London Assembly Lib Dems and Greens cosy up to Red Ken
The refusal of Ken Livingstone to condemn the tube strikes is no surprise. What is a bit more disappointing is… Read more »
Council snooping powers curbed
The Daily Mail reports restrictions on the power of Town Halls to carry out surveillance under the Regulation of Investigatory… Read more »
Edinburgh Council staff spend £185 a month calling the speaking clock
Staff at Edinburgh City Council have been spending £14,000 a year phoning directory enquiries – for numbers available in the… Read more »
Broxbourne Council rations family to 80 bags of rubbish a year
The Daily Mail splashes this morning on a Conservative council (a Conservative council) rationing families to 80 bags of rubbish… Read more »
Why I’m standing for CCA Chairman
Cllr Paul Bettison, the leader of Bracknell Forest Borough Council, asks Conservative councillors to elect him Chairman of the Conservative Councillors… Read more »
Adoption rate “collapses”
In an interview for The Guardian, Martin Narey, the outgoing Chief Executive of Barnado's, says the adoption rate has collapsed to… Read more »
Gloucestershire plans to pay off £125 million debt through farm sales
One big item of spending for many councils is debt interest. For Gloucestershire County Council there is an interest bill… Read more »
Lib Dem Sutton Council on borrowing spree
Cllr Tim Crowley, the Conservative Finance Spokesman on Sutton Council says Liberal Democrats are ignoring the need for deficit reduction…. Read more »
Lambeth and Camden break rules on Council publicity
We would expect the Camden Labour Party and the Lambeth Labour Party to spend their money campaigning against the Government…. Read more »
More councils abandon weekly bin collections
The Sunday Telegraph report that the number of households getting a weekly bin collection has declined by half a million… Read more »
Hypocrisy of the NUT attack on free schools
Toby Young has an excellent article in the Mail on Sunday's Review section this morning of the bullying and hypocrisy… Read more »
Utility firms to face lane rental charges
Improving the traffic flow is a crucial objective for the Mayor of London Boris Johnson as he prepares to face… Read more »
Ken Livingstone in the pay of Tehran
Labour's candidate for Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, has been exposed in the Evening Standard as being in the pay… Read more »
Yesterday’s council by-election results
By Jonathan Isaby Below are the results of yesterday's council by-elections. The Solihull contest is the one in which the… Read more »
A Lib Dem fights dirty in Solihull
Tim Montgomerie PragueTory has drawn my attention to an unpleasant leaflet being distributed by a Liberal Democrat councillor in Solihull…. Read more »