Nottingham still recruiting on fat cat salaries
Cllr Graham Chapman, Deputy Leader of Labour-run Nottingham City Council, was interviewed on Radio 4 Today programme whining about the supposed severity… Read more »
Manchester City Council cuts services and passes the buck
Labour councils cutting front line services and then blaming the Government is becoming a familiar pattern. But Sir Richard Leese,… Read more »
K&C, H&F and Westminster councils plan for combined services
Three flagship councils have today published landmark proposals for combined services in a move to protect the frontline by cutting… Read more »
A Vanguard Council for the Big Society
Cllr David J Burbage. the Leader of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council is proud his council is a Big… Read more »
The Big Society in Hammersmith and Fulham is thriving
Last night a Cabinet Meeting at Hammersmith and Fulham Council approved a decision to allow a sale, in due… Read more »
Royal Wedding street parties can go ahead without Council charges
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has welcomed the move to cut more Whitehall red tape to make it easier for communities… Read more »
Come and help keep Brent’s Kenton ward Conservative!
Hind Essoussi is chairman of North West London Conservative Future. Following the untimely death of long-standing Conservatvie councillor, Arthur Steel,… Read more »
Tories expose £342,000 of waste at Newham Council for one month alone
East Ham Conservatives have identified more than a quarter of a million pounds worth of waste at the Town Hall for… Read more »
Transparency extends to Council officer pay and grants to voluntary groups
A second radical phase in the Government's drive for greater openness will shine the torch of transparency on Town Hall… Read more »
Government wins appeal on Regional Strategies
The Coalition Government's intended abolition of Regional Strategies can be taken into account when making planning decisions, the High Court… Read more »
In Praise of Andrew Boff AM
Neil Pearce pays tribute on behalf of Conservative East Enders For a decade, he was the leading light in the… Read more »
Prince Charles says town planning should work with human nature
Interesting conference on Thursday held by the Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment. In his speech the Prince of Wales… Read more »
Labour councillor smears free school as “segregationist”
A Labour councillor in Bradford, Cllr Ralph Berry, has attacked a proposed free school as having a "segregationist vision." The Sunday Times… Read more »
Redditch to go ahead with heating swimming pool with energy from crematorium
Conservative-run Redditch Borough Council is proceeding with a plan to used recycled energy from its crematorium to heat a swimming… Read more »
Former Labour Special Advisor backs Free Schools
Conor Ryan, who was Tony Blair's senior education adviser from 2005-7, says Labour's Shadow Education Secretary Andy Burnham's opposition to… Read more »