Brighton & Hove cut Council Tax while protecting frontline services
Brighton & Hove City Council’s Conservative Administration has unveiled its budget proposals for 2011/12, the centre-piece of which is a… Read more »
Curbs on council lobbying and publicity spending
New rules that stop taxpayers’ money being squandered on ‘vanity PR’ have been issued ending weekly council newspapers and use… Read more »
Council byelection results from yesterday
Bassetlaw District – Worksop North East: Lab 1198, C 317, Ind 75, Lib Dem 28. (May 2010 – Lab 2110,… Read more »
Will Tory council leaders join attack on Pickles?
After the Lib Dem council leaders letter to The Times, the media are understandably sniffing around to see if some… Read more »
Tories demand Council Tax cut in Dundee
Scottish Conservatives want any future Council Tax increase above inflation by any Council to be agreed by local people in… Read more »
Labour MP Andrew Slaughter misleads the House – again
I try to avoid writing about my own council of Hammersmith and Fulham with undue frequency – but if you think… Read more »
Free schools planned for Reading, Greenwich, Cornwall, Suffolk, Southwark…
Last week the Department of Education listed 35 free school proposals that are "approved to business case stage." The list now… Read more »
Labour councillor ousted for helping set up free school
Cllr Sue Sands, a Labour councillor on Norwich City Council, has been removed as a Cabinet Member after taking on… Read more »
Boris is recruiting more police
Despite the fact that the murder rate in London is at a 38 year low and the capital is one… Read more »
Dishonest reporting from the Local Government Chronicle
The Local Government Chronicle is rapidly deteriorating into a Labour Party propaganda sheet. Their "Chief Reporter" Allister Hayman writes as if… Read more »
Ribble Valley avoids cutting services by preparing in advance
Another Conservative council that is avoiding cutting front line services is Ribble Valley. Their Council leader, Cllr Michael Ranson, says:… Read more »
Medway Council protecting the front line
Congratulations to Conservative-run Medway Council who have found the required £23 million savings without cutting front line services. The details… Read more »
I’m happy to publish Council spending
Sir Robin Wales, the directly elected Labour Mayor of Newham replies to criticism from Conservatives in his borough earlier this… Read more »
Lib Dem council leaders attack Pickles over spending cuts
Cllr Richard Kemp, leader of the Lib Dem Group on the Local Government Association has evidently been busy. There is… Read more »
The voluntary sector has been nationalised
Glyn Gaskarth says the Big Society can succeed but only if some bold reforms are implemented The Big Society is… Read more »