Forest Heath councillor joins Conservatives
Cllr Andy Drummond, of Forest Heath District Council, has joined the Conservatives. Before he sat as an independent but says… Read more »
Free schools planned for Hackney, Merseyside, Northampton, Bradford (another one), Reading (another one)….
Former Labour Cabinet Minister, James Purnell is backing the setting up of free schools. He is now Chairman of a Labour… Read more »
Livingstone and Libya
Labour candidate for Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone has yet to offer fraternal solidarity to the Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi…. Read more »
Scottish Government report proposes hike in councillor allowances
A report commissioned by the Scottish Government into remuneration for local authority councillors has recommended an increase of 24%, or… Read more »
Local elections 2011: The battle for Gravesham
Cllr Michael Snelling, the leader of Gravesham Borough Council, has a success story to put to his voters Gravesham is… Read more »
Councils statutory duties under review
Glyn Gaskarth welcomes the Government review of council's stutory duties and urges them to scrap those that are non-essential In… Read more »
Backing for Audit Commission’s demise
An interesting report on Public Finance about representatives from the Local Government Association, Chief Fire Officers Association and District and… Read more »
Survey confirms Council Tax freeze being implemented
An independent survey by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) will today confirm that council tax bills… Read more »
Worcester councillor defects from Labour to Conservatives
Cllr Marc Bayliss, formerly a Labour councillor who resigned from the Party in January, has joined the Conservatives. Cllr Bayliss was… Read more »
West Yorkshire Conservatives attack Council Taxpayer funded union posts
Following on from the recent Calderdale Council meeting which set a budget that will see; charges for the Care of… Read more »
Labour councils worst for Council Tax collection rates
Interesting Parliamentary Question last week on which ten councils have the lowest collection rates for Council Tax. They are Manchester (90.9%… Read more »
Leicestershire sells £148,650 of art works found in storage
Leicestershire County Council has sold £148,650 worth of items from its art collection. The items had been left in storage… Read more »
Senior Shropshire Council managers agree to 5% pay cut
Senior Council Officers on Conservative controlled Shropshire Council are taking a 5% pay cut. This follows a cut in councillor allowances… Read more »
Defections update
A fourth Lib Dem councillor in Eastleigh, Cllr Keith Day, has resigned from the Lib dems to join the Independence… Read more »
What makes Mossbourne so good?
John Bald, an independent education consultant, a blogger and a Conservative on this remarkable Hackney success story Mossbourne Community Academy… Read more »