more »
Council byelection results from yesterday
Burnley Borough – Rosegrove with Lowerhouse: Lab 521, BNP 288, Lib Dem 261, C 81, Ind 58. (May 2010 –… Read more »
Barbara Windsor signs up to become Boris’s ‘Street Party Champion’
Boris Johnson’s drive to create a more neighbourly society in London has received a major boost with the appointment of… Read more »