Bromley backs expansion of selective school places
The Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Harriet Harman, famously sent her son Joseph to the selective St Olave's Grammar… Read more »
Pickles calls for all immigrants to learn English
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles is to give a speech today stressing shared British values. The themes are trailed in an… Read more »
Cllr Colin Barrow: Westminster delivers Council Tax freeze for fifth year running
Cllr Colin Barrow, the Leader of Westminster City Council says council leaders should spend as if it was their own… Read more »
Pickles overturns ban on prayers
Added at 8pm on Sunday, Pickles video: *** Eric Pickles has written to councils to confirm that the general power… Read more »
Council plans to ban housing applicants who give false information
An interesting proposal from Norwich Council that those in temporary accommodation on the waiting list will be banned from making… Read more »
Conservative-run East Northamptonshire plans 3.5% Council Tax rise
Conservative-run East Northamptonshire Council is proposing a Council Tax rise of 3.5% – this is the absolute maximum possible without… Read more »
Boris pledges to cut Council Tax every year
After his announcement of a 1% cut in the Council Tax precept this year the Mayor of London Boris Johnson… Read more »
Council byelection results from yesterday
The Press Association reports: Horsham District – Itchingfield, Slinfold and Warnham: C 557, Lib Dem 320, Ukip 173, Green 65,… Read more »
Forced academy status expected for three more failing Haringey schools
The BBC have carried out a survey to find out which local authorities have failing primary schools likely to be… Read more »
Labour councillor calls for IRA to bomb Tory conference
Cllr Florence Anderson has been suspended as a Labour councillor in Sunderland after she supported a call for the IRA… Read more »
Why isn’t Mayor Rahman more famous?
Back in the 1980s council leaders on the "loony left" such as Derek Hatton and Ken Livingstone had high profiles…. Read more »
Why do tree surgeons need to be CRB checked?
In June 2010 the new Home Secretary Theresa May called for CRB checks to be "scaled back to common sense… Read more »
Christina Dykes: Councillors deserve more help to become leaders of the Big Society and Localism
Christina Dykes is working on a report, Tomorrow’s Councillors, which is investigating how Big Society and localism is impacting on… Read more »
London councillors allowances league table published
In my council of Hammersmith and Fulham we have decided to freeze councillor allowances for the fourth year in a… Read more »
Tower Hamlets Council pay adviser £1,000 a day
Can it be right to pay someone in the public sector a huge salary? Could it be value for money… Read more »